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Native Here! Our Hyper-Local Native Plant Nursery

  • Jeanne Rosenmeier
  • Jun 19
  • 2 min read

Want to incorporate native plants into your garden? Or just hear about local plants? There is a lot more to it than I thought. Join me as I talk with Beth Wurzburg of the California Native Plant Society about their nursery, Native Here, located literally in Tilden Park.




When they say local, they mean local!


Let's not downplay the view!


The Calscape website to plan your garden


Some plants mentioned:












Island Bush Poppy

Dendromicon harfordii

California Bush Poppy

Dendromecon rigida





California Fuchsia

Epilobium canum







And pests mentioned:

Phytophthora ramorum was inadvertently introduced to California forests on nursery stock and, as an invasive species, is quarantined in over 60 countries with restrictions enforced on shipments of nursery stock and other host plant materials. For more, go here.


Pythium attacks juvenile tissues such as the root tip and newly germinated seedlings. After gaining entrance to the root the fungus may cause a rapid, brown to black rot of the entire primary root and may even move up into the stem tissue. As the soil dries, new roots may be produced and the plant may recover or never show symptoms of disease. Under wet conditions  brought about by poor soil drainage or excess irrigation, more and more roots  are killed and the plant may wilt, stop growing, or even collapse and die. Bulbs of susceptible plants turn brown to black, gradually desiccate, and form a hard mummy.


The pathogens that are responsible for Pythium root rot, also known as water molds, are present in practically all cultivated soils and attack plant roots under wet conditions. These fungi can be spread by fungus gnats and shore flies and end up contaminating potting mixes in containers. There are many species of Pythium; a few of these species are beneficial in that they compete with or parasitize the pathogenic species. Of the many pathogenic species, some have limited host ranges while others, such as Pythium ultimum, have very wide host ranges. For more go here.


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