Luca and Micaela Nursery

Luca and Micaela Nursery We are your butterfly connection. Specialty growers of butterfly host plants and nectar sources. Mo

This weekend is our last weekend open here in Encinitas. We close here November 15th. Shop and save with 20% off all pla...
11/10/2022

This weekend is our last weekend open here in Encinitas. We close here November 15th. Shop and save with 20% off all plants and merchandise. Starting Saturday November 12th take 20% our already low prices.

Calotropis gigantea commonly known as giant milkweed. We have a great selection of 5g plants for $40 available now. Open...
09/20/2022

Calotropis gigantea commonly known as giant milkweed. We have a great selection of 5g plants for $40 available now. Open 10-3 daily now until November 15th 🦋

Looking for something different? We have an amazing selection of Calatropis procera commonly called purple crown flower...
09/20/2022

Looking for something different? We have an amazing selection of Calatropis procera commonly called purple crown flower or apple of s***m. This is a large evergreen shrub too small tree. This plant produces large edible leaves for monarch butterflies to eat along with beautiful purple flowers. These are super well established before we let them go out for sale and we have them set at the low price of $40 for 5g plants. We are open 10-3 daily until November 15th 🦋

Nows a great time to freshen up the garden with late summer color 🏳️‍🌈
08/24/2022

Nows a great time to freshen up the garden with late summer color 🏳️‍🌈

Fall Planting Season is quickly approaching! Check out what is available for special order *now* on Moosa Creek Nursery ...
08/06/2022

Fall Planting Season is quickly approaching! Check out what is available for special order *now* on Moosa Creek Nursery website/app!!

Place your orders by Monday at noon for delivery to your retail partner next week! 🌱

1. Mimulus ‘Sweet Susita’ (Sweet Susita Monkeyflower)
2. Stipa pulchra (Purple Needlegrass)
3. Opuntia ‘Baby Rita’ (Baby Rita Prickly Pear)
4. Anemopsis californica (Yerba Mansa)
5. Mimulus ‘Eleanor’ (Eleanor Monkeyflower)
6. Calystegia macrostegia (Island Morning Glory)
7. Asclepias fascicularis (Narrowleaf Milkweed) also available - A. eriocarpa, californica.
8. Salvia mellifera (Black Sage)
9. Mimulus puniceus (Red Monkeyflower)
10. Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)

🌱Happy Planting!🌱

✨ Plant of the Month ~ July ✨Peritoma arborea, also known by its common name as, Bladderpod. It is native to California ...
07/08/2022

✨ Plant of the Month ~ July ✨
Peritoma arborea, also known by its common name as, Bladderpod.
It is native to California (primarily southern) and Baja California where it grows in a variety of habitats from coastal bluffs to desert arroyos. It is a densely branching, evergreen shrub that produces abundant, bright, sunny yellow, flower clusters year round. This plant is a favorite amongst bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
Bladderpod is quite an easy California native to grow in landscape applications. It tolerates weekly summer water but can also get by with only natural rainfall. They are easy to grow from seeds, usually growing up to 3 feet tall in their first year. They readily self seed, and once you have a few mature plants in your garden, expect new seedlings to pop up each winter. This tough plant even grows well on south-facing slopes, in alkaline soils and salty conditions.
Family: Cleomaceae
Genus: Peritoma
Species: arborea
Plant Type: Shrub
Height: 2-6 feet
Width: 3-5 feet
Flowering Time: Spring, Summer, Fall
Sun: Full Sun
Water: 1x/month once established
Best soil conditions: Clay, Decomposed Granite, Sand, Sandy Loam
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We invite you to join us at the farm for Butterfly Gardening 101 every Saturday morning! See you 9-10am 🌱⁠⁠📍 441 Saxony ...
06/03/2022

We invite you to join us at the farm for Butterfly Gardening 101 every Saturday morning! See you 9-10am 🌱⁠
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📍 441 Saxony Road, Encinitas⁠
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Salvia apiana is this months plant of the month from 🪴White sage, sacred sage, or bee sage is a cornerstone species of ...
06/01/2022

Salvia apiana is this months plant of the month from 🪴

White sage, sacred sage, or bee sage is a cornerstone species of the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern and Baja California. This stunning shrub is fragrant with silver-white leaves, and clusters of white flowers with lavender streaks. Young leaves start off green and turn white as they get older. It can grow anywhere from 3 to 5 feet in height and spreads to about 6 feet in width. The flowers and leaves are important to Indigenous tribes in various ceremonies. The flowers are arranged on long, pole-like stems and provide a unique look. It is also an important food source for bees, butterflies, birds, and other wildlife. Larger bees, notably carpenter bees, are the predominant pollinators of white sage.

White sage is deeply rooted in the culture of Indigenous communities of Southern California and Northern Baja, the only region where this sage naturally occurs in the world.

Wild white sage populations are currently under intense threat by development, smudge stick poaching, climate change, drought, and wildfire.

**We have plenty in stock. Can also be ordered through the website or Moosa Creek App**

Habit and Cultural Information

Blooming Season: Winter, Spring, & Summer

Height: 3-5 feet
Width: 3-8 feet

Full Sun

Soil Types: Decomposed Granite, Sand, Sandy Loam

Special Characteristics: Autumn Foliage, Exceptional Fragrance, Good in Containers, Hedges and Screens, Important to Native People

We have an amazing selection of native California milkweeds including Asclepias californica and we are open for all your pollinator needs 10-4 daily 🦋🐝🪲

Open @ 10am and closing promptly at 3pm tomorrow so we can enjoy a few hours off with family and away from the farm 🙏🏽🦋
05/30/2022

Open @ 10am and closing promptly at 3pm tomorrow so we can enjoy a few hours off with family and away from the farm 🙏🏽🦋

Memorial Day weekend is upon us. We are open 10-3 everyday including Monday. We have put together the largest selection ...
05/27/2022

Memorial Day weekend is upon us. We are open 10-3 everyday including Monday. We have put together the largest selection of butterfly attracting and host plants in our retail nursery and huge selection of native milkweed for monarch butterflies for you to shop now. Photo is a Red admiral butterfly and we have plenty flying now!

Painted lady butterfly release today @ 11am to kick off the holiday weekend.

Butterfly gardening questions? Bring them to us we have the knowledge and experience to help you succeed.

Happy Friday Friends 🦋

Really happy to announce we have a beautiful selection of native milkweeds from here now 🦋Asclepias eriocarpa is a spec...
05/26/2022

Really happy to announce we have a beautiful selection of native milkweeds from here now 🦋

Asclepias eriocarpa is a species of milkweed known by the common names woollypod milkweed, Indian milkweed, and kotolo. We have plenty of beautiful 1g plants $16.99

Asclepias californica is a species of milkweed known by the common name California milkweed. We have healthy 1g plants $16.99

Asclepias speciosa is a milky-sapped perennial plant in the dogbane family, known commonly as the showy milkweed and is found in the Western half of North America. We have some very nice 1g $16.99

Asclepias fascicularis is a species of milkweed known by the common names narrowleaf milkweed and Mexican whorled milkweed. We have a huge selection of very nice 1g $9.99

Open daily 10-4 @ 441 Saxony Road Encinitas California 92024

Super excited to announce we have received our initial shipment of Asclepias californica (California milkweed) 🎉Now is ...
05/19/2022

Super excited to announce we have received our initial shipment of Asclepias californica (California milkweed) 🎉

Now is a fantastic time to come in and shop our huge selection of native milkweeds for monarch butterflies 🧡

Native milkweed we have in stock now!

Asclepias californica (California milkweed)
Asclepias eriocarpa (woolly pod, Kotolo milkweed)
Asclepias fascicularis (Narrowleaf milkweed)
Asclepias subulata (Rush milkweed)
Asclepias speciosa (Showy milkweed)

Open 10-4 daily for all your butterfly garden needs 🦋

Address

441 Saxony Road
Encinitas, CA
92024

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

(760) 410-8640

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