California Flora Nursery

California Flora Nursery California Flora Nursery is a small, unconventional nursery devoted to California natives and plants appropriate for our California Mediterranean climate.

An exceptional diversity of offerings. Honest, intelligent and original with attention to local needs, conditions, and sustainability. Most plants are propagated and grown on-site.

August Newsletter - Fire Safe Gardening - https://mailchi.mp/calfloranursery/march-newsletter-the-warmth-of-spring-87613...
08/13/2026

August Newsletter - Fire Safe Gardening - https://mailchi.mp/calfloranursery/march-newsletter-the-warmth-of-spring-8761326

As we find ourselves in the thick of wildfire season, fire is once again very much on the minds of Californians. Designing a garden with fire safety in mind can play an important role in protecting your home. For detailed information on plant selection, placement, maintenance, and creating defensible space, take a look at the new Fire Safe Landscaping Guide on our website.

The Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California are one of our very favorite places to visit. While the mountains and lake...
06/18/2026

The Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California are one of our very favorite places to visit. While the mountains and lakes may not be as dramatic as those of the Trinities, and certainly not the Sierras, they make up for it with an incredible diversity of species and solitude, thanks to challenging access roads, overgrown trails and repeated fires.

The rare Brewer’s spruce (Picea breweriana) is always a joy to behold, with its weeping branches and statuesque form. In earlier eras, it was distributed over a large area of western North America. Due to climatic changes, it’s a relict species now, surviving only in isolated pockets in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. This species is thought to be the most ancient of all the spruces.

The Trinity Alps is a somewhat lesser known mountain range in the northern part of our state, which means you have a bet...
06/01/2026

The Trinity Alps is a somewhat lesser known mountain range in the northern part of our state, which means you have a better chance of finding solitude than in its big sister range to the southeast, the Sierra Nevada. The glaciated granitic and peridotite peaks offer an abundance of lakes and a striking diversity of plant species. As a subrange of the Klamath Mountains, plants from the Sierra, Cascade and Coast Ranges all converge here.

We visited the collection of lakes known as Big Bear, Little Bear and Wee Bear, some of the many bear named lakes in the region, not to mention the state!

Despite the stunning landscape, we didn’t see another soul on the trail.
The main down side to hiking this area in the warm season is the heat. Despite the montane appearance, the elevations are much lower than the more southerly Sierra, so they can get quite hot.

The Friday before last, we visited Mount Diablo for a very satisfying hike, both aesthetically and botanically. This hig...
05/06/2026

The Friday before last, we visited Mount Diablo for a very satisfying hike, both aesthetically and botanically. This high point of the East Bay boasts dramatic topography and an abundance of rare plants, some of which are only found there, while others reach their northern or near northern terminus on the rugged slopes.

We started at Mitchell Canyon, then did a loop going over the various summits: Twin, Eagle, Mount Diablo, North and Olympia.

Our hike this weekend was a little wet, but that didn’t do much to dampen our enjoyment. We visited the north side of Mo...
04/12/2026

Our hike this weekend was a little wet, but that didn’t do much to dampen our enjoyment. We visited the north side of Mount Tamalpais, in the areas of Phoenix, Bon Tempe and Lagunitas Lakes. The wildflowers are definitely getting past their prime, but the canyons and forest understories are still verdant and enjoyable.

For a long time, we avoided the area around Deer Park, but it does have an appealing combination of oak woodlands, rocky outcrops, isolated redwoods and open meadows. The down side, and it is a big one, is the massive amount of destructive broom invading the more shaded areas. 😡Some work has been done to remove it over the last few years, but without continued maintenance, masses of seedlings keep returning, blooming and fruiting, adding their seeds to the seedbank in the soil.

We started at Deer Park, hiked over Bald Hill, around Phoenix Lake, and up Tucker and Eldridge Trails before dropping down to Pilot K**b and Pumpkin Trails. Hidden Meadow Tr. took us up to Bald Hill Tr which guided us to a broom infested ridge trail that eventually dropped us back where we started.

Moore Creek in Napa County entices with a lush canyon, surrounded by oak and chaparral studded hillsides. The volcanic a...
03/29/2026

Moore Creek in Napa County entices with a lush canyon, surrounded by oak and chaparral studded hillsides. The volcanic and serpentine soils provide ample diversity and striking scenery.

For our Friday hike, the wildflowers were already beginning to fade, offering quite the contrast to last year at this time. The sudden onslaught of hot weather is taking its toll. The butterflies, however, were in rare form, especially the variable checkerspots and the pipevine swallowtails.

The snakes were feisty, having recently awoken from their winter slumber. We had a close encounter with the rattling kind, striking out from the tall grasses in a less traveled area. 🫣🐍

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2990 Somers Street
Fulton, CA
95439

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

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(707) 528-8813

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