10/02/2026
Don’t miss the Garden's annual fall plant sale! Public sale hours are 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., with exclusive access for Friends members starting at 9:00 a.m. Friends memberships may be purchased at the Garden starting at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the sale, or in advance on the Garden website.
The sale will feature a wide array of California native plants, many rare and hard-to-find, propagated and grown from the Regional Parks Botanic Garden collection. See the Plant Sale inventory here:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/666115df3fa3b24521c127ed/t/6abdd1dfa51ba86359d75b92/1790824928001/2026+Fall+Plant+Sale.pdf
This year’s inventory features over 5,000 plants, offering an exceptional selection of California native flora:
Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos): A comprehensive range of cultivars and species, featuring structural form and striking evergreen foliage.
Monkeyflowers (Diplacus): A vibrant rainbow of colors suited for sunny, low-water borders.
Paintbrush (Castilleja): Offered alongside their natural host plants to ensure successful establishment.
Perennials & Pollinator Favorites: An abundance of showy penstemons, aromatic salvias, hardy buckwheats, and many more native choices.
Below are a few highlights featured in the October 3 sale:
XChiranthofremontia lenzii 'Mini Mammoth' (aka: "brown fuzz") Newly named (finally) in 2026! The original hybrid is Chiranthodendron pentadactylon x Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'. This clone was grown from seed from an open pollinated XChiranthofremontia lenzii 'Griff's Wonder' This clone has orangish-colored flowers; tolerates regular watering. Spreading habit to 8'+ tall and considerably wider.
The original hybrid is Chiranthodendron pentadactylon x Fremontodendron 'Pacific Sunset'. This clone was grown from seed from an open pollinated XChiranthofremontia lenzii 'Griff's Wonder'. This clone has cantaloupe-colored flowers (not as yellow as the photo); tolerates regular watering. Upright growth habit, height and spread are unknown, as the original plant “died” after 15 years but then vigorously came back from the base and reach half its original height in one year. The original plant of this clone was less than 1/3 the height of all but two of the other 30+ seedlings, and was about less than eight feet tall and five feet wide when it “died.”
We also have a new manzanita cultivar: Arctostaphylos ‘Wildcat.’
This low growing selection has been growing in the Canyon section (uppermost trail) since 2013. It has blue-green foliage, a low growth habit (to about two feet tall and six to eight feet wide) and cascades downslope.
We have quite a few different collections of Arctostaphylos pallida in this year’s sale (a total of 52 individuals for sale), including (for the first time ever) nine that were grown from vandalized material from the Sobrante Ridge population.
We also have MANY ferns, including several that we have not grown from spores before (some are in small quantities!), a few of our offerings in 2026 are:
Adiantum capillus-veneris (from travertine falls off of Mt. Baldy (San Antonio) Canyon)
Aspidotis densa
Cystopteris fragilis
Dryopteris arguta (special low price for the small-pot sized plants)
Myriopteris newberryi
Pellaea andromedifolia
Pentagramma pallida (from Tollhouse area)
Pentagramma viscosa (ex: Kier W.)
Polystichum dudleyi
And many more!
