Propagation is a year-round activity, and winter is the best time to start many native plants. You don't need to bring anything if you don't have native plant material to share - there's always plenty of selection for everyone. If you have native plant material - both seeds and cuttings - to contribute, please do! Join the California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, on Sunday, November 15 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the Peninsula Conservation Center (PCC), 3921 E. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto.
This free event provides an opportunity to share and receive both cuttings and seeds of native plants. Browse the diverse offerings, ranging from easy-to-grow to hard-to- find, and go home with cuttings and seeds of new native plants! We will provide coin envelopes for seeds but bring containers in which to carry cuttings home.
If you have native plant material from your own garden to share, we encourage you to bring it. Label your cuttings to make them easy to browse – some gardeners attach helpful hints about growing; others display photos of plants in bloom. You may find it convenient to use www.calscape.org for this – there is a link on each plant’s information page to make a printable sign for most native species and cultivars.
If you bring cuttings, keep them cool and moist in a bucket of water. Don’t have native plant material to share? No problem! Please join us and get some seeds and cuttings to start or add to your garden.
Several popular gardening books will be available for sale during the event, including Seed Propagation of Native California Plants (2021 ed.), by Dara E. Emery and California Native Plants for the Garden by Carol Bornstein, David Fross, and Bart O’Brien.
Our Wildflower Ambassadors will be giving out free seed packets and information as well.