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Native Plant & Seed Sources

The following list of nurseries and seed sources has been assembled by The Arboretum over the years in our own searches for specific plants and seeds.  It is not an exhaustive list.  We are publishing it as an aid in your searches, without any recommendations or endorsements by The Arboretum.  Although we attempt to update the information on an annual basis, it is subject to change at any time.

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Utah

AZ
The Arboretum at Flagstaff
4001 S. Woody Mountain Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 774-1442
FAX (928) 774-1441

Plants available May-November. Seed available March – December. Annual outdoor plant sale event 3rd weekend in June. 

AZ
Arizona Botanical Gardens
1601 Hwy 89A  (Road to Jerome)
P.O. Box 160
Clarkdale, AZ  86324
(928) 634-2166; Fax same no.

Plants including native cacti. Many plants for Cottonwood, Verde Valley and Sedona. Some hardy enough for Flagstaff. 25% discount to trade.

AZ
Biddle’s Nursery
1259 Hwy 89A
Sedona, AZ
(928) 282-5078

Retail. Plants, seeds, gardening supplies and garden art objects.

AZ
Flagstaff Native Plant and Seed
409 West Pine Avenue
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 773-9406; (928)214-7351
www.nativeplantandseed.com

Native plants, seed and landscaping for northern Arizona.  Source-identified plants and seed.  Xeric non-native plants suitable for northern Arizona.

AZ
Plant Fair Nursery
255241 East Hwy. 260
HCR4 Box 14D
Payson, AZ 85541
www.plantfairnursery.com
Native plants and seeds for the rim country.
AZ Seeds Trust, Inc.
P.O. Box 596
Cornville, AZ  86325
Ph: 928-649-3315  Fax: 928-649-8181
e-mail: support3@seedstrust.com
Website: www.seedstrust.com
Vegetable, wildflower, native grass and herb seeds.  Untreated seed suitable for organic gardens and farms, mostly open-pollinated varieties.  Hundreds of cold-tolerant short season varieties.
AZ
Southwestern Native Seeds
Box 50503
Tucson, AZ 85703 www.southwesternnativeseeds.com

Retail. Wide selection of wild collected native seed.

AZ
Starr Nursery
50 E. Blacklidge
Tucson, AZ 85705
(602) 628-8773
www.starr-nursery.com

Retail, Wholesale, plants.

AZ
Wild Seed
P.O. Box 27751
Tempe, AZ 85285

Sonoran Desert seed.

AZ
Warner’s Nursery and Landscaping
1101 E. Butler
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
(928) 774-1983
www.warnercompanies.com

Wholesale and retail. Plants and seed. Various discounts apply.

CA
Greenlee Nursery
257 E. Franklin Avenue
Pomona, CA 91766
(909) 629-9045
www.greenleenursery.com

Wide selection of ornamental grasses.

CA
S&S Seeds
P.O. Box 1275
Carpenteria, CA 95014-1275
(805) 684-0436
FAX (805) 684-2798
www.ssseeds.com

Seeds. Wholesale.

CA
Seed Queen Rare Seed
8191 B & R Lane
Rio Vista, CA  94571
Tel:  707-374-4986
e-mail: zina@seedqueen.com
web: www.seedqueen.com
Native wildflower, grass and flowering shrub seeds, focusing on species found in California, Arizona and Nevada.  Appropriate for personal gardens and other uses.
CA
Tree of Life Nursery
P.O. Box 635
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92693
(714) 728-0685
(714) 728-0509 FAX
www.californianativeplants.com

Wholesale, retail, restoration, contract growing, mycorrhizal innoculum.

CA
Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflowers and Native Plants, Inc.
10459 Tuxford St.
Sun Valley, CA 91352
(818) 768-1802
e-mail: info@theodorepayne.org
www.theodorepayne.org

Mail order California native seed. Native plants available in nursery. 

CO
Alplains
32315 Pine Crest Court
Kiowa, CO 80177
(303) 621-2247 FAX: (303) 621-2864

Alpine and high-elevation seed. Retail.

CO
Arkansas Valley Seed
P.O. Box 270
Rocky Ford, CO 81067

Seed. Grasses, forage and reclamation.

CO
Country Lane Wholesale Nursery
2979 N. Hwy 83
Franktown, CO 80116
(800) 375-8696

Plants. Wholesale.

CO
Little Valley Wholesale Nursery
13022 E. 136th Avenue
Brighton, CO 80601
(800) 221-3241; Fax: (303) 659-6886
E-mail:  lvwn@lvwn.com
Website:  lvwn.com

Wholesale. Plants, plugs, liners.

CO
Pleasant Avenue Nursery, Inc.
P.O. Box 1669
506 S. Pleasant Avenue
Buena Vista, CO 81211-1669
(719) 395-6955
e-mail: pan@amigo.net

Plants, wholesale and retail.  Mountain plant species.  Custom grown perennials, shrubs, trees from site specific seed and cuttings.

CO
Rocky Mountain Rare Plants
1706 Deerpath Road
Franktown, CO 80116-9462
FAX: (303) 660-6498
e-mail: Seedstaff @rmrp.com
www.rmrp.com

Seeds and Plants..

CO
Sunscapes
330 Carlile Avenue
Pueblo, CO 81004
(719) 546-0047
www.sunscapes.net

Native perennials, plants for rockeries & dryland gardens. Retail.

CO
Western Native Seed
P.O. Box 188
25 Pine Edge Drive
Coaldale, CO 81222
(719) 942-3935   FAX 942-3605
U.S. Mail to box number, please.
E-mail:  Westseed@chaffee.net
Website:www.westernnativeseed.com

Seed.

ID
High Altitude Gardens
4150 B Black Oak Drive
Hailey, ID 83333
(208) 788-4363
Fax (208) 788-3452
e-mail: mcdorman@seedsave.org

Seeds for high elevations and cold climates.   Vegetables, native grasses, wildflower seed and mixes.

MT
Bitterroot Restoration
445 Quast Lane
Corvallis, MT  59828
(406) 961-4991; Fax: (406) 961-4626
Web: www.bitterrootrestoration.com

Native plant and seed. Restoration.

MT
Lawyer Nursery Inc.
950 Highway 200 West
Plains, Montana 59859
(800) 551-9875
FAX (406) 826-5700
michaelj@lawyernursery.com
e-mail: trees@lawyernursery.com
website: www.lawyernursery.com

Bare root plants and seeds.

 

MT
Nature’s Enhancement
2980 Eastside Highway
Stevensville, MT 59870
(406) 777-3560
Fax (406) 777-3560
e-mail:  natures_enhancement_inc@msn.com

Wholesale, retail, native and hardy plants.  Landscaping, land restoration.

NM
Agua Fria Nursery
1409 Agua Fria
Santa Fe, NM 875001-3507
(505) 983-4831

Plants. Wide selection. Retail. Uncommon penstemons.

NM
Bernardo Beach Native Plant Farm
Star Route 7
Box 145
Veguita, NM 86062

Plants.

NM
Curtis & Curtis
Star Route Box 8A
Clovis, NM 88130

Grass seed.

NM
Go Native
P.O. Box 3631
Las Cruces NM  88003
Tel: 1-800-880-4698
Fax: 1.505.522.5080
Web: http://gonative.com/

Natives, perennials, ground covers, herbs

NM
High Country Gardens
2902 Rufina Street
Santa Fe, NM 87505-2929
(800) 925-9387
FAX (505) 438-9552
www.highcountrygardens.com

Plants. Catalog.

NM
Nature’s Way Wholesale Nursery
8905 Edith NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113
(505) 898-9258

Wholesale. Plants, wildflowers. Grass see

NM
Plants of the Southwest
Agua Fria, Rt. 6, Box 11A
Santa Fe, NM 87501
(505) 471-2212
Orders (800) 788-SEED
Albuquerque Retail: (505) 344-8830
Santa Fe Retail: (505) 438-8888
FAX: (505) 438-8800
e-mail: mark@plantsofthesouthwest.com
www.plantsofthesouthwest.com

Plants and seed. Wholesale and retail. Retail stores in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

NM
Santa Fe Greenhouses
2902 Rufina Street
Santa Fe, NM
(505) 473-2700

Plants. 20% off retail.

NM
The Pueblo of Santa Ana
Santa Ana Garden Center
157 Jemez Dam Road
Bernalillo, NM 87004
(505) 867-1322
www.santaana.org/plants.htm

Plants. Wholesale.

NM
Trees of Corrales
7752 Corrales Rd.
Corrales, NM 87048-9023
(505) 898-2327

Wholesale. Plants.

NV
Comstock Seed
917 Hwy 88
Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775) 746-3681
Fax (775) 746-1701
Gen'l Office & Acctg (775) 265-0090, and Fax (775) 265-0040
www.comstockseed.com
e-mail:  ed@comstockseed.com

Seeds. Native grasses/plants.  Native seed acquisition and consultation.  Reclamation and restoration projects.

UT
Granite Seed
1697 West2100 North
Lehi, UT 84043
Ph: (801)768-4422  Fax (801)768-3967
Website: www.graniteseed.com

Seed. Wildflower, grass and reclamation seed.

UT
Great Basin Native Plants
75 West 300 South
P.O. Box 114
Holden, UT 84636
(435) 795-2303
Website:  www.greatbasinnatives.com
E-mail:  gbn@greatbasinnatives.com

Plants and mail order.

UT
Intermountain Cactus
1478 N. 750 East
Kaysville, UT 84037
e-mail: Intermtcactus@aol.com

Cold hardy cacti, succulents.  Write or e-mail for price list.  

UT
Porter Lane Wholesale Nursery
P.O. Box 609
Centerville, UT 84014
(800) 533-8498

Plants. Wholesale.

UT
Progressive Plants
9180 S. Wasatch Blvd.
Sandy, UT 84093
(801) 942-7333
e-mail: progressive@utah-inter.net

Plants. Wholesale.

Other Resources

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, TX 78739-1702 (5120 292-4200 fax (512) 292-4627.  www.wildflower.org     Features include a North American Native Plant event calendar, an education page for the Center’s workshops and classes, Kids page, an active links page, a membership page and an on-line catalog. The center maintains and distributes lists for Regional Recommended Native Species for Planned Landscapes and Area Sources for Native Plants and Seeds.

Hortus West, P.O. Box 2870, Wilsonville, OR 97070-2870. FAX (5030 570-0855     commercial sources for over 2,000 Western Native Plants and Seeds. Subscriptions: (800)704-7927. Subscriptions. 

The American Penstemon Society, Dale Lindgren, President.  West Central Research Center, Route 4 Box 46A, North Platte NE 69101.

International Plant Propagation Society.     Information for commercial propagators. On-line propagation information. www.ipps.org

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Last modified: Thursday November 19, 2009