In-Store Only! Ends September 30th

Summer Clearance Sale!

Come shop at TPF & Los Nogales Nursery to find excellent summer deals on select plants of many different species, as well as TPF merch, and even select books!

50% off select plants and merch, 15% off containers and pots. All summer long.
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Shop early and beat the heat!

TPF & Los Nogales will be closing at 12:00 PM through Friday

Due to the extreme heatwave, Theodore Payne Foundation in Sun Valley will be open 8:30 AM to 12 PM, Tuesday through Friday.

Los Nogales Nursery will be open from 9 AM to 12 PM on Thursday and Friday.

Both locations will be open for regular hours starting again on Saturday, August 29th.

What qualities do you want in a garden?

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Abutilon palmeri - Palmer's Indian Mallow (Plant) From $10.00 USD
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Verbena lilacina 'De la Mina' - De la Mina Lilac Verbena (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Penstemon heterophyllus 'Margarita BOP' - Margarita BOP Foothill Penstemon (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Calliandra californica - Red Fairyduster, Zapotillo (Plant) From $8.00 USD
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Eriogonum grande var. rubescens - San Miguel Island or Red Buckwheat (Plant) From $4.00 USD
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Muhlenbergia rigens - Deergrass (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Eriogonum arborescens - Santa Cruz Island Buckwheat (Plant) From $10.00 USD
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Diplacus longiflorus - Bush Monkeyflower, Sticky Monkeyflower (Plant) From $7.00 USD
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Aquilegia formosa - Red or Scarlet Columbine (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink' - Island Pink Yarrow (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Clinopodium douglasii - Yerba Buena (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Salvia spathacea - Hummingbird Sage (Plant) From $4.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Ribes viburnifolium - Evergreen Currant, Catalina Perfume (Plant) From $7.00 USD
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Heteromeles arbutifolia - Toyon, Christmas Berry (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Salvia 'Allen Chickering' - Allen Chickering Sage (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Baccharis pilularis ssp. pilularis 'Pigeon Point' - Pigeon Point Coyote Brush (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Muhlenbergia rigens - Deergrass (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Salvia 'Celestial Blue' - Celestial Blue Sage (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Diplacus longiflorus - Bush Monkeyflower, Sticky Monkeyflower (Plant) From $7.00 USD
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Salvia 'Bee's Bliss' - Bee's Bliss Sage (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Ribes aureum var. gracillimum - Golden Currant (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Salvia mellifera - Black Sage (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium - Common Yarrow (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium 'Island Pink' - Island Pink Yarrow (Plant) From $3.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium 'Sonoma Coast' - Sonoma Coast Yarrow (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Festuca rubra 'Molate' - Molate Creeping Red Fescue (Plant) From $5.00 USD
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Agrostis pallens - Bent Grass (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Festuca rubra 'Patrick's Point' - Patrick's Point Creeping Red Fescue (Plant) From $6.00 USD
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Achillea millefolium 'Mesa Blanca' - Mesa Blanca Yarrow (Plant) From $5.00 USD
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Ambrosia pumila - San Diego Ambrosia (Plant) From $5.00 USD
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Festuca rubra 'Point Joe' - Point Joe Fescue (Plant) $12.00 USD
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Festuca rubra - Creeping Red Fescue (Plant) From $5.00 USD
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Danthonia californica - California Oat Grass (Plant) $10.00 USD
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Elymus triticoides 'Lagunita' - Lagunita Wild Rye (Plant) $5.00 USD

Seeds to Sow in the Warm Season 🌾

You may not typically associate a heat wave with growing California native plants from seed, but there are many perennials that germinate well in warm temperatures. Some buckwheats, sages, milkweeds and certain desert species along with warm season grasses respond well to this early summer weather. Take advantage of the season and peruse our Warm Season Sowing Collection!
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Theodore Payne Foundation kindly asks for your help

in protecting the delicate balance of our native ecosystems by not sowing seeds in nature preserves, open spaces, wilderness, or post-burn areas. Our seed offerings are intended to be sown in cultivated and garden settings.

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Poppy Outdoor Hat - color variant: Black
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Poppy Outdoor Hat $38.00 USD
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Poppy Hat - color variant: Cypress
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Poppy Hat - color variant: Vitis
Poppy Hat $32.00 USD
Chaparral Princess Hat $32.00 USD
Los Nogales Nursery Hat $32.00 USD
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CA Poppy T-Shirt - color variant: Hemp
CA Poppy T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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CA Poppy Long Sleeve Shirt - color variant: Hemp
CA Poppy Long Sleeve Shirt $36.00 USD
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CA Poppy Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
Poppy Hat Denim - color variant: Medium Wash
Poppy Hat Denim $32.00 USD
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Lizards of TPF T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Lizards of TPF Long Sleeve Shirt $42.00 USD
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Lizards of TPF Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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Lizards of TPF Hoodie $40.00 USD
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Datura T-Shirt From $34.00 USD
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Datura Long Sleeve Shirt $40.00 USD
Datura Hat - color variant: Pigment-Dyed Black
Datura Hat $32.00 USD
Sacred Datura Socks $16.00 USD
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TPF Vintage Sign T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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TPF Vintage Sign Crewneck Sweatshirt $40.00 USD
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Sycamore T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Sycamore Hoodie $40.00 USD
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Matilija Poppy Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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Matilija Poppy T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Tie-Dye Matilija Poppy T-Shirt $32.00 USD
Superbloom Phacelia Socks $16.00 USD
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Los Nogales Nursery T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Los Nogales Nursery Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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Team Payne Baseball T-Shirt From $28.00 USD
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Team Payne Baseball Youth T-Shirt $24.00 USD
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Humboldt Lily T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Humboldt Lily Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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Calochortus Kennedyi T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Calochortus Kennedyi Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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CA Buckwheat T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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CA Buckwheat Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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Elderberry T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Elderberry Youth T-Shirt $25.00 USD
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2026 Garden Tour T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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TPF Circle Sticker $1.00 USD
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California Poppy Patch $5.00 USD
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2025 Garden Tour Tote Bag $25.00 USD $40.00 USD
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2024 Garden Tour T-Shirt $25.00 USD $38.00 USD
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2023 Garden Tour T-shirt $36.00 USD $48.00 USD
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Superbloom Bandana $14.00 USD $24.00 USD
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Superbloom Elegant Clarkia Enamel Pin $8.00 USD $16.00 USD
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Superbloom Seedling Mini Tote $18.00 USD $24.00 USD
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Superbloom Tank $20.00 USD $36.00 USD

Recommended Reading 📚

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Peterson Field Guide To Birds Of Western North America, Fifth Edition $32.00 USD
The ABCs of California’s Native Bees $38.00 USD
Birds, Bats, and Blooms: The Coevolution of Vertebrate Pollinators and Their Plants $24.95 USD
The Birds in the Oaks: Secret Voices of the Western Woods $26.00 USD
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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds $26.00 USD $32.50 USD
Nature on the Edge: Lessons for the Biosphere from the California Coast $24.95 USD
What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds $30.00 USD
Kaufman Field Guide To Butterflies Of North America $24.99 USD
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America $25.00 USD
The State of Fire $28.00 USD
The State of Water, Understanding California's Most Precious Resource $22.00 USD
The Deserts of California $55.00 USD
The Forests of California $55.00 USD
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The Coasts of California $55.00 USD
The California Field Atlas $55.00 USD
Guia De Pajareo Del Valle Y La Sierra San Gabriel- Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area (Spanish Edition) $25.00 USD
Mushrooming: An Illustrated Guide to the Fantastic, Delicious, Deadly, and Strange World of Fungi $24.95 USD
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Backyard Birdsong Guide to Western North America $34.95 USD
Firescaping Your Home: A Manual for Readiness in Wildfire Country $29.99 USD
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Western North America: Second Edition $19.95 USD
Native Bees of the Western United States Flashcards $35.00 USD
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Quail-friendly Plants of Baja California $39.95 USD
California Mushrooms: A Comprehensive Idenitifcation Guide $70.00 USD
Raptors of California (California Natural History Guides) $28.95 USD
Natural History of the Islands of California $36.95 USD
Firescaping: Protecting Your Home with a Fire-Resistant Landscape, 2nd Edition $21.95 USD
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Common Bees of Western North America $35.00 USD
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Dinopedia: A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore $14.00 USD $16.95 USD
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Spiders of North America $35.00 USD
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Kaufman Field Guide to Advanced Birding $24.00 USD
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Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America $22.95 USD
Mushroom Rain $17.99 USD
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In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms $16.00 USD $19.95 USD
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The Mycocultural Revolution: Transforming Our World with Mushrooms, Lichens, and Other Fungi $17.95 USD
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QuickReference - Seashore Life of California $8.95 USD
The Cold Canyon Fire Journals: Green Shoots and Silver Linings in the Ashes $30.00 USD
Mushrooms Demystified $42.00 USD
What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and the Worlds They Make $27.95 USD
The Atlas of Amazing Birds $19.95 USD
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Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast $28.95 USD
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This Is a Book for People Who Love Birds $13.00 USD $16.00 USD
The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next $26.95 USD
Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians $25.99 USD
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The Language of Butterflies: How Thieves, Hoarders, Scientists, and Other Obsessives Unlocked the Secrets of the World's Favorite Insect $15.00 USD $17.00 USD
Birds of Prey of the West $14.95 USD
All That the Rain Promises and More: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms $17.99 USD
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures $18.00 USD
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The West Without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and other Climatic Clues Tell Us About Tomorrow $34.00 USD $45.00 USD

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Asclepias fascicularis - Narrowleaf Milkweed (Plant) From $5.00 USD
Corona® Classic Cut Pruner $24.95 USD
10x Pocket Loupe $9.95 USD
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A Botanist's Vocabulary: 1300 Terms Explained and Illustrated $24.95 USD
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Salvia apiana - White Sage (Seed) From $7.00 USD
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Cucurbita foetidissima - Calabazilla, Buffalo Gourd (Plant) From $7.00 USD
Go Native: A Go Fish Card Game with California Native Plants $29.95 USD
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Poppy Outdoor Hat - color variant: Black
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Poppy Outdoor Hat $38.00 USD
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Aristida purpurea - Purple Three Awn (Seed) From $7.00 USD
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Calochortus Kennedyi T-Shirt $32.00 USD
Monarch Sanctuary Seed Collection $30.00 USD
Altadena Critters Sticker $5.00 USD
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Romneya coulteri - Matilija Poppy (Plant) From $10.00 USD
Native Plant Note Card Box - Set of 4 $12.00 USD
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Los Nogales Nursery T-Shirt $32.00 USD
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Adele Bandana $22.00 USD
Los Nogales Nursery Sticker $2.00 USD
California Native Plants Coloring Book $9.95 USD
Chaparral Princess Hat $32.00 USD
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Garden Butterfly Notecard $6.50 USD
Cowboy Cookout Sticker $4.00 USD

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