Plants & Trees
Deuterochonia brevifolia, a Rare Treasure for Your Collection
This adorable bromeliad is a favorite for rare plant folks—and very hard to find! Slowly, over time, the plant will envelop its rock pot, forming a kind of spiky ball with its exquisite miniature rosettes.
Bromeliads, Your New Plant Obsession
Want the breezy, laid back vibe of a tropical paradise in your cool weather, low-water garden? Plant bromeliads! Both our stores are fully stocked with these stunners right now.
Palms for the Dry Garden
The dry garden is a place we cultivate for harvest and beauty and life outdoors without overdoing the water in our summer-dry climate. With all their beauty and versatility, palms can play an important in the dry garden.
Beschorneria ‘Flamingo Glow,’ A True Showstopper
One of our favorite plants for low-water gardens, Beschorneria yuccoides 'Flamingo Glow' truly delivers on so many levels, with soft, delicate leaves, pretty variegated color, and of course that wildly exotic bloom.
Everything Looks Like a Yucca!
Many beautiful yucca plants will thrive in coastal California, and we often have several varieties in stock—along with quite a few yucca lookalikes!—at our San Francisco and Marina del Rey nurseries. Read on to learn more about these tough and lovely plants.
Growing Vireya Rhododendrons in Coastal California
It’s well known that at Flora Grubb Gardens we love epiphytic forest dwellers. Epiphytes are plants that grow on trees such as bromeliads, orchids, staghorn ferns, rhipsalis… and vireyas!
Trailing Succulents for Hanging Baskets
Down at our farms in the Rainbow Valley, we grow over a dozen varieties of trailing succulents, perfect for hanging baskets, vertical gardens, and container gardens. All of these cuties are in stock now!
Wispy Acacias and Their Golden Blooms
Here in the Bay Area, when the acacias start showing their fireworks of delicate golden blooms, we know that spring is just around the corner.
Make Something Beautiful at the Potting Bench
Our DIY Potting Bench is back! Come and make something beautiful for your home or garden.
Not Your Basic Bougainvilleas
Even in cooler weather, the bougainvilleas are popping all over town.
Indestructible Haworthias: Mini Succulents for Indoors or Out
Haworthias, tough-as-nails miniature succulents that look like dollhouse agaves or aloes, are perfect for making jewelbox compositions in little tabletop pots.
Bye-Bye, Lawn: Ask More of Your Outdoor Space
Californians, let's get real: It's time to kiss your super-thirsty lawn goodbye. Did you catch Flora chatting about this on KQED? Or The New York Times weighing in on "How to Fall Out of Love With Your Lawn"? Everybody's talking about gorgeous ways to replace your grass with low-water landscapes.
Adorable Aeoniums
Aeoniums, with their sweetly symmetrical rosettes, whimsical leggy growth habits, and wide variety of foliage colors and patterns, are so much fun to grow and collect. We've almost always got dozens in stock at Flora Grubb Gardens nursery in San Francisco.
The Magical Spiral Aloe Plant at Flora Grubb SF!
The rare and mesmerizing Aloe polyphylla is finally back in stock! We have a limited supply of baby 4-inch spiral aloes. Watch this little cutie grow into a mesmerizing spiral.
The Beautiful and Varied Blooms of the Protea Family
Among the proteaceae there is a vast variety of exotic flowers, and many of these plants have a long blooming season, especially here in coastal California, where the weather mimics their native South African and Australian coastal landscapes.
Phlebodium 'Blue Star' is Our Favorite Flexible Fern
Phlebodium aureum 'Blue Star' fern is one of our favorite versatile plants, growing happily in the Bay Area either indoors or out.
Japanese Maples: Our Springtime Treat
Every year in the springtime we receive a special order of rare and unusual Japanese maples from Oregon, and we get so excited when the truck arrives!
Leucadendrons at Their Loveliest
Late winter is when leucadendrons are at their most stunning, showing their vibrant color and putting out shiny new growth. Flora Grubb Gardens stores in SF and LA are always stocked with a rainbow of different varieties ready to come home with you!
Bright, Festive Color for Your Winter Garden
In coastal California we're lucky enough to be able to host cozy holiday gatherings outside. Put out some blankets, pour hot drinks, and enjoy your gorgeous year-round garden! Winter blooms and brightly colored foliage are all the festive decor you need, and we’ve got plenty of both at Flora Grubb Gardens.
Pretty Pittosporums for Screening in Your Garden
Pittosporums have an amazing superpower: the ability to quickly grow into a screen that’s dense enough to disguise a wall or create some privacy, but still feels light and airy. Read on to learn how to use these versatile plants to make your own screen in your garden.