Desert natives, grown from local seed

We are a small backyard nursery east of Phoenix. Everything on the benches started as seed we collected ourselves, sown in gravelly mix and hardened in full sun, so it is ready for your yard and not for a greenhouse.

In stock

Fall plant list is up

Twelve species this season, all from seed collected within sixty miles.

Saturday

Open 7 to 11 am

Cash or card. Bring a box; we reuse pots if you bring them back.

Notes

Tall pots for trees

Why a five-dollar pot decides whether a mesquite stands up in year five.

Recent notes

Why we grow trees in tall pots (Oct 18, 2026)
Collecting seed without taking too much (Sep 06, 2026)
What the 2026 monsoon did to the beds (Aug 23, 2026)
How to water a native you just planted (Apr 12, 2026)

What we do not sell

Dug cactus, anything collected as a whole plant, and species that need summer irrigation to survive here. If a plant cannot make it on rainfall after its second year, it is not on our list.