Randi’s Plant Palettes (PDF from YouTube Design Talk)
September 1, 2022
Check out Tree of Life’s in-house designers favorite plant palettes!
Category: Habitat Gardening
Butterfly Gardening
May 27, 2022
Attracting butterflies to your garden is a rewarding way to foster a healthy population of beneficial insects. Here, we have compiled a list of the best host and nectar sources for attracting California native butterflies.
Fire-resilient Landscapes: Creating Beautiful Gardens for Defensible Space
November 5, 2021
Fire-resilient Landscapes: Creating Beautiful Gardens for Defensible Space
Milkweed & Monarchs: How You Made a Difference
October 26, 2021
We’re doing it! The numbers are in. In 2021, Tree of Life customers took home and planted around 8,000 native milkweed plants consisting of three species. Other vendors were involved as well. Rogers Gardens in Newport Beach reports sales of around 4,000 plants.
Native Plants for Hummingbirds
July 28, 2021
Native plants are favorites for hummingbirds. The plants listed here are sure to bring these graceful creatures to your garden.
Native California Plants for Native Bees and Pollinators
July 28, 2021
It is important to keep in mind when planting to use a variety of flowers that will provide access to our great range of pollinators. Equally important is providing food for pollinators year round. This can be achieved by keeping in mind a calendar of color when you are choosing your plants.
Hard Working Native Plants
July 28, 2021
The following is a list of native plants that you can put in the ground and virtually forget about except to enjoy their beauty and marvel at their efficiency. These plants work for a living and really earn their place in your landscape.
Wildflower Seed Mixes
July 28, 2021
Tree of Life Nursery offers several native wildflower seed mixes which are an excellent addition to drought tolerant landscapes. The blends were developed for use
Natives for Butterflies
May 28, 2021
Drought tolerant native plants are beneficial for species-specific native butterflies that depend on just one or a few types of plants as larval hosts.
Butterfly Bundles
May 7, 2021
The following six plants are guaranteed to get your butterfly garden started. You may have chosen to go with all six of one species or