CNPS- Willis L Jepson Chapter

06/04/2026

Blooming now at Lake Solano Park:

- Foothill penstemon ‘Penstemon Heterophyllus’ with a honey bee 🐝
- Red bush monkey flower ‘Diplacus aurantiacus var. puniceus’ with a bumblebee 🐝
- Desert bluebells ‘Phacelia campanularia’
- Vinegarweed ‘Trichostema lanceolatum’

The first two were planted in the demonstration garden intentionally, however, the other two are volunteers. The area where the 2020 LNU fire burned has had an amazing variety of self-seeded native annuals this year!

06/04/2026

Biodiversity in Urban Gardens: California Statewide Project Kickoff Webinar! 🌿🌸🐝🐦‍⬛

Learn about urban biodiversity, discover the power of community science, and find out how you can get involved.

Join us Wednesday, June 10 at 6 PM for an introduction to the Biodiversity in Urban Gardens (BUG): California Community Science Project—a statewide effort to document biodiversity in public, home, and neighborhood gardens across California using iNaturalist.

📋 Register at https://bit.ly/439yJ4c

The BUG project is made possible with generous project support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Special thanks also to the Mary A. Crocker Trust and the CNPS Santa Clara Valley Chapter for their generous support of BUG in Santa Clara and southern San Mateo counties.

05/26/2026

Native ferns in the garden

05/26/2026

Native Fern Sale starts tomorrow at the East Bay Regional Botanic Garden

Announcing our inventory reduction sale of California Native Ferns. Quantities and prices below (all are in 3” pots unless otherwise noted).

05/13/2026

What’s blooming in Solano County in May? 🌷:

* California poppies and tidy tips
* Tidy tips (Layia platyglossa)
* Western columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
* Blue-head Gilia (Gilia capitata)
* California wild rose (Rosa californica)
* Woolly blue curls (Trichostema lanatum)

05/13/2026

05/11/2026

Our annual Spring Native Plant Sale was a huge success! 🎉 Thanks to the support of our community, we sold over $5,000 worth of plants. CNPS Jepson is truly grateful to anyone who purchased from us, or helped share the sale! ❤️ Your support helps us continue growing California native species at our local nursery in Vallejo, CA.

05/11/2026

Calflora's 12th Annual May Photo Contest is on! Here's a 2025 winner by David Greenberger. Details: https://www.calflora.org/entry/applications2.html

05/02/2026

Volunteers have filled tables with plants for tomorrow’s Native Plant Sale at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Benicia. Our U-Haul is also filled with the online orders for pickup tomorrow. Sales start at 10am.