More about California native bees

Bees need our help more than ever before. Learn what kinds of bees are the most beneficial, and what to plant to support them.

Yerba Buena Nursery hosted a study of bees native to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Region which you can read here.

Eschscholzia californica - California Poppy

Arctostaphylos edmundsii 'Big Sur' - Manzanita

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Viola ocellata

Western Heartsease

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Viola pedunculata

Johnny Jump Up

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exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Viola sempervirens

Evergreen Violet

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Vitis californica

California Wild Grape

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Vitis californica 'Rogers Red'

California Wild Grape

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Vitis californica 'Walker Ridge'

California Wild Grape

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea'

European Purpleleaf Grape

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Washingtonia filifera

California Fan Palm

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water

1 gal

$1

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$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Whipplea modesta

Yerba de Selva

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Woodwardia fimbriata

Giant Western Chain Fern

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Woodwardia orientalis

Oriental Chain Fern

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water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Wyethia angustifolia

Mules Ears

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Wyethia helenioides

Mules Ears

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Wyethia mollis

Mountain Mule's Ears

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exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Xerophyllum tenax

Beargrass

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exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Xylococcus bicolor

Mission Manzanita

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Yucca whipplei

Our Lord's Candle

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

Zygadenus fremontii

Death Camas

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size

exposure

water

1 gal

$1

2 gal

$2

4"

$4

5 gal

$5

15 gal

$15

24" box

$24

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More about California native bees

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