Family owned since 1942, East Bay Nursery has become the Bay Area’s go-to garden center for your gardening needs. Our specialty is plant selection, which includes California natives, drought tolerant plants, succulents, organic veggie starts and seeds, trees (starts to specimens), fruit trees, and much more. In the store, you will notice that we are committed to meeting your organic gardening needs with fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and soil amendments, all selected with your garden’s best health in mind.
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Plants in the Protea family with their stunning flowers and striking foliage, have found a home in the diverse Bay Area landscape. The Protea family (“Proteaceae”) include Leucadendron, Grevillea, Leucospermum, Banksia, Protea, among others. The unique blooms, known for their vibrant colors and intricate shapes…
Creating a thriving vegetable garden in the Bay Area requires more than just selecting the right plants and watering them regularly. Soil is the key to the success of any garden as it directly impacts the growth, yield, and overall vitality of the plants. Most edible plants grow best…
The deepest blues are achieved in soils with an ample amount of aluminum and are at their best when the pH is near or below 6.0. Blue colored varieties can change to pink if these soil requirements are not met. To attain the desired blue blossoms, apply…
Helleborus are tough, long-lived evergreen perennials which bloom from late winter to early spring. The clusters of nodding, cup shaped flowers bloom in shades of white, pink, red, green, black, dusky mauve, brilliant bicolors, and patterned petals adding a splash of color to a winter garden. Read More…
Why dormant spray? Dormant Spraying is used for two reasons: one is to help control insects, the other is to control fungal diseases. You will have better crops and possibly eliminate the need to spray by reducing insects and diseases in the coming year.
During spells of cold weather, it is advised to protect your plants from potential foliage and root system damage. Cold can affect plants in two ways. Sudden drops in temperature to below freezing can cause ice crystals to form in the plants cells causing them to burst, resulting in die-back or death.
Looking to bring spring-like blooms to your garden in the depths of winter? Any of the numerous varieties of Camellia sasanqua will do just this! The large, bright flowers bloom in bright colors of white, pink and red in early to mid-winter.
Picea pungens is a bright silvery blue, evergreen conifer, with a narrow, pyramidal form with horizontal to weeping branching. In the Bay Area they typically reach 20-25' in height, although they can grow 30-60’ tall and more where they grow naturally.
Introduce a brilliant splash of color to a drab winter garden with the profusion of bright orange-red, salmon, apricot, deep scarlet red, pale pink, bright white, or yellow blooms of a Flowering Quince. Chaenomeles bloom in late winter to early spring and are one of the first shrubs to bloom in spring. Brilliant buds begin to swell and appear in February and March…