Native plants to be for sale in Pasadena

BY JEANETTE MARANTOS >>> Now’s the time to go native — with your landscaping, that is — and support the neighborhood birds and bees. California native plants do best when planted in the fall, allowing their roots to get established during Southern California’s mild and — fingers crossed — wet winters. The San Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is hosting a one-day sale of native plants Nov. 4. The society has a helpful website (cnps-sgm.org/

plantsale), especially for gardeners new to planting natives, as well as a list of all the plants that will be available.

Barbara Eisenstein PENSTEMON HETEROPHYLLUS, which is also known as Margarita BOP, will be in this year’s Native Plant Society sale.