Shipping:
We can ship our transplants via UPS. We ship plugs without their tray and place them in a plastic-lined box for safe shipping. Boxes need to be opened upon arrival so they don’t overheat and they could be planted upon arriving. Please alert us of any issues as soon as you receive your shipment. We charge the UPS-generated shipping costs as well as a $20/box handling fee. Each box fits 200 plugs.
If you would like to purchase more than the quantity listed or are interested in a species not listed, please call, or email us. We would be happy to grow a custom order for you. We can do custom grows with our seed or with seed provided to us from your site. Please give us a 14-week minimum notice if you are interested in having plugs custom grown. We require a 60% deposit for all contract grows.
Transplant Sizes:
Plugs: 1”x 1” x 2.5” deep (200 cells per tray)
Deep Tree Bands (DTB): 2 3/8” square x 5” deep (49 containers per tray)
$4.55/DTB for milkweed species/specialty species
$2.85/DTB – $2.95/4″ Pot for grass species $3.05/DTB – $3.15/4″ Pot for forb species $8.25/1 Gal. for grass species $8.50/1Gal. for forb species
Tray Charges and Deposits:
1”x 1” x 2.5” Plug trays have a refundable deposit of $8.00 per tray.
Escondido Nursery has a minimum of $200 before taxes, shipping, handling, and tray deposits for all orders.
Pricing in the chart below is per species. (With the exception of the first row, which is a set price for 0-100 plugs).
For example: if you are ordering 250 of two different species (500 total) the pricing would be the price for 101-600 range for each species.
Please note: Prices are subject to change without notice.
Plug Pricing Chart
| Quantity by Species | Grasses | Sedges/Rushes/ Forbes | All Asclepias /Carex divulsa/ Carex pansa/Carex praegricilis Festuca californica/ Any hard to grow species |
| 0-100 | $1.43 | $1.43 | $1.43 |
| 101-600 | $0.93 | $1.03 | $1.18 |
| 601-1000 | $0.83 | $0.93 | $1.03 |
| 1001-3000 | $0.73 | $0.83 | $0.93 |
| 3001-5000 | $0.63 | $0.73 | $0.83 |
| 5001+ | $0.53 | $0.63 | $0.73 |
California Native Nursery Transplants
Escondido Nursery has a wide selection of species and ecotypes in nursery stock. The majority of our transplants are small plugs (1 x 1 x 2.2 inches) that are ideal for use in restoration and landscaping projects. We also carry some species with deeper taproots, including milkweeds, in deep tree bands (2 3/8 x 5 inches). Please feel free to
contact us for our nursery availability list. We can also custom grow plants for specific projects using our seed or seed you provide to us.