Support for LAist comes from
Become a sponsor
Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland Empire
Donate
Stay Connected

LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio, a member-supported public media network.

Listen
Donate
Podcasts Off-Ramp
Talking Native Plants at the Theodore Payne Foundation
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Oct 9, 2010
Listen • 4:20
Talking Native Plants at the Theodore Payne Foundation
If you're thinking about starting your garden up once and for all, Fall is the perfect time.
Lili Singer at the Theodore Payne Foundation
Lili Singer at the Theodore Payne Foundation
(
Kevin Ferguson/KPCC
)

If you're thinking about starting your garden up once and for all, Fall is the perfect time.

If you're thinking about starting your garden up once and for all, Fall is the perfect time.

...And if you're looking to go native, there's no better place to do it than at the Theodore Payne Foundation Nursery, they just turned 50 this year and they're getting ready for their annual native plant sale. Off-Ramp's Kevin Ferguson talked with the Payne's Special Projects Coordinator Lili Singer about what native plants look best, which invasive plants are the most nefarious and why Southern California's most iconic piece of flora isn't Californian at all.