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Capitol Wholesale Nursery has been servicing the Bay Area for over 40 years as a premier grower, plant broker and re-wholesaler.

The CWN Difference

Our estimators make it easy for you to decide - We present our customers with complete and competitive detailed quotes that include: Accurate botanical names, Current and future availability and specifications, Possible substitutions for consideration
CWN offers you the best selection of plants from throughout the West - We offer complete assembly and order fulfillment, for will call or delivery, from our full line of continually rotating inventory & diverse inventories of hundreds of western nurseries
Let CWN bring the plants to you with our customized delivery - Time is money and we want to be an added value to your business, providing deliveries when and where you need them (areas we service) and guaranteed satisfaction that your order is complete
Need more or bought too much, CWN has the solution! - Whether you run short or have too many, we can help you finish your project with no order minimums, many items in stock or readily available, and returns either by pick-up or to our nursery (return policy)            

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We saw an amazing book yesterday in Berkeley’s @buildersbooksource called Nature’s Palette: A Color Reference System from the Natural World. 🌎🌈 It would make a great companion volume for landscape designers, painters, naturalists, or co
A perfect spring day in San Jose - here comes Anthony driving rolls of sod to the back of the nursery! 🚜 Have you picked out your spring plants yet? What’s on your list? 🌸🏡 #capitolwholesalenursery #wholesaleplants #californiagardens #spri
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 There are SO many ways to support the Earth in your yard and garden. 🌿☀️ Here are some tips for creating a more eco friendly garden in 2024: 1. Ditch the pesticides! ❌💀 Poisons in your yard kill wildlife indiscriminately and d
Mimulus (Diplacus), aka Monkeyflower, are a familiar sight alongside California's roadways and in its natural ecosystems - some are even found in bogs, such as Erythranthe cardinalis (Scarlet Monkeyflower). 🌼 But did you know there are over 145 dif
There are so many wonderful forms of California native Ceanothus!🪻Also known as California Lilac, these shrubs are fragant and colorful, adding beautiful shades of purple and blue to your yard. Like other natives, they are exceptionally drought-tole
Drought-tolerant plants are a wonderful way to start your sustainable garden, but nothing beats the easy-care, guaranteed environmentally-friendly qualities of California natives! 🌿 Because they are already adapted to the California environment, the
Happy Earth Month, plant lovers! 🌎 In honor of Mother Earth, we'll be talking this month about how to improve the sustainability and health of your garden. In California's climate, drought-tolerant plants are a great place to start making your gard
More roses opening every day - here’s ’Apricot Candy’ 🍑🍭 #capitolwholesalenursery #roses #rosegarden #californiagarden #bayareaplants
Chrysanthemum ‘Rebecca’ 🌼 Great for borders, containers, rock gardens, or cut flowers. A crowd pleaser - who wouldn’t love these bright, feathery white petals? 💕 #capitolwholesalenursery #nowblooming #springflowers #longblooming
Another sunny one: Opuntia x Walk in Beauty ‘Mandarin Sunrise’ cactus! 🌵☀️🌼 These don’t flower for too long but when they do they are just exquisite! #capitolwholesalenursery #totaleclipse2024 #orangeflowers #springflowersmakeme
Keeping with today’s sun-oriented theme: Papaver nudicaule ’Champagne Bubbles Orange’! Bringing serious sun energy to the 4” plant tables! ☀️🌼 #capitolwholesalenursery #totalsolareclipse #orangeflowers #springflowers #spring
Dave wore his eclipse-themed tshirt for today’s solar event! And is holding our homemade pinhole camera! ☀️ Swipe to see how Brandon uses the camera with his back to the sun. You can see a tiny image of the eclipse projected inside the box! A

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