Mariposa Native Plants: Prices on Generally Available Plants

Our plant list on Calscape's webpage:

Our plant prices are approximately $12/gallon. This means that for a #1 nursery container plant, the cost is $12, Mariposa County tax included.
$12: #1 round nursery container, #1 square nursery container (G1); 4x4x9 tree pot (TP49).
$16: #1 deep round nursery container (G1D); 4x4x14 deep tree pot (TP4D).
$24: #2 round nursery container (G2).
$30: #3 round nursery container (G3).
$50: #5 round nursery container (G5).
$125: #15 round nursery container (G15).
$300: 24 inch square wooden box (B24).
These cost bumps are mainly due to transportation costs, which factor into the price we pay for propagation materials. We were beginning to lose money on the sale of plants in smaller containers. We've stopped selling plants in 4-inch pots, small tree bands, and the like; too many were being lost in the summer heat.

Our seed prices are $7/packet. A packet of seeds contains 25 seeds and 5 plastic plant labels that identify the seeds. A packet of acorns contains 12 acorns and 5 labels. If the seeds are very small, such as California Poppy seeds, then we include about 1 teaspoon, approximately 200-400 seeds in the packet. We can sell some small seeds in 1 ounce packets. The price does vary, according the availability of the plant seed. A typical starting price is $15/ounce.

Extra plant tags are $0.10/tag, with a minimum order of 20 tags. You can order tags for mulitple plant species, but we cannot customize the tags; they are standard MNP plastic tags, available for the plants that we sell. These are heavy-duty plastic, .5 x 5 inch, to be stuck into the soil in a pot or in the ground near the plant. They are laser thermal printed and withstand water and sun for several years.

There is such a thing in California and in Mariposa County. At Mariposa Native Plants, we include the sales tax into the price of the plants and seeds. For example, a one-gallon plant sells for $12, which includes sales tax of 8.75%. On October 1st, 2022 in Mariposa County, the sales tax increased by 1% to 8.75%.

We are no longer offering small volume discounts. We continue to sell plants at around 20% discounts for special events, such as the Mariposa Butterfly Festival.

These must be made, generally, well in advance of our growing seasons. We can determine, upon enquiry, whether a request should be considered long-term. For typical long-term orders, we requre a 50% advance. Contact us for further details on the contractual arrangements.

We can now sell and ship plants within the lower 48 states via USPS Priority Mail. Contact us for prices. For plants, there is a shipping & handling charge of $5.00, which covers the cost of the shipping box, the packing materials, and delivery to the post office. The shipping and handling charge is added to the cost of the plants and the postage, and this comprises the total cost of the plant shipment. For seeds, there is no shipping & handling charge, just seed costs and postage costs.

Typically, we ship in large flat-rate boxes, for which the postage is currently $26.00. Thus, for a shipment of two 1-gallon plants, the total price for shipping the plants would be about 2 x $12 + $26.00 + $5.00, or $55.00. If the plants are tall, up to 24 inches in height, we need to use a larger box, and the shipping cost is between $50 and $60. We ship native plant seeds, and we again use USPS Priority Mail, which costs $10.45 (a bit more for a larger bundle of seed packets) per envelope. Large seeds and acorns are shipped in a USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Box, which costs $11.00. We recommend that you refrigerate the seeds as soon as you get them and keep them cool, not frozen, until you are ready to plant them. Mariposa Native Plants complies with Article 4.5 of the California Seed Law and is thereby permitted to sell native plant seeds within the state of California.

We accept payments for orders online by check, credit card, or PayPal. At our location or at events, yes, we do take cash or any of the aforementioned indirect monetary transfer methods. To pay by check, just confirm the order amount and send us a check for the amount of your order. For payment by credit card, call us (209.742.1540) and tell us your credit card number over the phone (do not send a credit card number through email). For payment online by PayPal, follow the directions below.

Go to the PayPal website at www.paypal.com. Click on the yellow Send button on the top right of the PayPal website. Direct your payment to our email address: mariposanativeplants@gmail.com