Weather and Frost information for your region is available online at
The Farmers Almanac

They also have an excellent US Hardiness Zone Map you can refer to while selecting plants.

All orders are shipped
USPS Priority Mail 2-3 Day

A handling fee of $2.50 is applied to all orders.

Proud member of the
International Waterlily &
Water Garden Society

If you have questions about plants for your region, when you can start planting, or how many plants you need, email us for answers! If you don't see something on our site, please email and ask about it. Not all of our pond plants are currently available in enough quantities to offer online.

A little more about us:

Freshwater Flora & Fauna has been a family owned and operated aquatic nursery since 1979. Started by brothers David and Jack Curtright, they were one of the first companies to focus on plants for ponds and aquariums. While Jack turned to focus on aquarium fish, David and his wife Jeanne grew FFF to one of the largest aquatic plant nurseries in Southern California. With a push into mail-order and internet sales, FFF has become one of the top aquatic nurseries in the nation. A true family business, you can be sure that your order is handled with care by David or his daughter Genevieve.

David Curtright has been an expert on aquatic plants, an avid propagator and an active aquatic botanist for over 40 years. He has comprehensive knowledge in all aspects of water gardening, plant propagation, pond construction and pond care. David has presided as President of The Southern California Water Garden Society for the past several years and is a member of the International Water Garden Society (IWGS) and Southern California Tropical Fish Society.

Ordering:
You can place your order using Visa, Mastercard, American Express Card, Discover Card, Paypal, or an ATM debit displaying the Visa or Mastercard logo. For more information please go to our Ordering & Shipping info page. To ensure that your payment information is kept safe, we use a secure server ordering system that does NOT send any payment information as an E-mail.

To order pond plants by telephone please call us at (619) 631-LILY (5459) You can leave your order on our voice message system, and you'll receive an email confirmation when the order is put into the system. We can't currently keep up with our call volume, so an email with your questions will be responded to much faster.

Processing:
Orders are ONLY shipped on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. All orders are processed as quickly as possible after we receive it (as the weather and availability allows). Our quality pond plants are collected and packed no more than 24 hours prior to shipping via USPS Priority Mail. Orders usually arrive at your door in 2-3 days after we ship them.

Please enter any special instructions in the comment box on the order form. (for example... "going on vacation please ship mo/da/yr", "ship after last hard frost mo/da/yr", "rural address, please mark general delivery", "please ship first week of June" etc. For more information please go to our Ordering & Shipping info page.

Shipping:
All shipping takes place Monday - Wednesday, unless other arrangements are made.WE WILL E-MAIL YOU THE DAY YOUR ORDER IS SHIPPED.Please be sure that arrangements are made to recieve the plants. Please understand that your order may be delayed past the standard packing timeframe in order to ship M-W. Orders shipping to Canada will require a phyto-sanitary certificate, our cost for this inspection fee is $75. (There is no fee markup.)

ALL PLANTS are shipped BARE ROOT in accordance with the State of California Agricultural Laws.