Laguna Nursery Orange County

Laguna Nurs­ery in Orange County

Aki

This hid­den nurs­ery located in Irvine car­ries a vari­ety of out­door plants, pots and foun­tains. If you Google/​Mapquest the loca­tion it maps it incor­rectly. The nurs­ery is located on Alton south of Sand Canyon right under the­large power lines.

6900 Alton Park­way, Irvine/​CA/​92618
Tele­phone: (949) 727‑4395 /​ Mon-​​Sat/​8 – 5
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Paid Delivery

Ana­heim Whole­sale Nurs­ery & Land­scape Supply

This very large, well stocked nurs­ery gets high grades from cus­tomers for being friendly and accom­mo­dat­ing. The nurs­ery grows their own plants and car­ries a selec­tion of peren­ni­als, trees and shrubs. There is lim­ited “color”.

1550 N Glas­sell St., Orange, CA 92867
Tele­phone: 714−282−8501 /​ Mon — Sat 7 am – 4 pm, Closed Sun
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Batavia Gar­dens

This friendly, old fash­ioned nurs­ery has been around since 1972. They offer a wide range of bed­ding and land­scap­ing plants and very good shade selec­tion. They also have top­i­aries, pots, veg­eta­bles, fruit trees and sup­plies. They have a land­scape designer, Parry Hamada, on staff.

1730 N Batavia St., Orange Cal­i­for­nia 92865
Tele­phone: 714−637−2360 /​ Mon — Sat 8:30 am – 5 pm, Sun 9 am — 4 pm, Closed Tues
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Blue Hills nursery/​www​.blue​hills​.com

This nurs­ery was founded in the 1950s by the Naka­mura fam­ily and is still under their own­er­ship. In addi­tion to annu­als and peren­ni­als, they carry a selec­tion of fruit trees, Japan­ese maples, camel­lias, roses and pond plants. There is a gift shop on site.

16440 E Whit­tier Blvd.,Whittier, CA 90603
Tele­phone: 562−947−2013 /​ Daily 8:30 am –5 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Brita’s Old Town Gar­dens /​ www​.Britas​gar​dens​.com

This is a charm­ing well stocked and orga­nized neigh­bor­hood nurs­ery. In addi­tion to spe­cial­iz­ing in drought tol­er­ant plants, they carry rain col­lec­tion bar­rels, pots, soil, fer­til­izer, gifts and gar­den supplies.

255 Main Street, Seal Beach, CA 90740
Tele­phone: (562) 430‑5019 /​ Mon — Sat 9am — 5pm Sun­day 10am — 5 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Cot­tage Nurs­ery Gar­den /​ www​.cot​ta​genurs​ery​gar​den​.com

Cot­tage Nurs­ery Gar­dens spe­cial­izes in old fash­ioned flow­ers and heir­loom vari­eties not com­monly found else­where. Think hol­ly­hocks and Eng­lish roses. They also carry gifts and gar­den supplies.

14391 Edwards Street, West­min­ster, CA
Tele­phone: (714) 890‑5511 /​ Tues — Sun 10am — 4pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Free Deliv­ery, Paid Delivery

Dana Point Nursery

This nurs­ery has been owned by the Otsubo fam­ily since 1947. The pre­sen­ta­tion of suc­cu­lents in pots and wreaths, bon­sais and bed­ding and land­scap­ing plants is out­stand­ing. They carry some fun dog stuff and all ani­mals are wel­come. They are very friendly and help­ful. I met Brooke who also does arrangements.

34100 Pacific Coast High­way, Dana Point, CA 92629
Tele­phone: 949−496−5137 /​ Mon — Sat 8 am –5 pm, Sun 9 am — 4 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Dragon Fly Shops and Gar­dens /​ www​.drag​on​fly​shop​sandgar​dens​.com

This lit­tle cot­tage is a com­bi­na­tion gift shop, nurs­ery and gar­den shop. Suc­cu­lent arrange­ments and wreaths, stat­u­ary and a small but unusual selec­tion of plants are fea­tured. Very whimsical!

260 N Glas­sell St., Orange CA 92866
Tele­phone: 714−289−4689 /​Mon — Fri 10 am –5 pm, Sat 9 am — 5 pm, Sun 11 am — 3 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Discover

Eden Top­i­ary Nursery

I have never seen so many top­i­aries in one nurs­ery! Started by Hed Nguyen and her hus­band as a “fun retire­ment project.” They also carry bon­sai and wire frames. If you want a cus­tom top­i­ary, this is the place to get it.

2726 W Lin­coln Ave., Ana­heim, CA 92801
Tele­phone: 714−952−4379 /​ Mon — Sat 10 am –5:30 pm, Sun with appoint­ment
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Deliv­ery, Free deliv­ery with $300.00 purchase.

Fuller­ton Arbore­tum /​www​.fuller​tonar​bore​tum​.org

The col­lec­tions at Fuller­ton Arbore­tum include Mediter­ranean, desert, wood­lands and cul­ti­vated oranges, roses, rare fruits and other col­lec­tions. The Pot­ting Shed is their retail nurs­ery and gar­den shop. They also have spe­cial sales through­out the year for toma­toes, peren­ni­als, salvias, African vio­lets, Cal­i­for­nia natives and but­ter­fly and hum­ming­bird plants.

1900 Asso­ci­ated Rd., Fuller­ton, CA 92831
Tele­phone: 657 – 278-​​3407/​ Tues & Thur 10 am – 2 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am – 4 pm, Closed in Aug.
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa

Green Mart /​ www​.mygreen​mart​.com

This nursery/​floral shop (orchids) has been owned by the Chou fam­ily since 1986. They spe­cial­ize in trop­i­cal fruit trees – the more exotic the bet­ter. They have some unusual small to medium containers.

400 W Lin­coln Ave., Orange, CA 92865
Tele­phone: 714−637−2060 /​ 8:30 am –5 pm. Closed Tues
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa
Paid Delivery

Hunt­ing­ton Gar­den Cen­ter /​ www​.hunt​ing​ton​gar​den​cen​ter​.com

This a lit­tle jewel of a nurs­ery with lots of good stuff, packed into a small space. The stock is accli­mated and in many cases, hand picked. They have beau­ti­ful hang­ing bas­kets. The owner, Vin­cent Hakes, wants you to have a flaw­less expe­ri­ence and is very helpful.

19121 Brookhurst St., Hunt­ing­ton Beach, CA 92643
Tele­phone: 714−963−6522 /​ Mon — Sat 8 am – 6 pm, Sun 9 am — 5 pm. Shorter win­ter hours.
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Deliv­ery, Free Deliv­ery with $200.00 purchase.

Ito Nurs­ery

This five acre gem of a nurs­ery is located in his­toric down­town San Juan Capis­trano (the old­est road in the state of Cal­i­for­nia runs along their prop­erty). They grow many of the plants they sell and are 95% organic. The nurs­ery has been owned and oper­ated by Sheree and Doug Ito for 40 years. They sell a vari­ety of accli­mated plants which are hand fed.

31825 Los Rios St., San Juan Capis­trano, CA 92675
Tele­phone: 949−661−7291 /​ Mon — Fri 8 am – 4:30 pm, Sat 8 am – 12:30 pm, Closed Sun
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders

Laguna Nurs­ery /​ www​.Lagu​na​nurs​ery​.net

This 70 year old nurs­ery has 9 lives. Near clos­ing 4 years ago it was saved and res­ur­rected by land­scape archi­tect Ruben Flo­res. The new incar­na­tion is delight­ful, includ­ing not only plants but foun­tains, antiques, acces­sories, art and won­der­ful ideas for cre­ative indoor and out­door rooms. Ruben also has a land­scap­ing com­pany, Visionscape.

1370 S. Coast High­way, Laguna Beach, CA. 92651
Tele­phone: 949−494−5200 /​ Mon-​​Thurs 8 — 5 pm/​Friday 8 — 4pm/​Sat 8 — 6 pm/​Sun 9 — 4 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Free Deliv­ery, Paid Delivery

Laguna Gar­dens Nursery

This charm­ing nurs­ery in Laguna Canyon has been fam­ily owned since 1986. They spe­cial­ize in hard to find and unusual plants. You won’t find these plants at a big box store. they also have been pro­mot­ing organic gar­den­ing for a long time with chemical-​​free prod­ucts. Land­scap­ing is available.

21065 Raquel Rd., Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Tele­phone: 949−497−4950 /​ 9 am – 5 pm 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Lake­wood Nursery

This 3 1/​2 acre nurs­ery has had the same owner since 1950, so they must be doing things right! They carry every­thing, includ­ing bon­sais, a good tree selec­tion, veg­eta­bles, fer­til­iz­ers and sup­plies. Staff is knowl­edgable and friendly.

4114 Lin­coln Ave., Cypress, CA. 90630
Tele­phone: 714−828−9464 /​ Mon — Sat 9 — 5:30/Sun 9 — 5
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Mimosa Nurs­ery /​ www​.mimosa​nurs​ery​.com

This large nurs­ery car­ries a selec­tion of rare fruit trees (many from Asia), roses, palms and rare bamboos.

2700 W Cres­cent Ave., Ana­heim, CA, 92801
Tele­phone: 714−828−0780 /​ 8 am – 5 pm 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Cash Only, NO Checks
Paid Delivery

M&M Nurs­ery

This unas­sum­ing nurs­ery car­ries an irre­sistible selec­tion of fairy gar­den sup­plies, plants and arrange­ments. A favorite of minia­ture enthu­si­asts and rail­road­ers, They have lots of tiny plants. They also carry great stat­ues and foun­tains. In the spring, they will be sup­plied with won­der­ful cot­tage and Eng­lish gar­den spec­i­mens sup­plied by (shhh!) a fire­man named Al.

380 N Tustin, Orange, CA 92867
Tele­phone: 714−538−8042 /​ 9 am – 4:30 pm 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Pacific Par­adise

This 6 acre nurs­ery is all busi­ness. For help, ask for Maria in the retail sec­tion. The office is in the mid­dle of the long nar­row lot. They have a lot of every­thing – you might want to call first.

1621 Euclid Ave., Ana­heim, CA
Tele­phone: 714−999−1190 /​ Mon — Sat 7:30 am – 3:30 pm, Closed Sun
Cards Accepted: Cash or Check Only
Free Delivery(with $500 pur­chase), Paid Delivery

Plant Depot /​ www​.plant​de​pot​.com

A large nurs­ery that has been owned and oper­ated by the same fam­ily for 15 years. They carry a large selec­tion of annu­als, peren­ni­als, shrubs, trees, water plants, acces­sories and foun­tains. they have a large gift shop that car­ries sea­sonal items. High qual­ity and good ser­vice is a commitment.

33413 San Juan Creek, San Juan Capis­trano, CA 92675
Tele­phone: 949−240−2107 /​ Mon — Sat 8 am – 5 pm, Sun 9 am — 5 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

The Pot­ting Shed at Fuller­ton Arboretum /

www​.fuller​tonar​bore​tum​.org (click on Plant Sales)

The friends of Fuller­ton Arbore­tum oper­ate a com­mer­cial grow­ing nurs­ery on the grounds of the Arbore­tum. Plants of all types are for sale 2 ways: 1) week­ends 10 am to 4 pm year-​​round. Closed August, and 2) at spe­cial sales, includ­ing toma­toes, salvias, Cal­i­for­nia native plants and more.

1900 Asso­ci­ated Rd., Fuller­ton, CA 92831
Tele­phone: 657−278−3407 /​ Sat — Sun 10 am – 4 pm.  Closed August
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover
No Spe­cial Orders

Roger’s Gar­dens /​ www​.rogers​gar​dens​.com

An excel­lent nurs­ery, bou­tique, florist and art gallery. Arguably one of the best nurs­eries in Cal­i­for­nia, if the coun­try. Roger’s Gar­dens is well worth the trip to Corona del Mar. The nurs­ery almost takes a back­seat to the indoor offer­ings, includ­ing fur­ni­ture. The web­site, espe­cially the land­scap­ing sec­tion, is a great introduction.

2301 San Joaquin Hills Rd., Corona del Mar, CA 92625
Tele­phone: 800−647−2356 /​ 9 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
No Spe­cial Orders, paid delivery

Sakioka Whole­sale Nurs­ery /​ www​.sakioka​nurs​ery​.com

This 7 acre nurs­ery is located on a long nar­row lot with the office in the mid­dle. They spe­cial­ize in ground cover flats and bed­ding plants, but they also have an expan­sive inven­tory, includ­ing sod and plant­ing soil by the yard.

15761 New­land St., West­min­ster, CA 92683
Tele­phone: 714−898−0345 /​ Mon — Sat 7 am – 4 pm, Closed
Sun Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Sea­side Grow­ers /​ www​.seaside​grow​ers​.com

Sea­side Grow­ers is hid­den away on 2 and 1/​2 acres, near the 405 free­way in San Juan Capis­trano. Owned by the Cas­sady fam­ily since 1995, it is reached via a dri­ve­way off Camino Capis­trano, which skirts a mobile home park and crosses a rail­road track. Hav­ing arrived I felt like I had been trans­ported to Hawaii: I was sur­rounded by gor­geous palms and trop­i­cals. They also carry suc­cu­lents, bam­boo, wide vari­eties of shade plants, bananas, cit­rus trees and more.

33773 Camino Capis­trano, San Juan Capis­trano, CA 92624
Tele­phone: 949−493−7854 /​ Mon — Fri 8 am – 4:30 pm, Sat 9 am — 4 pm, Closed Sun
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Free Deliv­ery, Paid Delivery

Shore Gar­dens Nursery

This sweet jewel of a neigh­bro­hood nurs­ery is tucked away in down­town San Clemente. It’s an oasis con­sist­ing of a choice selec­tion of every kind of plant, pot and foun­tain. It’s been owned by the Car­rick fam­ily since 1952.

201 S Ola Vista, San Clemente, CA 92672
Tele­phone: 949−942−3526 /​ Mon — Sat 8 am – 5 pm, Sun 9 am — 4 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Free Local Deliv­ery (with $70 pur­chase), Paid Delivery

Stevens Gar­den

This shady nurs­ery is tucked into a shady lot just off busy Ortega High­way. The prop­erty is very deep and every nook is filled with suc­cu­lents, pots, bed­ding flats and land­scap­ing plants.

27401 Ortega High­way, San Juan Capis­trano, CA 92675
Tele­phone: 949−481−2632 /​ 8 am – 5 pm 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

The Plant Stand /​ www​.plant​-stand​.com

The Plant Stand spe­cial­izes in inte­rior plants (80%) with a focus on tropicals.Their offer­ings include bromeli­ads, orchids, palms, cac­tus, suc­cu­lents and pottery.

2972-​​A Cen­tury Place, Costa Mesa, CA
Tele­phone: (800) 698‑1077 /​ Mon-​​Fri 8am-​​6pm, Sat 9am-​​6pm, Su 10am-​​6pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Free Deliv­ery, Paid Delivery

Tree of Life Nurs­ery /​ www​.cal​i​for​ni​a​na​tive​plants​.com

Tree of Life is a very large, 30-​​year old Cal­i­for­nia natives grower’s nurs­ery located in a beau­ti­ful set­ting off Ortega High­way. The retail busi­ness in located in Casa La Paz, a charm­ing adobe which houses gifts, books and plant sales. They spon­sor sem­i­nars, includ­ing, “How to replace your lawn.” Web­site con­tains good info on cal­i­for­nia natives.

33201 Ortega High­way, San Juan Capis­trano, CA 92693
Tele­phone: 949−728−0685 /​ Mon — Sat 9 am – 4 pm. Closed Sat dur­ing Sum­mer. Call before going on Sat.
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Amer­i­can Express
Paid Delivery

Trop­i­cal Vibe Nurs­ery and Land­scape /​ www​.trop​i​calvibe​.com

John Men­doza, owner of Trop­i­cal Vibe Nurs­ery, has a fam­ily back­ground in the cof­fee plan­ta­tion busi­ness in Ecuador for gen­er­a­tions. He and a team of hor­ti­cul­tur­ists and land­scape design­ers res­ur­rected the nurs­ery in 2003. They offer one of the widest vari­eties of exotic plants and rare palms on the West Coast. Their com­plete design/​build ser­vice has been fea­tured on HGTV and the Food Network.

20322 Kline Drive, New­port Beach, CA 92660
Tele­phone: (949) 340‑5444 /​ Fri­day 9am-​​4pm, Sat 9am-​​4pm, by appt Tues-​​Thurs, closed Mon­day
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa
Spe­cial Orders, Free Deliv­ery, Paid Delivery

Tustin Mead­ows Nursery

This nurs­ery car­ries a broad array of bed­ding plants, annu­als, peren­ni­als, trees, house plants, sup­plies and fer­til­izer. Very friendly, knowl­edge­able service.

815 S Esplanade, Orange, CA 92869
Tele­phone: 714−771−5529 /​ Mon — Sat 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Sun 12 noon — 4 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover
Spe­cial Orders, Free Delivery

UC Urvine Arbore­tum /​
www​.arbore​tum​.bio​.usi​.edu/​ (click on Event Calendar)

The UC Irvine Arbore­tum holds plant sales approx­i­mately once a month. They spe­cial­ize in unusual and easy to grow plants from Cal­i­for­nia, Mex­ico and South Africa. Admis­sion is free for plant sales and there is ample free park­ing directly adja­cent the arbore­tum, just south of Cam­pus Dr. and Jam­boree Rd on the UCI N cam­pus. Call num­ber below for more info or see map on website.

UC Irvine N Cam­pus
Tele­phone: 949−824−5833 /​ see web­site for hours
Cards Accepted: No
No Spe­cial Orders

Upland Nurs­ery /​ www​.upland​nurs​ery​.com

This nurs­ery is absolutely unique. Stretch­ing a mile along a nar­row space, it is home to a very idio­syn­cratic col­lec­tion of the own­ers’ favorites includ­ing 350 species of plume­ria and 30 types of Japan­ese Maples. It really has to be explored. I guar­an­tee you will find some­thing here you can’t live with­out. William Shat­ner shops here as does the Bel­la­gio Hotel in Las Vegas.

1518 N Tustin St, Orange, CA 92867
Tele­phone: 714−538−4500 /​ 9 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery

Vil­lage Nurs­eries /​ www​.vil​la​genurs​erieslc​.com

This is a 35-​​year old large and extremely well stocked nurs­ery with two loca­tions. They carry a lot of every­thing includ­ing an excel­lent shade sec­tion. They also have a spe­cial Mon­rovia plants (i.e., cadil­lac of grow­ers) selection.

1582 N Tustin Ave, Orange, CA 92867
Tele­phone: 714−998−8751 /​ Mon — Sat 7 am – 5 pm, Sun 8 am — 4:30 pm
10500 Garfield Ave, Hunt­ing­ton Beach, CA 92646
Tele­phone: 714−963−5372 /​ Mon — Sat 7 am – 5 pm, Sun 8 am — 5 pm
Cards Accepted: Mas­ter­card, Visa, Dis­cover, Amer­i­can Express
Spe­cial Orders, Paid Delivery