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1. The Plant Depot
32413 San Juan Creek Road
San Juan Capistrano, CA
https://theplantdepot.com/
The number one Garden Supply, Gardener's Gift Store, and nursery store.
Family owned and loved. The staff will help you find what you dream about. Plant and orchard, build a pond, arrange a succulent garden, and English garden, just ask.
No question is considered silly, they are kind and caring. Prices are reasonable and all plant stock, water lilies, pots, and gifts are guaranteed to dazzle. They have it all: gifts for Mom for Mother's Day, door mats, bird houses, fertilizers, pots, annuals, a big selection of seeds, potted arrangements for fancy presents, bulbs, pond plants, gloves, pretty straw hats, tools, and free good advice.
The number one place to go for gardeners in Orange County
2. O C Succulents
3350 1/2 Warner Ave., Irvine, CA 92606
https://ocsucculents.com/
Wholesale prices for cactus, succulents, indoor plants, and everything drought tolerant. They have a free re-potting bench where you may decorate, add colored pebbles and custom a gift. Prices are the lowest around. They had a huge shade covered potting house- not a green house but a space with giant fans to keep the plants happy and cool in the summer.
The number two place for gardeners in OC. They don't carry annuals, vegetables and flowers.
3. Roger's Gardens
2301 San Joaquin Hills Rd.
Corona Del Mar, California
Ph. 949.640.5800
https://www.rogersgardens.comComing in at number three is Corona Del Mar's most luxurious garden center. Roger's offers just about everything: classes, outdoor furniture, deep variety of plants, containers,nice staff, full service do it all garden center; but, with the highest prices. They have a lovely restaurant.
4. The Tree Of Life
Seven miles east of I-5 on Ortega Highway
33201 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Phone: 949.728.0685
https://californianativeplants.com/
Number four because they grow 99% of what they sell right on the property. Staff knows everything about native plants. IF you want to buy local and avoid green house gas of trucking flats of plants to stores drive out on Ortega Highway and enjoy a stroll around California's past before it is gone. They offer a few classes. The Spanish architecture adds to the charm of this great nursery and store. They offer advice on planting, watering and care.
5. DM Color Express Wholesale
31461 Avenida De La Vista,
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
http://dmcolorexpress.net/
This is wholesale only so bring cash and mum's the word. Act like you know what you are doing (call me if you need advice if you act dumb they won't sell to you). No prices are labelled. They load your truck if you go inside the trailers and ask. OR go pick up the flats you want and load them on top of the plastic or old sheet you brought with you. Prices are CHEAP. Cash only of you don't have a resale card. If you have a resale card and license they will set up an account and take a credit card. Plant supply changes with the whim, weather, and seasons. Don't bring children or a dog this is not handicapped set up and not safe for children to wander. Don't bring your helper pet or just buy one plant, they will make you into fertilizer.
6. Seaside Growers Nursery
33773 Camino Capistrano
Dana Point California
http://www.seasidegrowers.com/
A little hard to find. Off Camino Cap there is an old historic adobe house on the corner, one of the last few in all the county. The road entrance is right next to the newer Residence Inn. Follow the dirt road, cross rusty railroad tracks and there you find a shady grove of nursery plants. They grow about half of what they sell. They will order anything that makes you happy. Smile, they are kind and know everything about palms and cycads. No picture seed packs, no fountains, no rose cultivars here.
7. The Pottery Shed By Carlisle
401 W. Chapman Ave
Orange, CA 92866
714.468.5154
http://www.tpshomeandgarden.com/Jack has built a unique garden supply store. There are rusty antiques to add charm to your home. Not the largest selection of plants but wonderful for ideas. Some cool rusty gates, pottery made to look like the 1950's and sculptural not antiques but kind of...
8. Moon Valley Nursery
6500 Alton Parkway
Irvine California right along the freeway you see the giraffe and metal dinosaur every day
https://www.moonvalleynurseries.com/
They have a number of locations in California, also in Arizona and Nevada with their own wholesale grow locations. The place to buy mature trees at good prices. They create some good fertilizer mixes, which I have not tried as I don't use chemicals, but others swear by them.
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9. Green Thumb Nursery
23782 Bridger Rd,
Lake Forest, CA 92630
https://www.greenthumb.com/
Sales staff is surly in Lake Forest This is a chain, many locations
10. Armstrong
lots of locations
11. OC Farm Supply
worthy of footnote if you need feed and some wilted tomatoes priced cheap.
