Was in town for my Aunt's funeral service over the weekend...my Mom and I were hanging out looking…read morefor a replacement COUSIN IT plant to replace one that I had that didn't make it. As I live in Northern California (Crockett), I tried Armstrong here hoping to score a plant. Talked w a guy who said that he was sold out of the particular plant, and I was sort of bummed, but accepted the fact that after trying another vendor, no luck would be on my side. After noodling around the store for other cool stuff, I get this "Hey!" and low and behold he found 2 Cousin It plants for me! I was surprised and happy he found them! He went out of his way to look for this particular plant and let me know that they had them! I went home happy and just stoked that this kind of customer service STILL existed in this world! Bringing home this plant back to Northern California was truly something as I had someone who cared enough to make my inquiry happen!!!

Wow!! What a gem of a place . Private parking lot …read more many varieties of plants for outdoor and indoor. Some selections of hard to find fruit trees blood oranges, purple guava , pomelo . Good selections of citrus fruit trees like finger lime, kaffir lime and lemon, lime trees. Woah !! The selections on vases are impressive, different sizes to every color imaginable. I was in the market for roses specifically a climbing variety, I only saw one yellow type. Maybe will stop by again to see if they stock more in the future. Besides the vast selection of supplies of garden furniture, plant food , vases and plants. I honestly think they need to also work on welcoming their customers. I encountered three different employees not one made an effort , a little acknowledgment with a hello , how can I help you, let me know what you need help with, Can go a long way.

Wow what an amazing nursery! I've always followed the nursery on Instagram but have never visited…read moreuntil now. There are about 17 greenhouses to walk through and one of them has a rare plant section that you have to request to see. The items in there are super rare and of course or more expensive. The employees there are super helpful and answered all my questions. They offer easy payment through Zelle. Plan to spend at least an hour walking around. They mostly have cactus and succulents and many outdoor shrubs and ground covers.

Mezcala has an amazing selection to choose from, but it could be overwhelming if you have no idea…read morewhat you want. It's well organized and the staff is helpful at helping you find what you need. Or just fine yourself time to talk the grounds and see what you like. While it's true you didn't find prices on anything, I always find good value in my selections. I recently got a 4' tall money tree with a 12" baae for $35.

very nice, healthy succulents. love the selection and the customer service. each mini succulent was…read more$1, can't beat the price! will definitely be returning for more

This nursery is such a gem. I've probably passed by it hundreds of times and I've never known it…read morewas there! The best nurseries are the slightly hidden ones. This nursery is located off the 91 freeway and Lakewood. It's underneath some power towers. There's a few parking spaces inside and some street parking. There's a few very cool wall murals. Everything seems neatly organized. There's a small variety of pots, a shed full of bags of small decorative rocks, a price list, and then the succulents are nicely arranged and categorized. There's a table full of collectors succulents and cacti, cacti, succulents starting with small 2 inch pots, and it works it's way up to 8 inch pots. There's a lovely variety of succulent plants and their prices are clearly listed. If any succulent has a different price, it's shown so there's no surprises. The plants look super healthy and well taken care of. The staff there are very friendly! Great nursery to shop at.

A holy grail! Tons…read moreof plants both native & nonnative that you wouldn't find at a large-scale store like Home Depot or Lowe's (I know because I've been looking). Going on their website is helpful because you can see what is in stock, but I had no idea how vast this place was. I'd only been looking at CA native plants, so from my parking spot to the pick-up desk I maybe only covered 1/15th of the area, if that. I've been looking for a local nursery with a wide selection of California natives, & have been lurking Ricardo's Nursery's online selection for a month. Finally purchased a 1-gallon Cleveland sage (Salvia clevelandii 'Winnifred Gilman') for $12 & a 1-gallon Yankee Point Carmel Creeper (Ceanothus griseus var. horizontalis 'Yankee Point') for $10. They had different variations of each plant reserved for me for me to choose from which was so endearing because I am secretly picky. Spoke with Jose who was super cool. There's also a very chill dog :) I was surprised by how vast the selection was in-person. The white sage (salvia apiana) in stock is just gorgeous. There are soooo many others I want to purchase, so thank goodness for my wallet that my project is fairly limited. (For now!) I would've wandered around photographing every single plant if it wasn't a million degrees outside & I didn't have to be somewhere. In just the 3 minutes it took me to walk to the pick-up stand, many plants caught my eye & I was reading the labels to figure out who they were. Really loved this one plant I saw--Silver Falls dichondra (Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'). I cannot wait to come back when I have more time & resources to devote to gardening so that I can find more little friends. Thank you so much Ricardo's Nursery...!!

Really large nursery with knowledgeable staff members on hand. My husband's been looking for a…read morepersimmon tree & told me he couldn't find any online. He finally bought what looks like a twig to me, planted it in a pot & has been watering it. I can't even tell if it will come alive or not & there are no leaves or sprouts, or any sign of life to it yet. I searched Yelp & found Ricardo's and called them yesterday. They said they jave several 15 gallon persimmon trees & delivery will be $20. We went today & they had varying heights of 15 gallon persimmon trees, ranging from $150-180. We wanted to get the 15 gallon so we can get reimbursed partially for it as we are participating in LB's Lawn to Garden program. Today they said delivery will be $35 (we live 3.5 miles away) so I am taking one star away for raising the delivery fee once we are at the store. But otherwise, everyone was helpful, knowledgeable, & friendly. One staff even pry opened an ice cream fruit & my husband tasted it. (I'm not so adventurous so I demurred...) They have many mango trees, avocado trees, pomegranate trees, drago fruit trees, & many, many other plants. We only stayed in the entrance area & there were so many plants. They have many drought tolerant plants, including succulents. They do not have citrus trees due to fruit flies & state quarantine zone rules. Overall, nice big nursery with helpful staff. Glad we found them & will be back!!

5/7/26 Mango tree!!! My dream tree to plant…read more Oh my golly! This nursery is super awesome! The plants, trees are healthy, a huge amount of selection, different sizes (gallon pots). I only went in for a little bit(less than 8 minutes coz Hubby is hurrying me up. The staff are so friendly & helpful I saw sapodilla, mangoes, jujube, guavas, papayas, tamarind, and of course , mangoes right at the entrance. The prices are $$$ but what did you expect? It's not easy or quick to grow these amazing plants, trees-- otherwise we would all be doing it. I would love to visit when Hubby isn't hurrying me up

Great selection of mangoes you can't find elsewhere. Delivery was fantastic - very reasonably…read morepriced.

Highly Recommend! David was amazing…read more We were debating whether to go to Lowe's or home depot but decided to stop by Lakewood nursery and boy we're glad we did. David was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. We came in looking for Star Jasmine and David showed us exactly what to purchase, and how to plant and care for them. We will be back as we continue our garden project.

I would strongly caution anyone considering Lakewood Nursery…read more About a year ago, I purchased a large podocarpus tree from them for several hundred dollars and paid an additional couple hundred dollars for installation in the planter in front of my house. Not long after planting, the tree didn't seem to be developing properly, so I stopped by looking for advice. The experience was disappointing. The employee helping me appeared visibly intoxicated in the middle of the day (someone I believe is connected to ownership, as I had met him during the purchase). He was unhelpful and dismissive, so I left without any real guidance. I continued trying to care for the tree, but within two months it died. When I returned to ask whether there was any warranty, replacement option, or even assistance toward purchasing a new tree, I was met by a rude employee who immediately became defensive, repeatedly emphasizing that they are a "family-owned business" while offering zero accountability or solutions. Instead, I was blamed for the tree dying, despite the fact that I had already come in previously asking for help. For a business that sells and installs expensive trees, I expected at least some level of customer service, support, or professionalism. Instead, I got poor advice, no accountability, and an overall hostile experience. I'll be taking my business elsewhere and would recommend others do the same. Update: After digging up the dead tree, it was obvious why it failed. The root ball was extremely tight and root-bound, likely from sitting too long in the nursery box. It only had two mature roots supporting it, and both had been cut during removal and installation. They also didn't use fresh soil when planting it, which gave it little chance to establish. I went to another family-owned nursery afterward, and the difference was clear--they stood behind their product and offered a one-year warranty.

i landscaped my entire backyard and front yard using their potocarpuses and drought tolerant border…read moreplants. They were very fair in their pricing. The Lakewood location had smaller shrubs, ground cover, agave and boxwood and the Cerritos location has a large assortment of healthy trees and larger bushes. Both David and Oscar take very good care of the plants and are such a pleasure to work with. Highly recommend both locations.

Our landscaping project has me looking all over for drought tolerant plants…read more I ended up here from the other Cerritos nursery since the gentleman there said this was its sister business. It's a wholesale business so the lady who helped us Yesenia at first tried to let us know that. But the magic words were we were sent here by David from Cerritos. We found many lovely plants and grasses plus kangaroo paw plants. Bring cash and cover your car trunk or passenger sides with towels or plastic.

Do not buy trees or plants in this nursery because they have worms in their roots, and the men not…read moregive you any guarantees. Wow

TLDR; Probably great if you're looking to buy some flowers for your garden, prices are okay, they…read moreonly take cash. My local recommended nursery mentioned at the bottom. - CASH ONLY (at the time of this review) - I only asked about two plants, one was a small (4-5" diameter pot) leafy plant ($17) and the other was a leafy medium (8-10") sized plant ($47). - I was on the hunt for indoor leafy plants :,) and this store had a lot of flowers, I just walked to the back where there were maybe 6 3-tier racks I was interested in. Though I will admit the condition of the plants were better! - parking may be hard to acquire on weekends but I knew I was going to be in and out fast so parked directly in front of the gates where the ramp was. - there was a teenager boy that was trying to be helpful and (I assume his parent) a man. The boy was relaying all the questions we would ask him and the man didn't seem happy about it. 3*s because I felt prices could be cheaper, there wasn't as much selection for what I was looking for, and cash only :,) There is a nursery down the street called Avalon Nursery? Which really set the standard for me in terms of nurseries. They're cheaper, friendlier, had larger selections, and took Venmo/credit card.