Yelp: yelp.com/biz/nuccios-nurseries-altadena

Address: 3555 Chaney Trail, Altadena, CA 91001 [MAP]

Hours: 8:00 PM – 4:00 PM  Closed Wednesday, Thursday

Phone: (626) 794-3383

Known for their camellias but equally influential with azalea culture, Nuccio’s currently has about 600 varieties combined in its comprehensive catalog.

Video tour of Nuccio’s Nursery

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/h-and-h-nursery-lakewood

Facebook: facebook.com/H-H-Nursery-301564383219

Address: 6220 Lakewood Blvd, Lakewood [MAP]

Hours: 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM

Phone: (562) 804-2513

Not a bonsai nursery but they have a good selection of starter material.

H & H Nursery was established in 1976, to indulge our family’s passion for plants and gardening. Our nursery and garden center is located on five and a half acres of land located in the heart of sunny Lakewood, California, and we strive to satisfy every gardener’s needs.

Our family-run business is proud to carry a large variety of everything you are likely to want and need to satisfy your green thumb. We specialize in everything from vegetables, color, perennials, roses, fruit trees, citrus trees, landscape shrubs, aquatic plants, palms, succulents, cacti, and specimen trees in 15 gal and 24″ box sizes. We have a large selection of pottery in many different sizes, styles, and designs. We also carry fountain and statuary. We carry a complete line of organic fertilizers and soils.

Yelp: NA

Address: Call

Hours: Call

Phone: June Nguy; (714) 914-7001

Email: waimexport@aol.com

A staple at many of the bonsai shows in Southern California, West America Trading has a large selection of pots, tools, soil, accessories and material. Call for appointment.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/lakewood-nursery-cypress

Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Lakewood-Nursery/160613033962594

Address: 4114 Lincoln Ave, Cypress, CA 90630 [MAP]

Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Phone: (562) 596-8514

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a large selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/chikugo-en-gardena

Address: 18110 S Western Avenue, Gardena [MAP]

Hours: Saturday 10AM – 4PM

Phone: (310) 323-4011

Chikugo-En offers a large selection of finished and pre-bonsai material, antique and production pots, tools, soil, amendments and fertilizers

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/yamada-co-gardena

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Address: 706 W Gardena Blvd, Gardena, CA 90247 [MAP]

Hours: 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Phone: (310) 327-5668

Large selection of nursery pots, soils, fertilizers, amendments, garden tools, etc.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/house-of-bonsai-lakewood

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Address: 5214 Palo Verde Ave, Lakewood [MAP]

Hours: Tuesday – Saturday: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Sundays & Mondays: CLOSED

Phone: (562) 804-6888

Huge selection of trees, pots, soils, accessories. Classes are offered.

Schedule of classes

House of Bonsai has over 20 years of experience in bonsai. It’s primary focus is to be production heavy to keep up with the high demand for a wide range of high quality bonsai related merchandise. We also have Japanese Garden supplies and specialize in creating & installing Japanese Garden Landscapes for residential & commercial properties.

Along with our huge inventory, we offer many bonsai services including: bonsai classes & workshops to the public, bonsai styling (wiring, cutting, carving for jin shari, decandling pines, etc), repotting, boarding for long trips and vacations and diagnosing & reviving sick trees.

Facebook: facebook.com/muranakabonsainursery

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/muranaka-bonsai-nursery-nipomo-2

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Address: 419 Pajaro Ln, Nipomo, CA 93444 [MAP]

Hours: CALL

Phone: (805) 929-4818

Muranaka Bonsai Nursery was started by my father Kanemi Muranaka in 1978. He initially field grew trees and sold tools to the local bonsai club. By word of mouth we have grown into a very well known grower throughout the U.S. Our specialty is field grown trees. Our specialty is the Japanese black pine. We import seed stock from Japan. The seeds are Mikawa black pine seed stock that is known for its short needles and rough bark when the tree is pruned properly. We take the seed and plant them into seed trays. When they are a year old we prune the trees and transplant them into one gallon cans. Then we take these seedlings and transfer them into the ground. When the trees are growing in the ground, we prune them annually with techniques that were taken from Japanese bonsai books and from our years of experience. This way we can control the movement, the taper and growth of the tree. We use the same care for our other varietals of trees as well.

We field grow many different types of trees. Some of the varietals that we specifically grow for bonsai are: Japanese black pine, Japanese red pine, Chinese quince, Japanese flowering apricot (ume), trident maples, San Jose junipers, prostrata junipers, cork elms, seiju elms, atlas cedars and a small handful of other trees. We also carry these trees in containers.

Recently I have started to take air layers from San Jose junipers, Japanese black pines and Japanese red pines. I wish I had learned the techniques to air layer pines many years ago! I have been quite successful with the air layers. If you need information on how to air layer these trees, let me know and I will try to give you advice and tips. We carry trees but since we are a full service bonsai nursery we carry other things as well.

We carry bonsai pots, tools, books, wire, and can make special orders to order everything for your bonsai needs. We also transplant, prune, plant set, and consult. We can also do demonstrations, workshops, lectures and tours.

George Muranaka

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/kimura-bonsai-nurseries-northridge

Facebook: facebook.com/Kimura-Bonsai-and-Landscape-Nursery-108715782564105/

Address: 17230 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge [MAP]

Hours: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.  Closed Tuesday Thursday

Phone: (818) 343-4090

-Bonsai care and boarding
-Consignment sales
-Display design and Construction
-Bonsai Maintenance
-Bonsai Acquisition
-Landscape Design and Construction
-Specimen Bonsai
-Pre-bonsai
-Tools
-Bonsai club Demos
-Classes/Workshops
-Private, Individual or Group Classes
-Corporate retreats

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/anaheim-wholesale-nursery-and-landscape-supply-orange

Address: 1550 N Glassell Street, Orange, [MAP]

Hours: Call

Phone: (714) 282-8501

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a large selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Facebook: facebook.com/LegacyCorkOaks

Address: 14620 Edgeridge Dr. Hacienda Heights, [MAP]

Hours: Call

Phone: (626) 826-6250

A tour of Legacy Cork Oaks by Baikoen Bonsai Kenkyu Kai

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/orange-county-farm-supply-co-orange

Address: 1826 W Chapman Ave, Orange, CA 92868 [MAP]

Hours: 7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Phone: (714) 978-6500

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a large selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Orange County Farm Supply has been dedicated to meeting the needs of organic gardeners for over 65 years. Our Natural & Organic Fertilizers, Soil Amendments, and Organic Garden Sprays are made from pure and natural and ingredients without any added chemicals that can pollute our homes and drinking water.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/kims-bonsai-nursery-phelan

Facebook: facebook.com/KimsBonsaiNursery

Address: 8575-A Phelan Rd, Phelan [MAP]

Hours: 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Phone: (760) 995-7219

Kim’s Bonsai Nursery, located in Phelan, CA, is a wholesale and retail nursery selling many varieties of evergreen and deciduous bonsai and pre-bonsai trees. We also sell a wide variety of bonsai pots and aluminum wire at both retail and wholesale prices.

Kim’s Bonsai is one of the largest bonsai nurseries in California and has been in business since 1988. Originally from Korea, bonsai master Benny Kim has over 50 years of experience growing and training bonsai trees.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/peters-garden-center-redondo-beach

Address: 814 N Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 [MAP]

Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Phone: (310) 372-2288

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/san-gabriel-nursery-and-florist-san-gabriel

Facebook: facebook.com/San-Gabriel-Nursery-Florist-231074866914164

Address: 632 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, CA 91776 [MAP]

Hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Phone: (626) 286-3782

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a large selection of pre and finished bonsai.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/fuji-bonsai-nursery-sylmar

Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Fuji-Bonsai-Nursery/105590169507749

Address: 13170 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar [MAP]

Hours: Call

Phone: (818) 367-5372

Owner Roy Nagatoshi is a mainstay in the bonsai scene. His nursery has a wide selection of many types of trees, including pre and specimen bonsai. Offers classes and individual training. 

1994 Article from the LA Times: Little Living Sculptures : Caring for bonsai trees is a solitary task that requires time and patience. But for knowledge and inspiration, beginners and experienced growers turn to a nursery in Sylmar.

Facebook: facebook.com/CaliforniaBonsai

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/california-bonsai-studio-thousand-oaks

Address: 4015 N Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks [MAP]

Hours: Saturday 10AM – 4PM. Call for weekday hours.

Phone: (805) 616-2271

Large selection of pre and refined bonsai material, supplies, pots, soils, amendments, Masakuni tools, Classes and private instruction.

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/abeja-nursery-torrance

Address: 18601 Ermanita Ave, Torrance, [MAP]

Hours: Monday – Saturday 7AM – 4 PM, Sunday 7AM – 1PM

Phone: (310) 324-1523

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a large selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Website: sakiokanursery.com

Yelp: Yelp.com/biz/sakioka-wholesale-nursery-inc-westminster

Facebook: facebook.com/sakiokanursery

Address: 15761 Newland St, Westminster, CA 92683 [MAP]

Hours: 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Phone:(714) 898-0345

While not a bonsai nursery, they have a selection of starter material for pre-bonsai.

Facebook: facebook.com/Yamaguchi-Bonsai-Nursery-159920917429959

Yelp: yelp.com/biz/yamaguchi-bonsai-nursery-los-angeles

Address: 1905 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025 [MAP]

Hours: 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Phone: (310) 473-5444

Established by George Yamaguchi in 1949, Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery was first located on Sawtelle Blvd. and Olympic Blvd. Later in 1965, the nursery was moved and expanded to it’s current location at 1905 Sawtelle Blvd. In 2005, George Yamaguchi passed away and left an incredible legacy to his family, an established and community loved nursery along with his breathtaking private collection of Bonsai.

Video tour of Yamaguchi Nursery