Port Stockton Nursery

I live an hour away from Stockton, but have made the drive a number of times in the past few years because Port Stockton Nursery is so worth the drive. I love this «old school» nursery. There is a really old (50+ years) pecan tree in the center of the nursery; they sell the nuts each year (or at least they used to). They are hands down the best place to purchase veggie starters in six packs or individually — larger variety I’ve seen anywhere else. They also have scores of rose bushes — barefoot, in pots, etc. A lot of their roses are grafted by Port Stockton, as are nut, fruit and other trees. Prices are very reasonable; plants are always very healthy. It goes without saying they have the largest variety of camellias and azaleas — again, most are started by Port Stockton. Most of all, I appreciate the staff (Paul !!!) and the setting — love the overhead wooden lattice. Classic nursery. Please support it as it would be a shame to lose this gem (since 1929…).

The best in town… and very good prices… everything is nicely put and easy to find, the owners are very polite and helpful .this is the only place il go! beautiful plants and flowers

A huge nursery that is a beautiful place just to walk and gawk. This is one of Stockton’s gems, and what a nursery should be. Port Stockton Nursery is staffed by a small number of very helpful and knowledgable people. This place is so much better than any of the chain stores… You will never have to chase the employees to find an item, or to ask for advice on a project. The prices at Port Stockton Nursery are excellent as well, as is the selection of sundries. The best destination for gardeners in Stockton by far, much better than O.S.H, Lowe’s, Home Depot, or Wal Mart.

I researched the available flowers we wanted online then send Other Half to see what he could find. We had a remodeling project with new back fence and wanted a few new azaleas and camellias to complement our acid lover’s flower bed. Also on the lookout for a Cara Cara (pink navel orange), since their raspberry-​tinged flavor was so fine.
Paul was helping another customer, but as soon as he finished was just great.
He searched out named specimens, even though October wasn’t exactly planting season, and even found us that very special Cara Cara-​about half the price of an on-​line fruit tree place I’ve used in the past!
Huge selection of well-​maintained plants, flowers, herbs, shrubs and soil amenities.
And what wasn’t in stock, would be something we’d gladly seek out on another visit since both Paul and Cathy are so friendly and helpful and shopping locally is paying it forward in our community-​easy to do with an excellent nursery such as this one!

Love the Port of Stockton Nursery. My parents purchased plants there when I was a child. I drive from the Natomas Area of Sacramento for fruit trees. I used to pay a lot for fruit trees and shipping from Tulare County. But not any more. The young man who helped me with the semi-​dwarf Bing cherry tree was very helpful. I am going back for a very reasonably-​priced Giant Fuyu tree. I have one of these already plus two regular and one chocolate fuyu trees.
The fruit of the Giant Fuyu is dee-​lish.
Staff are knowledgeable and friendly. The variety of trees is tremendous.

Definitely inviting and friendly! They’re knowledgeable and very willing to assure you with questions you have and help out.
They also have a huge variety of plants and know where all of them are when you ask. You name it, they should have it!
I would definitely go back to them again for other plants I’d like to start growing or caring for!

I do like this place. It has one of the best selections of bareroot trees I have ever found, but the shed that has other gardening supplies is in need of some repairs.

Love these guys! Been driving down from North Sacramento for several years just to buy my plants from them. It doesn’t get any better than this!

Very knowable and friendly, prices seem a little high but at least their a local family owned company.

I’m finally getting the hang of gardening after 3 years of failures and I absolutely LOVE IT. When I started I would always go to those big named stores. Mostly Home Depot because it’s what I know. I would wait for certain times of the year just to get a certain plant that I wanted to try and raise.
Last year, I tasted a pineapple guava for the first time and it was a tropical party in my mouth! I’ve had the opportunity to work in a building that houses agricultural advisors and I have been introduced to so many different kinds of produce because of them. I asked them where I could go and get a pineapple guava plant or tree or bush or whatever because I don’t want to be without these little sweet gems of deliciousness. Their go-​to place is HERE.
Months later, Spring time and the weather is so nice, I find myself here because I had the urge to go to a nursery and stop shopping at those big named stores. I didn’t know where to start because this place is humungous. I don’t know how the nice man who worked there saw me from far far away because I could barely see him from where I was standing, walked all the way up to entrance I was at and asked me if I was looking for anything in particular. Of course, the pineapple guava. They had them, surprise surprise. Why else would I be raving? They had a few varieties of the plant and he gave me the one that bears the biggest fruit. I was so elated! I can’t wait until Fall!
I was able to look around and they had countless loose rooted trees except avocado. I hope they have them this year. They had rows and rows of different kinds of roses, bushes, EVERYTHING. Since it’s still early in the year, they don’t have vegetable plants just yet but they do have strawberries and flowers.
I was thumbing through a Martha Stewart mag one day and I fell in love with a forsythia plant. I found it there, too!
They’ve been here since 1929 (if I’m remembering right. I hope I am). Their prices are great and they have the most friendliest service. They know their plants well. Support them and shop local!

I love this place. They are so helpful. They have had a ton if veggie plants this year too. Also being local is nice.

This place is a hidden gem. Paul and Cathy are very knowledgeable about all the plants and care instructions. Better prices than any of the big box stores. After discovering this place, I can’t imagine buying plants anywhere else.

I’m not originally from around here, and much like JJ, wanted to find a place that was truly local. Though it took a bit of digging, I am hoping that, along with the others on here, that with more reviews, more people are able to stumble upon this gold mine.
For me, not only did I find what I wanted, but Paul who was working while I was there showed me several things, gave me realistic advice, was the epitome of friendly and the opposite of pushy. I found a little extra while I was walking around the place yet because of the price everything together was still less than I was expecting to pay based on google shopping and online research.
I walked out with not only my planned purchase and more, but with a desire to spread the word about this awesome place (so I finally joined Unilocal). I will definitely be going back.
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«All the making, buying, and selling you keep in the community is far more economically productive than anything that simply flows through: in general only 6 cents of every dollar spent with a big box retailer stays in the community, for a chain store it’s 20 cents, but every dollar spent with a sole proprietorship keeps 60 cents circulating locally.»

I moved to Stockton recently and finally realized it was time to get my garden started. I did not want a ‘big box’ store so I was on a mission to find a local nursery with knowledgeable staff. I FOUND IT! This place is exceptional when it comes to staff that know all about the local foliage and how to fix problems. I found such unusual plants and the prices are terrific. They are a bit more expensive then the big box store but you are getting far more then what that other store offers. I feel the prices are spot on to the quality of the plants you are getting. I can’t wait to show them photos of how my new garden is shaping up.

I can’t believe I forgot about this place for a couple of years… sometimes you forget your roots, what can I say. I grew up an east side girl… got pretty tough too, I could walk home from the bus stop after a day at St. Gertrude’s School and duck the flying rocks pretty good… must have been that Catholic School uniform methinks. Any way I digress. Port of Stockton holds so many good memories of childhood. My Bob and I went today and we closed that place down. Paul the horticultural genius dude tells me he learned everything from Jeff the guy that owns the place and just from working there! I haven’t been able to stump him yet… knows every plant, whether it is drought tolerant or is fussy and needs attention, how high, how wide it will grow and if it can take a bit of shade or needs full sun. Wow! They even do a lot of propagating right on the premises, something you won’t find at Lowe’s, Home Depot or OSH… besides no nursery can evoke my fond memories of coming here every spring with mom trying to decide just what we would plant in her, «Garden of Eden» this year. Oh, and another important bit of info, the price is right!

I love this place. They have some of the coolest plants and they are so knowledgable and helpful. I have yet to kill anythiing I have bought from there. Good prices as well.

I have great memories of this place going back to when I was a youngster shopping here with my grandma, who let me pick out a plant to take home and care for. After a hiatus of a few years, I came back to get plant saving advice that one cannot get at a mega home store!