Mt. Fuji Garden Center

Mt. Fuji Garden Center in Upland, San Bernardino County is a garden center specializing in the finest quality plant material and garden ornaments.

Mt. Fuji Garden Center is for serious gardeners. They have great selection of plants that cannot be found in big box home centers like Home Depot or Lowes. They have plants that cannot be found at these big box stores.

They have great selection for fruit trees, California native plants, bonsai, heritage vegetables (heirloom tomatoes) and other specialty plants.

The prices are a little higher than big box stores but you can get solid advice and tips from the staff. It is hard to get this service from the big box stores.

The place looks run down but serious gardeners are not for the store looks. They patronize this kind of nurseries because of the plant selections and service they offer. They carry hard to find plant species.

For my visit, I bought a peony. Other than ordering on-line or thru a catalog, where in Southern California can you buy a peony? I hope it will bloom in the Southern California weather.

If you are a serious gardener and love gardening, this place is for you.

Address: 1555 W. Foothill, Upland, CA 91786.

Their website is www.mtfujigardencenter.com.http://www.mtfujigardencenter.com/

Armstrong Garden Centers

Armstrong Garden Centers is a nursery based in Southern California. The nursery is well known for its roses and other ornamental plants, fruit trees, and outdoor furniture. Most of its stores are in Southern California and some in Northern California.

Armstrong Garden is not your typical big box nursery. Their prices are more expensive but they sell only quality plants and the service is exceptional. There’s always somebody to help and answer questions.

All the plants they sell are top quality. They guarantee that the plants they are selling will thrive, if not you can return it. They have very good selection of good healthy plants. You can tell their bedding plants are always fresh; there are no roots coming out at the bottom of containers.

Pottery selections are extensive and they come in all sizes and shape. They are more expensive than big box stores but like their plants, the quality is also exceptional.

I have shopped at several of their nurseries and all of the stores are in top condition and very well maintained. I have yet to meet an employee that is not nice. All of them are nice, patient and ready to help. They have very solid customer service. Another service they offer is delivery.

Armstrong garden is the best garden center in the Southland.

Their website is www.armstronggarden.com