Champa Nursery

Priced very affordably
Mangoes on sale 3 gallons grafted for $ 60…a lot of mango varieties!
Sweetheart lychee 7 gallons air layered for $ 90

Jimmy is the best owner ! Good service, beautiful tree and low price, I love this nursery

⁶⁄₃₀ just bought a young jackfruit with a young fruit already growing. Rafael was very helpful in loading it into the car and provided tips on my other trees

Great nursery, healthy looking plants. Pricing is good for the plants they have. A really Good selection of tropical hard to find plants.

What a find!
I had been looking for some fruit trees for my yard and checked out a bunch of local places. First I stopped by Home Depot and Lowes, which had tiny, sick plants for $ 25 each, and very poor variety. I then went to a local nursery in Pasadena, which had a better selection and better plants, but the owner was not an expert. Although he seemed nice enough, his knowledge didn’t go much further than the tag on the plant, and he didn’t have a very good idea about which plants would come when, since he was at the whim of his distributer.
Then I happened across Champa nursery after search for a local source for a Longan Tree, also known as a Dragon Eye Tree. I was on the market for a Longan, a Fuerte Avocado, an uncommon variety of pomegranate, a Macbeth Loquat, a mandarin orange tree, a lemon tree and a Asian Pomelo tree. I was extremely happy with Champa nursery and have been recommending them to my friends all week.
The first thing you notice when you arrive at Champa is the selection. The lot isn’t huge, but it is packed with interesting varieties of fruits that you won’t find anywhere else. Tons of Mangos and Lychee varieties. I also noticed Atemoya, Cherimoya, Guava, Jaboticaba (!), Sapodila, and more. They seemed to have multiple varieties of each species as well. They also had a pretty good citrus selection, including kumquats, oranges, mandarins, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and pomelo.
in addition to their great selection of rare and interesting tropical trees, this place really shines because the manager, Jimmy, is a tropical tree enthusiast. When I first noticed that many of the plant tags were custom (but professional looking) from Champa nursery, I thought that they must buy them in bulk, then print their own tags. But when Jimmy was showing me around, he pointed to one of the trees surrounding the nursery and said it was his «mother» tree. I soon realized that Champa nursery propagates many of their trees on site, and if you look in the back you can see the grafts ongoing. I also learned that they have another lot which they use solely for propagation.
It is a big deal that they propagate on-​site, because it means that they are the ones who have the best knowledge about how to grow the plants, and that you can trust their advice. Furthermore, they are very strict about not selling plants before they are large enough, and they still sell them at great prices.
Home Depot was selling 1.5′, sickly orange trees for $ 25. At Champa I got 3′, extremely healthy trees for $ 20. I cannot recommend this place enough!

this nursery got alot variety of fruit trees and owner pretty good helping me out picking the right trees. I started with a wax apple tree and it gave me fruits in few months. Yay. Then i went back for more. I got 3 mango trees (already blooming flower) lychee and longan (just blooming after 8 months) .
The only tree didnt do well is the sugar apple.
Overall good place for tropic trees.

Good variety of exotic fruit trees. Affordable prices. I got my blood orange tree for $ 70.

Have been looking for wax apple for years and they have it. The owner is friendly and take time to explain everything. The price is also reasonable. 85 for wax apple and 7 for soil. Will come back here again for sure

This place has really great selection of exotic and tropical fruit trees. The price however is over the top. Most trees are $ 125.

great place to get tropical fruit trees at reasonable price. we got 4 trees from here. the wax apple tree will have fruit this summer. very happy.

I drove down to LA from the Bay Area in search of tropical fruit trees. No nursery in the Bay Area sells tropical trees. Champa was the perfect place for me because it sells almost exclusively tropical trees like Wax Apple, guava, lychee, longan, mango, dragon fruit, and more. Each one had several varieties to choose from. Champa does sell a sprinkling of non-​tropicals such as apple, but not many.
The nursery is pretty crowded. It’s a little hard to maneuver around. It’s a decent sized lot — comparable to most other nurseries. Each plant was well taken care of. There were no withering leaves in sight. Be aware that they only sell trees that are at least 4 feet tall. They are all near flowering age. You won’t find any seedlings or cuttings (except the dragon fruit). I was planning on buying many trees, but since their trees are so mature, I could only fit one in my car.
I decided to go with a Kohala Longan with the help of the owner, Jimmy. He was knowledgable. He suggested me to get the Kohala over the Biew Kew because Kohala is more adapted to the sub-​tropics and it has a smaller seed. He said the Biew Kiew has a bigger seed and better flavor, but it wouldn’t do as well in my area. Jimmy suggested me to pinch off the flowers in the first year to let the tree develop better in preparation for a more fruitful second year. The Kohala cost $ 65 at 5 feet tall — that’s an excellent deal. I planted my Kohala after 1 week of acclimating it to the Bay Area. It has sprouted new leaves and the old leaves are still green and healthy — there was no transplant shock.
The other worker there wrapped up the base of my tree so the soil wouldn’t dirty my car. He offered to load it into my car. I am pleased with everything about Champa — price, selection, and service. I would buy more if I could, but it’s hard to transport trees from LA to Bay Area.

I decided on buying a blood orange tree and came onto Unilocal to find a nursery nearby as I was not up to driving long distances this day. I found Champa and on a quick call over to ask if they have a blood orange tree, they said yes.
As far as nurseries go, Champa is one of the smaller ones (third of an acre at most?) They do have a lot of tropical free trees as mentioned by another Unilocaler. Though they tend to be no taller than three feet with a girth of about an inch, inch and a half. Great prices for those of us who do not have the hundreds of dollars to invest in more mature trees.
With limited real estate, they didnt have too many citrus trees when I visited. They did have the blood orange tree I was looking for. I debated for a bit and I snagged one of their two moro blood orange trees. The price was $ 70 for a four foot tall tree with a girth of about 2 inches. I thought the price was ok given that the leaves werent as dense and deep green as I have seen at nurseries charging $ 129 for one half as tall. Time will tell if this was a steal or a bust. I’ve got a bet that says that it’ll be the former.
Extra star for the service. J. (who appears to be the owner) is a super friendly guy who on top of that is not just some retailer but also appears to be a fruit tree enthusiasts. Paying for the tree, he was like a pharmacist who gives you much needed information. On the blood orange he said, «It likes to be watered but dont water too much otherwise it wont fruit.»
He also has an attendant who packages the tree and helps you load them in your car.
Note: Nursery inventory can change over time. Please receive this as a report current as of 02/​23/​2014. Best to call or stop in if you’re looking for a particular plant or tree.

this place is so awesome. they have all tropical fruit trees ever wanted at a very reasonable price. they have starfruit, rambutan, longan, lychee, soursop, dragon fruit, cherimoya, loquat, rose apple, and so much more… if only my garden is big enough, i will buy all their tropical fruit trees and plant them myself. i ended up buying longan and lychee tree for a total of $ 150. one of them was on sale for $ 20 cheaper, but i cant remember which one. i think it was the lychee tree.
the guy that showed us around know so much about all the plants, he cares alot about the customers, help us to choose the healthy and well-​grown plant, and he answer every questions i have about how to take care of my plants and everything. awesome customer service!
the only downer about this place is they are not the cleanest looking nursery garden. the bathroom was awful and disgusting. you may want to think twice before you use the bathroom here. hold if you can and go if you must.
would definitely come back once i make more room in my garden for more fruit trees.

Excellent selection of Asian plants, fruit trees, and other varieties of plants. They have the best prices around town. I bought a 7 gallon fruit tree at the price of a 3 gallon pot in other Asian Nurseries. The nursery was roomy and the plants weren’t crammed within an inch of their lives.
The owner was very helpful but not pushy. The worker would even wheel my tree out to my car and took care to keep my car clean by providing bags for the pot. I’ll definitely go back again.

Came here to buy a longan tree. The owner is very patient and friendly. He really took the time to explain to us the different longan trees they have. We bought the Biew Kiew longan at the end. Also picked up a few water lotus and hyacinth since they’re cheaper than the other nurseries that sell them. This place also has a wide variety of Asian tropical fruit trees and plants. We came at this time to take advantage of their sale.

So helpful and has so much knowledge of plants!
Ask questions and answer and help is there for you.
So many varieties of fruit plants are for sale also.
Price wise, it’s decent. Actually bit cheaper than big nurseries.
I’d love to go back again next time!