Johnny’s Nursery

Love this place! I’ve been going here for years and will continue to recommend it. Tress knows what grows in Redlands. Every plant I’ve bought here has thrived and every fruit tree bore fruit within the first year. Great place! Great people!

Wish I could give ZERO stars.
I went here because I am redoing from yard to drought tolerant plants. They will make a design for $ 250 and then you get $ 250 credit toward your plant purchase. When I 1^st spoke to the lady here, she immediately spouted off 2 rules, one was that you have to pick up your plants within 5 days and I forgot the other rule. I should have ran, but my mistake, I didn’t. They have you pay first and then they give you a bucket to walk around a pick out clippings of plants you like. After making 2 passes around the nursery I realized I had very few plants in my bucket and mentioned that to the lady and she said, she’ll fill in the plants. I left kind of perplexed because I didn’t see the flowery plants that I wanted from the waterwise website,
. I am using a turf rebate and have to pick plants that are on their list. But, I didn’t come with the list. The lady sent me to look at one of the yards she designed in Redlands. I drove there and looked at and wasn’t impressed, it was just covered in mulch with some plants — very basic & boring.
So, then wondering if the plants I wanted were actually available I went to another nursery and VOILA, there were all the flowering drought tolerant plants! The man at Moon Valley spent over an hour just walking around the nursery with me talking to me about each plant & tree and answering all my questions.
I called Johnny’s nursery back, explaining they don’t have the flowery drought tolerant plants I want, such as bougainvillea, etc and that I want a refund. She told me bougainvillea just dies, which is weird because I see it in my area. She told me twice that she didn’t believe me and it was non-​refundable. I explained they hadn’t even made my design yet because I hadn’t returned with pictures of my yard. I was told it is non-​refundable. So, they basically just stole my $ 250! Buyer beware, read the fine print. And then don’t expect them to work with you if you have any issue or provide good customer service!
I ended up going with Moon Valley and am happy with my plants. The delivered, planted and guaranteed their trees, etc. They were more expensive, I’m sure, but this was way better than the process & customer service at Johnny’s nursery. I ended up spending $ 1700 and have a yard full of flowering plants and a trees. My local paper has already done one article on my drought tolerant yard and will do a follow-​up once it’s all the way done and no where in that article will you find me saying anything positive about Johnny’s!
So Johnny’s your bad customer service will end up costing you a lot more than the $ 250 you got off me because I will be spreading the word to all my friends that are now redoing their yards and they won’t be buying from you, either! When a customer calls you with a problem, you should try to work with them instead of calling them a liar!

Went here again last week to inquire about having Johnny’s Nursery help landscape my front yard.
Tressa informed me that they charge $ 250 to design the landscape, but that $ 250 will go towards the purchase of the plants for the design. This is so that they are not losing money by designing the landscape and then you taking those plans elsewhere.
Tressa asked me to bring in pictures, but I was confused.
–Pictures of the plants I like? NO
–Pictures on a flash drive? NO
Pictures of the current landscape so that she can get a feel for the layout and shade, etc. –Oh! She explained that you will use a bucket and walk around the nursery to grab a piece of the plant you like, then put them in the bucket. At the end she will sit with you and talk about the plants you grabbed and where you want them and where the best place for them would be. If you want a shrub, she’ll take you to the shrub plants. Flowers, take you there…
I asked about plants I found online that I like, but she said no. She might not grow those plants or not have them. So you have to choose from her current inventory, which is massive by the way!
I’m thinking of trying this out as I probably have about $ 250 worth of plants to buy for my landscape plans.
I think Tessa got annoyed with me at the end since I had so many questions and I was complaining about the pictures since I was confused. Ha-​ha!
I’ll be back soon.
Good talk Richard!

Johnny and Tres (wife) are absolutely great. They give genuine advice and not based on what they want to sell to you like other nursery s. Their prices are extremely competitive. Don’t even consider going elsewhere. You’ll feel as though you not only got great advise and a great deal but you’ve made a new friends you can trust.

What can I say? One of their staff members, John, was extremely knowledgable and friendly when my girlfriend and I went in for our first time and asked for help on designing a feng shui/​zen landscape for a home we just bought. He kindly informed us that we can bring pictures and ideas on in and he or another staff member would be delighted to assist — all at no additional cost! We walked out of there with some great deals on plants and shrubs to get us going. We will definitely be back to finish our project and any future green thumb endeavors.
Have a sick plant, flower, tree, or crop? No problem. Just bring in a sample clipping in a sealed baggy and they will be happy to help you troubleshoot. We highly recommend Johnny’s Nursery!

I’ve been going to Johnny’s for several years and have been pleased with everything I purchased. I’ve bought trees, a lime and a peach and both are doing wonderfully despite the wind.
They are knowledgeable and fall all over themselves to be helpful. I can call and ask for help and am never disappointed. My yard is full of lilies, agapanthus, photenia, and others. Yeah, I’ve killed a few but its my fault and the prices are so good, I just go back and get another for $ 3 – 6 dollars. You can get a warranty at the big box stores but you will pay four times the price.
They have some nice veggie starters and some good variety. They have some nice exotics under the big shade cloth but they don’t carry annuals. They are a little out of the way but worth the stop.