Mail order trees to California

Hello people,

I am looking for a source for mail ordered to California, fruit and other supporting trees. Zone 8

Any recommendations?

Fruit and nut tree importation is very often a no-no in California.

There is a well stocked nursery near me that will ship in CA though. New owners and higher prices means I haven't been there too recently but I do know they have excellent trees for sale.

Peaceful Valley
groworganic.com

I have not seen many shipping limitations for plants coming out from Oregon or Washington nurseries. I use Burnt Ridge, Restoring Eden.
In California you have Trees Of Antiquity, Bay Laurel Nursery and for citrus Four Winds Growers.
A lot of eastern nurseries will also ship to here.

I asked if there were State Tree Nurseries in California and here are a few links:

https://sequoiatrees.com/

https://calscape.org/plant_nursery.php

https://www.eldoradorcd.org/seedling-program

Regarding native plant nurseries listed by calscape.
Only one or two of them will ship plants. They have limited in stock inventory and the plants they ship are microscopic. Responsiveness (both email and phone) of some of these nurseries was just bad (typical in California). It's best to go in person to these nurseries

I've got a few trees from https://plantingjustice.org/, they are in the bay area.

If you're looking for the nitty gritty on how/where you can import trees into CA (and other states), here's the official regs: https://www.nationalplantboard.org/state-law--regulation-summaries.html

Thank you for the resources. I will follow up those ideas.

I have noticed eBay has quite a number of listings for seeds, cuttings and plants. Has anyone tried ordering plants from eBay?

In the end I think gathering and propagating is probably the most cost effective and satisfying.

I would classify buying on ebay as not satisfying. Plants are tiny, seeds do not germinate. I had success with all vegetable seeds. Buying small plants may work east of the Rockies, but in the harsh California sun they just die or need way too much care.

Eric Lyle wrote:Thank you for the resources. I will follow up those ideas.

I have noticed eBay has quite a number of listings for seeds, cuttings and plants. Has anyone tried ordering plants from eBay?

In the end I think gathering and propagating is probably the most cost effective and satisfying.

I have not used Ebay, but I have used 'reputable' (Good reviews that appear to be legit) Etsy stores with good luck.

If the tree is on the smaller size, I have generally give it some time in a large container under my watchful eye with future planting.

Burnt Ridge ships most of their catalogue to California, and what it can’t send is also prohibited for any other out of state nursery. I have yet to find as much variety of root stocks, scion wood, varied sizes of given species to choose from (smaller is almost always better in the long run), and the prices are very good, especially buying by the 10 or 100x bundle. Peaceful Valley is also a good choice for the OP’s bioregion, but I have had graft failures and endemic diseases at least as likely, and much more frustrating, when buying much more expensive larger trees like what they and other reputable nurseries sell. I’d go for small trees that are less transplant shocked, plant more densely, and thin to keep the best.

That's a good point. I have used Etsy too. 8/10

Thanks for the great suggestions and resources.

Feel free to continue dropping specific links.

My go to for a Pacific NW climate, with many species native to the rest of North America:

https://www.burntridgenursery.com/mobile/