Classic Nursery

This is a fantastic nursery. We landscaped our entire yard with plants from Classic Nursery. The guys are great who work there. Some will answer questions, some won’t, it depends on how busy they are. This is a wholesale place so it’s not like going to Armstrong and having someone who will walk around with you describing each plant, but you also will not pay Armstrong prices. If you do your research and are prepared for what you want you can’t ask for a better place to get our plants.
Word of advice — pay cash and you will get a great deal!

I’m in town visiting my dad in Burbank and I wanted to spruce up the garden outside his condo. I was referred to Classic Nursery by a friend who noticed their trucks delivering to his neighbor’s house. I see they have a Sun Valley location and a Tarzana location. The Sun Valley one is more convenient to my dad’s house so I checked it out first. They are located under the power lines on Laurel Canyon Boulevard just north of Sheldon. It was easier to find than I thought it would be. There is a long driveway down the center with a huge selection of plants on both sides of the driveway. I was immediately drawn to the huge field of roses near the front of the nursery. The sales associate was helpful in directing us towards drought-​tolerant plants and advised us what soil amendments are recommended for our planting project. I was impressed with the amount of personal service I received. I will be back and plan to also visit their Tarzana location.

Don’t go there, they do not deserve your business. We had purchased one groupon per person (as indicated on the groupon and we had confirmed) but the guy insisted that it was suppose to be per household. Well that’s not what it clearly says on the Groupon. We have an entire backyard to landscape and purchased the groupon to buy a few plants for our frontyard to check out what kind of plants they had and see if it was worth making the trip, however the service was just so terrible that there’s no way we would be giving them our business. Too bad for the owners of Classic Nursery. You lost a potential customer with your bad business ethics and your ad hoc rules that you implemented because the Groupon thing was not working for you. The guy did say that if we had purchased a ton more products at that time he would have «bent the rules» (that they just made up), and allowed us to use it per person. Again, the Groupon clearly said «per person».

If you are doing some landscaping and need more than a few plants then this is the place where you can get more bang for your buck.
I love gardening and have pretty much done all the landscaping (planning) and a lot of the planting at my home. I think it is fun to design my planters and see them grow over the years. In 2006 I went to Classic Nursery and bought 6 (5 gallon) Majestic Beauty/​Indian Hawthorn hedge plants to add as a border between my yard and my neighbor’s driveway and now they’re at least 6 feet tall. I’ve also purchased numerous rose bushes from Classic Nursery and their prices are much better than other places. If you know what type you are looking for then just ask Girardo. They carry most of the «Weeks Roses» and I think you can buy them for $ 8.00 each.
Today I needed to create a plan for a huge planter by my front steps. I decided on getting some Iceberg roses because they always have flowers and they come in white, pink and burgundy.
Girardo, who runs the Sun Valley location for Classic Nursery is always there and he gave me some great ideas on what companion plants would look nice with the burgundy Iceberg roses that I decided to get. There is a new Dwarf Lantana that has pretty pink and yellow flowers so I got three of those to put between and in front of the burgundy roses. Then I got a flat of yellow Marygolds which go with the yellow in the Lantana, some white Alyssum and multi colored Petunias to go in the front of the bigger plants.
Classic Nursery has amazing prices. The Iceberg roses were $ 13.00 each and the Lantana were $ 10.00 each. The flats of all the other flowers were $ 10.00 each. Had I gone to Armstrong Garden Center I would have paid twice as much.
They also sell planting compost, any kind of roses you need, trees, cactus and various hedge plants. Just give Girardo a call if you are looking for something and he’ll tell you if he has it.
Note: Bring your own plastic to protect the interior of your vehicle. They don’t have this available.

My wife and I visited the nursery under the power lines on Sunday to redeem a Groupon coupon. Although they don’t carry basic vegetable garden type items, they have a huge assortment of roses, shrubs, and trees. The man helping us was extremely helpful, and knew his stuff, and exactly where things are located in this huge lot. Worth a look for anyone needing landscaping plants!