Welcome to the Lakes Nursery!

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Lakes Nursery offers the largest section of Japanese maples in Northern California, with hundreds of varieties and thousands of maples. We grow over 200 different cultivars of Japanese maples! Our five acre nursery has been in business for over thirty years and is located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills at 8435 Crater Hill Road, Newcastle, California 95658. We have decades of experience with Japanese maples and can help you select the perfect specimen for your garden as well as offering advice in care, placement, planting, pruning, watering, and problems. We have several demonstration gardens on our grounds including a Japanese garden with a 28,000 gallon koi pond and are in the process of developing additional gardens.

We're open to the public EVERY DAY from 9-5, no appointment necessary.  We can be contacted via phone at (530) 885-1027. 

We also stock over 50 varieties of bamboo, including both spreading and non-spreading varieties. We have mature groves on our acreage that we harvest and propagate and visitors are welcome to stroll through these groves. We can help you choose a bamboo for your garden and can offer advice on containment, placement, planting, watering, and care.

We  have garden art, pottery, benches, and other garden items, in additon to a wide variety of trees and shrubs for your garden and landscaping needs, including unusual specimens and unique varieties. We're plant enthusiasts and can assist you with your quest for that special variety that you saw, or offer advice on more utilitarian and basic gardening advice.

Newest Delivery: Snow Fairy Bluebeard (Caryopteris divaricata 'Snow Fairy') with variegated leaves, 'Admiration' and 'Orange Rocket' Barberries, 'Purple Haze' Butterfly Bush-a short groundcover type plant!, smaller containers of 'Purple Fountain' Beech and 'Tricolor' Beech, 'Lil Kim' Hibiscus, 'Edmee Gold' Honeysuckle, and our personal favorite 'Mr Bowling Ball' Arborvitae, along with dozens more vareities.

Japanese Maples!:  New Japanese maples have arrived!!! Hundreds and hundreds of new trees. Dozens of varieties that we've never stocked before; many are new, others are uncommon or rare. All sizes. A partial list of some of our favorites: Fairy Lights, Moonrise, Aka Hosada, Aka Kawa Hime, Amber Ghost, Asagi Nishiki, Baby Ghost, Baby Lace, Beni Fushigi, Beni Gaza, Beni Komo No Su, Berry Dwarf, Brandt's Dwarf, Clara Bell, Crimson Carol, Dad's Best, Dark Straw, Eagle Claw, Enkon, Fukinagashi, Goshikik Koto Hime, Grandma Ghost, Green Spider, Green Star, Hanami Nishiki, Hatsu Shigure, Hime Shojo, Hippy Fin Mo, Iijima Sunago, Irish Lace, Johnnie's Pink, Kandy Kitchen, Karasugawa, Katja, Ki Setsude, Kilarney, Kiri Nishiki, Koshibori Nishiki, Koto Buki, Koyama Dani Nishiki, Krazy Krinkle, Kurebeyama, Kurenai Jishii, Kuro Hime, Kurui Jishii, Matsuyoi, Midori No Tiboku, Mikzuki, Muro Gawa, Oku Kuji Nishiki, Punk Il, Red Feathers, Rhode Island Red, Ryumon Nishiki, Sao Shika, Seiun Kaku, Shigi No Hoshi, Shin Hikasa, Sister Ghost, Suisei, Summer Gold, Swat Margaret, Tenufolium, Tiny Tym, Tsukebane, Tsukushigata, Tsuri Nomai, Vic's Broom, Werner's Dwarf, Wilson Pink, Yama Hime, Yellow Bird, Yugure, Yuri Hime Sport, and more, along with hundreds of familiar and classic varieties. It's the largest selection of varieties we've ever had! Drop by and check them out.

Conifers & Other Plants: We also have hundreds of unique conifers and other uncommon plants. We've had multiple deliveries so far, and more coming throughout the spring. Newest shipment of plants includes Scleranthus uniflorus or Australian Astroturf, a great mossy looking ground cover that will grow in sun! Good for Japanese gardens in our hot sunshine!

Encore Azaleas! We received a large shipment of Encore Azaleas in different colors and varieties. Pinks, white, lavender, salmon, and  other colors. Some varieties mature to large shrubs, while others grow into smaller plants. Encore Azaleas bloom heavily in the spring, then continue to bring throughout the summer and into fall. A truly everblooming azalea. This is the only shipment of Encore Azaleas that we will receive for the entire year.