Welcome to the Lakes Nursery!

Lakes Nursery offers the largest selection of Japanese maples in Northern California, with hundreds of varieties and thousands of maples. Our average inventory includes 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 every day from 9-5 (December & January Hours: 10-4/closed Wednesdays and Christmas). 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.

We Now Ship: We are now able to ship #1 Japanese maples across the country. We have hundreds of cultivars available for shipping. Call us or email us for varieties and shipping costs.

Winter News:  Lakes nursery is a great winter destination; many of the Japanese maple have striking winter forms and colorful branches, all against a background of conifers and display gardens. This is the BEST season for selecting a Japanese maple as one can select for good shape and form without the distraction of those tempting leaves! Winter is also when we begin to get new orders in. Supplies on some trees are limited so often winter shoppers get the best selection before the busy spring season! We are closed on Wednesday until spring but are open every other day of the week.