Ito Nursery Inc

This is an interesting spot as it’s a bit off the beaten path and then down a street that’s shared with a mini farm.
They had a pretty good selection of many diverse plants, some of which had some awesome flowers on them and others were just kinda funky looking.
Overall I didn’t really see anything that I had to bring home with me I’m more or less the kind of person who buys plants that benefit you some how like produce or citrus trees.
The staff here didn’t even acknowledge me I was walking around for at least 10 minutes just browsing the different plants in the uncrowned nursery and had no interaction with them.
Since I didn’t really see anything that caught my eye I highly doubt I would come back here but if your in the area it’s kinda a cool place to check out for a bit especially if your stuck at the kiddy farm next door.

Came down for the day to San Juan Capistrano, and my first target was the Ramos House which was OK for food. We wandered around on Los Rios Street and chanced on a sign that said «Ito Nursery». I’m slowly trying to change my garden into more drought resistant plants to help conserve water… water guzzling lawns are so passé.
Well, Ito Nursery has a great selection of drought tolerant plants such as succulents, agaves, sedums, etc. I found an extremely broad leafed succulent with an orange-​red glow punctuating green foliage called Kalenchoe. The lady at the cashier told me that the flowers of the Kalenchoe when they bloom will be striking.
Also got a very slow growing Blue Glow Agave that is elegantly grey-​green with a dark chestnut brown edging. I saw this on my last visit to Huntington Library & Arboretum in their succulent garden. They were huge, but my version is the miniature variety which means they are slow growers. My six inch pot of the Blue Glow must have taken up to 4 years to nurture so this baby does not come cheap. But the refined, understated patrician demeanor of this agave is tempered by its cat claw sharp spine at the end of each paddle leaf. But just like cutting the nails of a cat, the sharp ends of the spines can be cut, and the plant will still retain its aesthetic integrity.
The lady who was the cashier was very helpful in advising me how to take care of my newly found plant friends, «All plants need water, even if they are desert plants.» We were both surprised that some people will not water their desert plants occasionally in summer thinking that xeric plants never need watering. Even cactus in the wild gets water in summer due to the summer monsoon rains that come up from Mexico on occasion.
Anyway, Ito Nursery is a great place to get rare and exotic plants that will fit most handsomely in a drought tolerant, low water maintenance yard. The only other nursery I can think of that may be even more conscious of water conservation is the Thomas Paine Foundation, but it is 60 miles to the north in Sunland-​Tujunga.

It’s a very special space tucked away near the animal farm for kids. Very large growing grounds for a wide range of well selected items far past what one can get at the big box stores. Ask the owner about the luck you’ll have with a plant you’re thinking about and he’ll ask you EXACTLY where you live since he has incredibly deep knowledge of all our many microclimates. A previous reviewer didn’t like the service. They’re accustomed to smiling kids on $ 5 who pedal dying plants. At this nursery there is a lot of work to do and staffing is sometimes short, though even the people who come on part time strike one as committed flower growers who know what they’re talking about.