Lodi Farms

We have bought a number of shrubs and a large tree which are all growing well two years later. I have been happy with the service, I do like the silly games at checkout, and they have an excellent selection of shrubs. The prices are very reasonable. It can be muddy, which is why they don’t have five stars.

I like Lodi’s! After stopping at the big box stores today, and seeing the same ‘ol same ‘ol plants that I do every year, I decided to go to Lodi’s. Cool place! Simple setup, moderate quantities — but the plants were more unusual varieties and looked healthier than the big box places! Be sure to roam to the back areas of the nursery for more choices. Nice people, reasonable prices. And my yard will be spectacular and unlike the other yards in the neighborhood!

So far so good. We went to Lodi to find a big serviceberry tree… we hadn’t been able to find this int he size we wanted at numerous other places. They had really nice size trees for the price. We had just come off a *terrible* experience with another nursery surrounding some other trees. Communication at Lodi was great… the tree came and was planted on time. The tree still looks good. So unless the tree tanks over the winter, I’m happy!

Lodi Farms has a marquee sign at their entrance. Cute sayings and clever daily sales. We blew bubbles to get a discount. How easy is that? And fun, too. Sometimes you have to sing a song to get your discount. More work, but come on — you can choke out a melody for the bubbly lady at the cash register. I think she’s the one who comes up with all the fun sales.
They have a lot of perennials! There is a demo water garden with waterfall. I think the bushes could use some grooming. They have overgrown some of the smaller plants. At least that shows me that the water garden feature has been there for a long time.
There were some badly neglected veggie starts.
If you go off the beaten trail, you might want to wear your muck boots, if it has rained recently. I wanted to inspect some trees that we were considering buying. Some have been there for a year or more, and are showing signs of stress. They were hilled in with wood chips, but I don’t think they have a way of watering anything that isn’t close to the greenhouse. Makes me very leery of buying a $ 250 large tree (2″ diameter trunk) and plunking it into my yard. I suppose they all come with a guarantee, but I’d rather not plant anything that might need to be replaced.
We got some Hicks Yews in five gallon pots. They had healthy new growth so I felt confident going ahead with that part of the plan. We paid a decent price: $ 40 each, minus our 15% bubble-​blowing discount — down to $ 34 each.