When shopping for plants, please consider supporting one of our many outstanding local Tucson nurseries. You are more likely to get an appropriate, healthy plant along with knowledgeable advice.
We are fortunate to have so many great nurseries in Tucson. Many carry a wide range of desert plants while others specialize — native plants, trees, cactus and other succulents, seeds, and even bamboo!
Here’s a list of Tucson nurseries that I’m familiar with. If you know of any others, please let us know and we’ll be happy to add them to the list.
Several of these nurseries offer events including classes, workshops, plant sales, musical events, food trucks, and more. In fact, there are so many fun events, it’s hard to keep track of them all. So we’ve put them all in one place in our Tucson Gardening Events Calendar.
Some local nurseries have seasonal hours, so be sure to check ahead.
Acacia Nursery
8080 W Tangerine Rd., Marana
Hours, contact info
Specializes in trees
Arid Adaptations Nursery
Visits by appointment, mail order available
Contact info
Specializes cactus, succulents, adeniums
B&B Cactus Farm
11550 E Speedway Blvd.
Hours, map, contact info
Specializes in cactus, succulents
Bach’s Cactus Nursery
8602 N Thornydale Rd.
Hours, map, contact info
Specializes in cactus, succulents
Bamboo Ranch
Visits by appointment
Contact info
Specializes in bamboo
Borderlands Nursery & Seed
42 San Antonio Rd.
Hours, contact info
Specializes in native plants, seeds
Civano Nursery
5301 S Houghton Rd.
Hours, map, contact info
Desert Bloom Garden Center
69 W Esperanza Blvd, Green Valley
Hours, contact info
Desert Survivors*
1020 W Starr Pass Blvd.
Hours, map, contact info
Specializes in native plants
(*not-for-profit)
EcoGro
657 W Saint Mary’s Rd.
Hours, map, contact info
Four Arrows Gardens
13499 E. Success Dr., Vail
Hours, contact info
Green Things Nursery
3384 E River Rd.
Hours, contact info
Harlow Gardens
5620 E. Pima St.
Hours, map, contact info
Tucson’s oldest family-owned garden center
Mesquite Valley Growers
8005 E Speedway Blvd.
Hours, contact info
Moon Valley Nurseries
13300 N Postvale Rd., Marana
Hours, contact info
Specializes in trees
Native Gardens of Green Valley
20 North La Canada Dr., Green Valley
Hours, map, contact info
Native Seeds/SEARCH*
Shipping & Tucson pick up available
Contact info
Vegetable and wildflower seeds
(*not-for-profit)
Pima County Library Seed Library
Various library locations or online
Free vegetable and wildflower seeds
Patagonia Plants
308 Naugle Ave, Patagonia
Hours, contact info
Plants for the Southwest
50 E Blacklidge Dr.
Hours, contact info
Specializes in cactus, succulents
Ponderosa Cactus
3751 E Fort Lowell Rd.
1870 W Wetmore Rd.
Hours, map, contact info
Specializes in cactus, succulents
Rillito Nursery & Garden Center
6303 N La Cholla Blvd.
Hours, map, contact info
Rozet Nursery
7707 E 22nd St.
Hours, contact info
Silverbell Nursery
2730 N Silverbell Rd.
Contact info
Spadefoot Nursery
2831 E Broadway Blvd
Hours, map, contact info
Specializes in native plants, vegetables
Starr Nursery
Ships bare root plants, Tucson pick up available
Contact info
Specializes in agaves, cactus, succulents
Sunset Nursery
5939 N Oracle Rd.
Hours, contact info
Tohono Chul Retail Greenhouse
7366 N Paseo del Norte
Hours, contact info
Tucson Cactus & Koi
7810 N Oracle Rd., Oro Valley
Hours, contact info
Specializes in cactus, succulents, pond supplies
Wineinger Nurseries
Visits by appointment
Contact info
Specializes in helping with DIY landscape projects
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