Leucadia Succulents

Really cool place for succulents. Awesome selection and decent prices. The only downsides were that it was cash only and they had dogs that poop every where and they don’t pick it up and my wife stepped in dog poop.

I went there with my Groupon firmly in hand to find a very limited selection of common succulents at inflated prices. Not worth the trip or the effort. For my $ 40 Groupon value… I got a selection of anemic cuttings in 2 in pots… barely enough to fill a dish garden. Better off at Home Depot or Lowes or other garden centers nearer to home.

Love this place… the owner Dave was friendly and knowledgeable. Picked up some succulents I’ve been looking for.

During our visit there was a sign saying «buy one succulent get one free». Apparently, this did not apply to all succulents, but only some. We picked out 2 succulents that we were told the sale did apply to, however, the old man working then tried to get us to pay for both succulents.
The old man couldn’t communicate clearly, and didn’t understand the concept of «buy one get one free». He began to get aggressive, so we left.
Succulents weren’t anything special either, some were obviously dead/​dying.

I really enjoyed myself here at leucadia succulents ! Dave the owner answered all of my questions and was very informative. I bought a beautiful variety of succulents and it looks wonderful in my arrangement! The prices were reasonable and service was perfect !! Thank you Dave for a 5 star experience ! He has the sweetest and cutest labs in the shop too! Loved that :-)

Pros
The girl working there was very friendly
Cons
Parking is awful
The selection is pretty standard
Most importantly the quality of the plants is awful. They are grown in too much organic medium without enough drainage and are overwatered with no airflow. The result is rotting plants and fungal infections. Unfortunately I got a living social given to me as a gift or I would have walked out. They should not be selling some of those plants.

Finally made it to Leucadia Succulents! The owner was a really nice man and cut us a break on price. We found some really pretty succulents there… nah we found a LOT!

This place is pretty awesome if you love different rare types of succulents that you won’t find at your local Home Depot or Lowes. The plants I got were beautiful and healthy. For all you entitled grouponers out there, yes there is an older gentlemen, he was really cool with me and showed me around, you probably just rubbed him the wrong way and frankly he’s reached a respectable age in life in which he doesn’t have to kiss everyone’s behind. Get over it, stop being so damn sensitive just because someone doesn’t grovel to your groupon buying ways. This is a rare find for plant lovers. I really liked this place and will def be back.

I collect and grow succulents at my house so when I read the reviews, I was apprehensive of my Living Social purchase. Once there, I saw a nice selection and fair prices (only a dollar more than swap meet prices too). The plants were healthy and most of the larger ones could have been split into separate containers even (if they were at Home Depot or swap meet they would have been separated). They even had some of the African succulents I have been into lately. I would recommend this place especially if you want starter to medium plants for pots etc. Not sure why others had problems «getting order fulfilled» ??? They have plants and you buy them. If the plant wasn’t there, then that’s why they had a problem maybe?

Came here because of Groupon $ 15 for $ 30 offer. First red flag: a sign at entrance stating that one has to spend $ 40 to use Groupon (NOT mentioned on website). So this is a $ 25 for $ 40 offer and not $ 15 for $ 30.
But even more disappointing is the lack of selection and quality. This place only grows succulents, but the selection is not even as good as home depot. I bought about 7 plants. Half of them barely had any roots. If you turn the pot upside down, you get a pile of loose soil and a bunch of succulent pieces with maybe ¼″ roots.
It is suffice to say that my first visit here will be my last.

After leaving the Starbucks on (11-​13-​2013) which is located right Leucadia Exit of the 5 freeway I stumbled upon Leucadia Succulents Nursery. I was able to find parking and walked right inside.
Upon walking inside I met the owner /​operator of this nursery and this old gentleman (forgot his name) took me on a tour of this nursery. I was very pleased to see the amount of knowledge; care and professionalism that the staff here takes with all aspects of their day to day life and ensuring these plants live a full life. I was surprised to learn how little water a majority of the plants on display and ‘for sale’ here require very ‘little’ water.
I really enjoyed seeing and learning about some of the plants on display here. Some of my favorites would have to be the:
Echevria ‘Black Prince’ which is a Beautiful dark chocolate to black rosettes up to 9 inches across. Salmon-​red flowers bloom in Fall. Another great water wise plant that once established needs only occasional water. Great for containers and mass plantings.
Coprosma ‘Tequila Sunrise’ which is one of Leucadia Succulents top sellers that has striking glossy brilliant orange, red, gold and green leaves. In the winter the cooler weather really brings out the best color that changes to more of a deep red and orange. Loves full sun and looks great with succulents. This makes a great hedge in the landscape and can reach up to 3 feet.
Varigated ‘Fox Tail’ Agave which is a new edition that is variegated with wide green leaves with white along the leaf. Mature plants reach 5 feet tall and up to 8 feet wide plus will produce a tall vertical flower stalk. Can handle partial shade to full sun. A great water wise plant that needs occasional watering once established.
The older gentleman told me about a ‘Groupon’ that was offered for this establishment that is now expired. I was told that more ‘Groupon’ deals are to come and I will without question be on the lookout.
Very cool little fact, Leucadia Succulents has its own florist on the premises.
Without question I will be back to this location to check out the seasonal plants they have on display.

We found this place via Groupon and bought the deal without knowing the place: BIG MISTAKE:
— The place is very unpleasant. It’s really tiny and the floor is full of dog shit everywhere (the owner has a dog).
— The selection of plants is very limited: they just have different sizes of the same succulents.
— They only accept cash.
— Prices are completely arbitrary. We had to go back there a few times because we were not sure about what to get (because selection is very small), and every time they told us completely different prices about the same plants. First time it was two women, second time it was a young guy, and third time it was an old, grouchy man (the owner). Really confusing. In some cases (rare cases) the price was written in the pot, but the old man said that the tag was wrong and told us a higher price.
— The worst thing: THEY DON’T HONOR GROUPON CERTIFICATES. The old man told us a plant was $ 30 and we decided to buy it. We told him that we had a Groupon certificate worth $ 30, and then he said that the plant would be $ 40 if we want to use Groupon certificate, so we would have to give him $ 10 extra. My husband had such a strong argument that we decided to leave the place and the old man closed the door of the shop in front of our faces.
As far as I’m reading, this unprofessional man puts the deals in Groupon as a hook to get customers (otherwise there is nobody at the shop), but once you are there he will try to take advantage of you by telling you a higher price. That seems to be the standard dynamics at that place.

I wish I would have read the reviews before I bought the Groupon. Judging from their website, I expected to find a very knowledgeable staff and a wide selection of unique species that I have not been able to find at Lowes and Home Depot. I arrived with a short shopping list – nothing too extravagant – and hopes for some new insight and tips for propagation techniques per individual species that I haven’t been able to find reliably on the internet. I’m not a succulent expert by any means, but I’ve been working with them for a few months now and I have learned a few things. I was really looking forward to picking the brain of somebody a lot smarter about them than me.
I may have come at a fairly bad time all around. It looked like inventory was pretty low in general– they didn’t have any more of the $ 2 or $ 4 sized pots. They had plenty of $ 8 pots, but in a very limited selection of species and the plants inside them were VERY small and immature. It *looked* like they had taken them straight out of the $ 2 and $ 4 pots and replanted them in the larger container. I have bags of cactus soil at home, I don’t want to pay double the price for a little extra dirt at the store. There were more plants in the back that looked far more promising, but that was in the Employee Only section, so I imagine they weren’t ready to put them up for sale yet.
All in all they had probably 20 different varieties, many of which were very large species that would be well suited for landscaping purposes but not at all for small planters/​terrariums (which is what I do). They had a couple of aeoniums, including kiwi which is my favorite, and my stock *is* running a little low… Unfortunately, I wouldn’t even have spent groupon dollars on these plants: they only had 2 – 3 small/​medium-​sized heads per pot, and no pups. It would take months before they would be ready to harvest anything for propagation. By contrast, Home Depot and Lowes both sell even larger pots of kiwi aeoniums, fully mature and bursting with two or three dozen pups per pot for only $ 6.
They did not have any donkey tail, haworthia, or living stone. They didn’t have anything in bright or unique colors like I see pop up all over Pinterest. I did find two $ 8 pots of string of pearl (which I have not yet found at Lowes/​HD), but they were too immature to propagate and both looked to be in very terrible shape.
FINALLY, I found a really interesting ground cover that I would have been willing to buy three of the same just to get *something*. It wasn’t labeled (hardly anything is, and nothing has care instructions), so I took it up front to get a little information about it: sun and water preferences, how fast it grows, propagation techniques. The owner/​manager was not going to be coming in for a couple more hours, and the girl working was very nice, but new. Nobody there had any clue what it was or anything about it. They couldn’t even give me a name so I could look up information myself.
So, I left empty handed and more than a little disappointed. Maybe I’ll make the 40 minute drive from northern Oceanside another day in hopes of better luck, or maybe I’ll contact Groupon and try to get my money back.

I would rate this so called nursery a 0 if that were an option. There are several reasons I will never return to this establishment ever again.
1. The plant selection is non existent. There are rows of completely empty tables.
2. The plants that are there are mostly in horrible condition. Most of the pots are dying off or riddled with bugs. When I brought my plants home I transferred my succulents to new pots and the roots were slimey and fell apart. Needless to say they did not live very long.
3. My mother came with me, and she uses a walker. She couldn’t even get through half the nursery. There is unsecured brick that makes an unstable walk way. There are plywood ramps laid down. Everything is horribly done and seemed so unsafe to even walk around.
4. When I asked the older gentleman for help he seemed irritated that I was interrupting his nap. He also knew very little about any of the plants he was selling. He couldn’t tell me the names even. He gave me a few names that I looked up later and they were completely wrong. I was shocked he even owned the place.
5. When I did pick a few he had to total me out, which seemed difficult. He told me a price that was too high according to his prices, and couldn’t seem to do the math correctly. Finally a florist who worked there found a calculator and proved that he was charging me too much. They also do not accept any credit or debit cards. I gave him a $ 20 to which he didn’t even have change! At this point I left told him to keep it and knew I would never return.
Did I mention the dog poop everywhere?!
Really sad I’m local and love succulents but would rather go anywhere else.

we found this place thru Groupon. $ 15 for $ 30 worth of succulents. the place is just off of the 5 off of Leucadia, very easy to find. we were very excited to see what we could find. sadly the selection is not as large as I’d hoped and the prices are $ 2, $ 4, $ 8, and then $ 25 or $ 30 for the large gallon pots. there were only a few of the little ones for $ 2. the plants are very nice & healthy and the guy that was working there was very nice & helpful. maybe next time there will be a larger selection.

I found this place via a Groupon deal. The plants were ok but there isn’t a good variety — diff sizes of the same succulents. What I found strange was that 2 other Groupon-​holding customers were charged at least $ 10+ more than the $ 30 certificate. One of the customers was so puzzled by the math, then he & his significant other pulled out their iphones to check the cashier’s calculations. They tried explaining (gently arguing), but eventually gave up — I’m guessing they didn’t want to offend the older gentleman. Not wanting to be in the same situation, I asked him how much each of the smaller pots were & he said 4 for $ 10. So I picked a $ 25 plant + 4 of the smaller pots. I figured I’d owe him $ 35 — $ 30 groupon = $ 5. Then he says I owed him $ 11 (not $ 5). Now it’s déjà vu — the last customer was in the same math conundrum! Then old guy does the math for me: $ 4×4 + 25. Hmmm… the 4 for $ 10 is now 4 for $ 16. I put back 2 of the plants, gave him $ 3 and figured I won’t be coming back.

It is very small, nothing but succulents, so don’t expect a full nursery. They are great at what they do. Very knowledgeable and helpful. Keep in mind it’s cash only, which I’m sure is one way they are able to keep reasonable prices. Support a small business and ensure your plants will survive by sourcing them locally!