| Issue 9:10 | THE CACTUS PATCH | October 2006 |
| California Cactus Center by Stephen Cooley |
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On Saturday, September 16, Maynard and I went down to Pasadena to visit the California Cactus Center nursery. We decided to do this partly because we had heard of this nursery but had never been, this is where Woody’s Cactus Data Plants have found a new home, and we were searching for a close source of raffle plants. Though the nursery looks small, and parking is essentially non-existent, there is a great deal to be found at California Cactus Center. Plants range from 3 inch pots to 36 inch boxes. The diversity is impressive, this nursery does not just stick with the common 'home-center’ type succulents. They have a huge variety of pots as well. To say that this nursery is well stocked would be an understatement – there were literally pots stacked on other pots. Now for the bad news: prices. This is by far the most expensive cactus nursery I have ever been to. There were fairly common succulents in 4 inch pots going for $40. Granted, they were large and well grown, but $40 worth?. Everything in the nursery was well grown and pest free, but I can truthfully say that at those prices, I was not tempted to buy anything. |
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California Cactus Center by Stephen Cooley No Visitors A Letter from Bruce Hargreaves Chaya by Lynn McDonald, Carmen Gallegos-Allen, Steve Crippen The Succulent Garden at Cal State by Linda Cooley www.BakersfieldCactus.org by Stephen Cooley |
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