Good places to get Cactus

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:42 am

Tee Dee Cactus is an Ebay seller with a large
selection of very healthy plants most in the
3 1/2" pot size with some hard to find plants
ive got plants from them many times and
always top notch plants

http://stores.ebay.com/Tee-Dee-Cacti-an ... rospecting

Prospector · Post by **Prospector** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:44 pm

Have to agree with Cactusbutt. Tee Dee Cactus is a great place to get some of those "hard to find cactus."

I have always received excellent plants from them.
Each plant is well wrapped and labeled clearly.

Service is excellent and professional.
Communications with them are also great.

I have never had any problems with them or their plants.
Their on-line sight is closed for the winter, but will open later.
http://www.teedeecacti.com/servlet/StoreFront
E-mail. tdcacti@sbcglobal.net.

guanoskimer · Post by **guanoskimer** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:01 pm

wow, I'm glad I found this post because now I have a bunch of more places to buy cacti from. I personally am a big fan of http://www.cactuslimon.com - they have a lot of neat rare cacti and great service. Another good place is http://www.divinecactus.com, they have an incredible selection of cacti of the Lophophora variety.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:24 am

Another great order from Mesa Gardens this week.

Come, people! It's almost growing season and I'm on the lookout for more good places to buy.

ColdCactus · Post by **ColdCactus** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:52 am

Great luck with http://stores.ebay.com/AridJungle great plants, shipped with heat pack. And I will definetly second Tee-Dee Cactus and gold prospecting, they have great plants aswell!

cactusdan19 · Post by **cactusdan19** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 3:43 pm

Hi all,
It's been a long while since I peeked in here. Name is Dan, live in Lincoln, NE and have growing C&S for 42 years now. I start most of my plants from seed, privately acquired and commercially. I buy seed from Mesa Garden, CSSA Seed Depot, Silverhill Seeds in South Africa, a few from Banana tree.com and some off of Ebay. I agree with many here about the plants, Miles to go has some great plants, Aridlands is great for many succulents (I haven't tried them with cactus yet), some great Pachypodium from Highland Succulents, Shoal Creek as some nice stuff. I get a lot in trades though.

I found Sheilam's Nursery, can you really get things from them in the US? What about the Phytosanitary?

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:55 am

They provide it.

cactusdan19 · Post by **cactusdan19** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:33 am

Thanks Tim,
I finally was able to pull up their site and saw that, neat.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:23 am

Just let the local ag office know when you'll get them in. They can be real pains. You also have to send a couple tags, and get an import permit, and since you're dealing with bureaucrats, get it done well before hand. I import plants once or twice per year usually and lately it's getting more difficult; probably due to the homeland security restructuring.

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:24 am

peterb wrote: Rare Plant Research. Has plants that no one else in the world sells.

Peterb

Been thinking of geting some plants from them
do they have nice plants?I also see they are having an open house on May 19 & 20,think I will take the 30 minute drive and check it out and take a few pics to share on the forum

Bob

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:06 pm

Hey- I haven't ordered from Rare Plant Research in a long time. The best thing about their offerings is just how many species they offer that are really not in cultivation very commonly. I remember that their plants needed a bit of TLC when I got them and they were not always in the greatest shape. But I'll be interested to see what you think if you get a chance to visit.

peterb

Post by **daiv** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:27 pm

Yes! Share the pictures!

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:11 pm

Oh I will

cactusbutt · Post by **cactusbutt** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:20 pm

Any one buy from Bob Smoley's Garden World?
I did for the first time 7 weeks ago
he said it could take up to 8 weeks and
I have heard that it is worth the wait
he has a lot to choose from and good prices
I will let you know when I get my order
if it was worth the wait.

Link http://www.bobsmoleys.com/index.html

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:03 am

Prices look good there. Have you gotten the plants yet?