Plant Shopping at Strictly Exotics Cactus Nursery (Insane Crests & Variegates!)

[@matthewpetersen4417]

amazing collection you have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cookiescacti]

Thank youuu!!! ( I have a problem 😂 )

[@tomdix8028]

Thanks so much for giving us this tour, so nice to see nurseries who care for their plants, horse at the end was really nice.🐴

[@cookiescacti]

You're very welcome, Tom! That horse was so cute. I wish I knew horses better to understand if approaching is okay or not. Maybe I'll get another opportunity in the future.

[@angies9052]

Great video! Cool to see the behind the scenes. "Cookie says Hi!" cracked me up! haha

[@cookiescacti]

Lol, I spoke to the horse on behalf of Cookie 😁 I'm so glad you enjoyed seeing the cactus farm area, quite the spectacle to see so many mother plants.

[@JuanGonzalez-wl9zt]

that variegated pilosocereus!!! love

[@cookiescacti]

Right?? I can't get enough of them 💚

[@jimini1976]

113 degrees! No thank you. Thanks for the awesome tour. I'm getting ready to move everything for winter.🌵❄

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! Wow, winter preparations already!

[@lorirober2536]

❤ Wow, wow, wow! Nice shopping tour. I really enjoyed the last 15 minutes showcasing the growing/propagation aspect of this business. Really well done, thank you!! Glad you bought some cactus here.

[@cookiescacti]

I am so glad to see you enjoyed seeing the production area as much as I did, Lori. It was so cool that they let us wander around in the back, so much fun to see. And I also appreciate even more how much work it is to run a business like this.

[@colocandooverdeemnossasvidas]

Um bom dia adorei esse passeio pra essas maravilhas ...obrigado por compartilhar !

[@cookiescacti]

It is my pleasure to share this nursery with you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 🙏💚

[@louhunt6836]

Thank you so much for showing us this fantastic nursery! I am now $535. poorer but can hardly wait for my new cacti to arrive! Suzan

[@cookiescacti]

You and I understand each other, Suzan 😁 What did you get??

[@louhunt6836]

@@cookiescacti I got one of the large twisted cereus right inside the hoop house that had about 3 off shoots, the triple head cluster of the Mexican fireball and a 15 gal. crested blue candle. I hope to go in person someday but will surely need a U-haul to bring them back to El Paso, 😊

[@cookiescacti]

@@louhunt6836 wowwwwww!! Amazing buys! You got some big ones! Did you call them to purchase remotely?

[@suzanspurlin9751]

@@cookiescacti yes, I referred to the minute markings in your video to show them exactly which ones I wanted! 😊

[@cookiescacti]

@@suzanspurlin9751 that's so cool! Virtual shopping for real!

[@edwardmangoma7673]

Amazing and beautiful cacti.

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this shopping trip! Definitely some fun plants to see.

[@rodadelossantos6194]

Oh my god, I can't believe the prices of these giant and/or cool weird plants!!! WOW 😯👍

[@cookiescacti]

Isn't it fun??? I hope to find more nurseries we haven't explored before!

[@cactuscannon]

Great tour, and I also appreciate you sharing prices!

[@cookiescacti]

I so appreciate your comment! Sometimes I'm like "I hope they don't mind me narrating prices over and over again". You just helped confirm that it's okay (I always want to know prices in shopping videos).

[@cactuscannon]

@cookiescacti It's definitely OK, in my opinion. I actually think it's what's lacking in most gardening videos. I am trying to turn our front yard into a cactus/succulent garden. I have been watching a ton of your videos, and it's been so helpful. I can plan on what's available in the stores, full sun/shade, colors, design, where to shop, and prices. My husband and I are going to visit a few nurseries after watching your videos. We have never even heard of most of these places. They should use you to advertise! Honestly, if you hadn't mentioned prices, I wouldn't have been motivated to visit them as I would have chalked it up to them being unaffordable.

[@lealee13569]

I think we might be getting a “new cacti setup” video soon 🤣

[@cookiescacti]

Omg you're making me laugh so hard! I had a vow to not expand plants beyond the new pergola space - that vow will soon be completely disregarded LOLOLOLOL

[@ChopsticksGarden-QuangNgo]

Nice video. Amazing selection. Wish I live nearby.

[@cookiescacti]

You gotta take a drive out to Arizona some time for the nurseries! I wish I could take a trip to California to do the same but all of Cookie's health care needs puts a stop to travel.

[@lillamy2896]

Love the overview of your addiction. Its so satisfying to look at

[@cookiescacti]

A Showcase of Jenny's Addiction should be the title! Thank goodness I'm in good company here!

[@lillamy2896]

@@cookiescacti 😄 You should use it sometime in the future. Many ppl will recognize the feeling

[@colty__]

I love these videos! You're so good, thank you for sharing, this is so helpful. Especially since I have to drive up from Yuma! Thank you thank you!

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoy these videos! Hopefully you can visit several nurseries in the area since you'd be driving all the way from Yuma. How was your summer this year? I've heard that Yuma is even hotter than Phoenix!

[@crashercrusher]

love this place!

[@cookiescacti]

I'm kind of bummed that it's an hour away but also glad that's an hour away lol.

[@garymajchrzak6793]

Love your videos and looking forward to more ❤

[@cookiescacti]

I really appreciate the love, Gary!

[@joonahrae]

Variegated Pilosocereus?! 🤯 I've never seen one before! I really like the non-variegated form too, but the variegated form is absolutely beautiful! I really like your shopping videos! It gives ideas on what cacti to add to my collection... 😅 Thanks for another amazing videos, Jenny!

[@cookiescacti]

Isn't that amazing, Gabrielle?? I don't think I've ever seen variegated Pilos nor Myrtillos before, at least never in-person. I love it when we get surprised by the inventory that the nurseries carry... so much fun... so much to feed the addiction LOL. I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! It was nice to finally be able to spend some time outside....

[@benjamingibbs8788]

Finally a retail outlet for plants. Every place in south Phoenix seems to say “wholesale only.” Thanks for the tip

[@cookiescacti]

@@benjamingibbs8788 check out Arizona Cactus Sales in Chandler and Phoenix desert nursery in South Phoenix too!

[@CactusCaffeine]

Those one gallon pot cacti are so worth it! ❤

[@cookiescacti]

I agree, Ana! Pretty decent prices on those gallon pots.

[@RSJ-Texas]

Those o e gallon plants are really great prices

[@cookiescacti]

Yeah! Not bad! So much fun checking out a new nursery 🙂

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

Wow Wonderful Cactus ~ Thank you for good sharing LIKE 138 My friend, have a good relationship 😊

[@cookiescacti]

You're very welcome, my cactus friend! I'm so glad you enjoyed this nursery tour!

[@bobhopfner3812]

very cool! been wanting to make the trek up there.

[@cookiescacti]

It's worth a trip! Thank goodness Chris has mentioned them at the club meetings and on the FB page, otherwise, I wouldn't have known that they were here.

[@MariaSweets5]

Wow I wish I could go there and say I was sent by Cookie’s Cacti 🤩. That’s so cool, more rare plants are being made available to the public. I tried to get the unicorn horn cactus from overseas a few times but I’ve found it very sensitive to shipping. I’m going to have to wait until I see it around locally.

[@cookiescacti]

You gotta make a trip to Arizona, Maria 😁 and tell all the nurseries that Cookie's Cacti sent ya 😁😁😁 also bring a truck 😂😂😂

[@Nomasfor4years]

Thanks

[@cookiescacti]

You're very welcome!

[@matthewpetersen4417]

I HATE prickly pears, I toss them if they come in mystery boxes. Thanks for making this, awesome to see since Im stuck in the north east.

[@cookiescacti]

It's good to hear from someone in the Northeast who also loves cacti! What part of the North East? (The glochids make it so hard to get into them for me although I really appreciate their beauty)

[@Bearsfan40]

I knew you was not going to leave cacti heaven without buy one or two he should have given you a free be lol

[@cookiescacti]

☺️☺️☺️ you know me too well

[@Bearsfan40]

You can dampen the soil the booby cacti to encourage more roots to form because you have primary roots

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you so much for this tip! I will do this right away

[@joshualennox3599]

Oh my God

[@cookiescacti]

Hehehehehe, this is a fun one

[@joshualennox3599]

You get any more plants and you’re also gonna need a team of watering assistants working in shifts. And since you want the collection to thrive and keep growing you’ll probably be putting the watering teams kids through college!

[@cookiescacti]

😂😂😂 I've slowed down, I promise! But every time I say that, the opposite happens.

[@jamescarr2156]

54:01 😮

[@cookiescacti]

Right??? What is going on with that Saguaro, I wonder what its history is... Wish I could ask it and it could tell me

[@jamescarr2156]

@@cookiescacti agreed!

[@lollovannu]

LMAO the prices are so high for no reason 🤯

[@cookiescacti]

Can you elaborate on which prices are high? And where to find better deals? I'm always looking for new places. I thought the 1 gal pots were decently priced, like $25 for a 1 gal boobie is pretty good.

[@lollovannu]

@@cookiescacti i'm not from america (i'm from italy) so i can't tell you where to buy plants, but i'm sure that 250 dollar for an agave it's a scam

[@cookiescacti]

@@lollovannu Stating that a business is scamming their customers is a pretty serious accusation. If you can provide a timestamp of the Agave, I'll look into it too. Size, rarity, supply and demand determines price, so we have to check if the pricing makes sense in those terms.

[@agathan.944]

Hi Jenny, How is Cookie's health? I remember, a few months ago you mentioned that she was having IV fluids or something like that. Best wishes to all plant collectors and cat lovers.

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you so much for asking about Cookie's health! All her health issues are chronic, so they're here to stay for the rest of her life. However, we are managing well at home - regular subcutaneous fluids every 3 days for her kidneys, glucose monitoring and insulin for her diabetes, medications for her other issues. As of now, she's relatively stable and still living a great life. All the stresses are on her caretaker. I'm taking all the good days we can get.

[@agathan.944]

@@cookiescacti Thank you for sharing the details. I understand everything you and Cookie are going through. We applied for a loan of 35 thousands (it was a price of kidney replacement, plus adoption of the donor cat) but he did not live that far. Spartacus was only 10. I don't know how long I could suffer from that desperate grieving. People from Facebook group found a kitten born on the same day when we lost our beloved cat.

[@cookiescacti]

@@agathan.944 I am so incredibly sorry for your loss of Spartacus. I lost my boy Meo at 9 years old due to lymphoma. From the time I noticed something was wrong to his death was a short 2 weeks. Now I have Cookie left and I'm desperately doing everything I can to keep her around longer. I know your pain. Many hugs from over here in Arizona 🫂

[@wimhance6541]

I loved that Oreocereus, I'm a big fan of both types - you should go back and buy that plant, it needs a home. I think I'd like one of those Organ Pipe Cactus too, I have a baby, but a big one would be great. I'm not sure they'd do so well in London, but in the city microclimate, who knows?

[@cookiescacti]

LOLOLOLOL I have a trolli and a celsianus already, but they're probably 5 inches tall, nothing compared to these big guys. I gave my brother a Saguaro seeding that I grew. He lives in Oregon where it's cool and rainy. The Saguaro is still alive! But it doesn't grow!

[@wimhance6541]

​@@cookiescactiI just bought another Celcianus. You're a terrible influence!

[@lillamy2896]

I like that you tell aboute the price even if I live in a another country. The music not so much. Maby because Im old😅

[@cookiescacti]

Awwww... I'm sorry about the music. Is it the volume or the style? (Or both?) I'm glad you appreciate the prices! It makes dictating them out loud worth it. I always wished people who make shopping videos would show prices, so here I am showing prices.

[@lovinghobby9072]

Where is this nursery?

[@cookiescacti]

North of Phoenix, Arizona. I have info and links to the nursery in the video description.

[@ToddBabs]

Never heard of this place but it’s got some wow plants. Ouch in the wallet here though. If you haven’t been tour P&M off McDowell Rd. they have some really cool stuff, but nothing there is priced, which is annoying

[@cookiescacti]

Ooooh thank you for referring me to P&M. I haven't heard of them and I'm always on the hunt for local cactus spots. Do they have a good variety of stock?

[@ToddBabs]

@@cookiescacti yes they have a lot of random stuff, from mamm’s gymno’s, Astro’s, some your typical landscaping Az stuff, but some wow specimens too. Kinda a treasure hunt there as they’ve got plants scattered all over. They had a Discorea a couple years back that was the size of a boulder HUGE.

[@cookiescacti]

@@ToddBabs that sounds perfect! I love a good treasure hunt, the surprise never gets old. I'm putting P&M on my filming schedule, now I'm just waiting for this heat wave to end. Hopefully the owner/employees allow me to take video.

[@cookiescacti]

​@@ToddBabsI went to visit P&M today, thank you very much for the reference. It's too bad they declined permission to film. Some very interesting and unusual plants but the prices are so high! It almost feels like it's their personal collection that they don't actually want to sell. Still very fun to visit!

[@ToddBabs]

@@cookiescacti oh dang that really stinks, atleast you didn’t have to trek beyond the East Valley for it! Ya I usually only go there once a year as their prices really are high and I drive by it daily and more than like half the stuff is not tagged to even know, I guess they don’t want some free advertisement, their loss!

[@teddylacson-wq9bu]

Hi po madam

[@cookiescacti]

Hello friend!!

[@margiemather7206]

Gorgous plants but prices a little high

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you! Which ones do you think are high? Any places you recommend with more competitive prices? I'm always on the lookout for good places to shop for plants.

[@adiscatic2058]

So expensive 😮

[@cookiescacti]

@@adiscatic2058 What part of the world are you at? If you're in the US I would love to know your recommendations on where to shop for cactus.

[@adiscatic2058]

@@cookiescacti No no I'm faaar away. I live in Italy. . 300 dollars for average cactus plant is bizzare. I don't know maybe is that normal in America

[@cookiescacti]

Ahh gotcha. If you have a chance can you let me know which $300 plant you're referring to? The prices are based off of size and rarity, so it completely depends. But this is where shopping around is very important for price comparisons.

[@adiscatic2058]

4:39 orange pipe cactus 300 dollar's

[@cookiescacti]

@@adiscatic2058 thank you for pointing out the plant! Have you seen better deals for a 25 gallon organ pipe cactus elsewhere? Would love to know places with better deals.

[@andersnrregren9087]

Oh no i missed a video, better catch up. Edit: you a not allowed buying non cold hardy from my wishlist when you know i cant have plants that demands a minimum of 10c in winter

[@cookiescacti]

I must know the plants on your wishlist (so I can look for them and get them on video 😁😁😁)

[@mjaybee]

Your name is very similar to a marijuana nursery

[@cookiescacti]

You are so right... I was looking for a website for the nursery and came across a site that sold inventory that didn't look like cactus lol. The "cactus nursery" part of the name is a really important distinguishing factor.