Plants for the Southwest Nursery | Tucson, AZ | Shopping + Employee-Only Lithops House Tour!

[@ChopsticksDIYGarden]

I've never seen anything like those employees-only areas-so cool! Thanks for sharing the video. You're really lucky to have seen them in person. Super jealous!

[@cookiescacti]

You've got to take a trip to Arizona some time! Tucson is a must for cactus lovers, you'll really enjoy all the cactus nurseries.

[@ChopsticksDIYGarden]

@@cookiescacti One of these days! I'd love to. Thank you!

[@kenhunt5153]

Desert Survivors in the Old Pueblo was my go to.

[@cookiescacti]

I just looked this up. I didn't know it existed! Thank you for the information!

[@theplantprinceph]

I always love your cactus and succulents nursery tour. I watch them while I do some plant chores.

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoy these videos! I also love letting KZbin run while I'm doing other things around the house.

[@joshualennox3599]

That’s hilarious. Me too

[@cookiescacti]

@@joshualennox3599 ha!

[@icebiker3]

Interesting succulents. I didn't know there were so many varieties of Lithops.

[@cookiescacti]

Isn't it fun? Such odd and yet beautiful plants.

[@TerryJent]

Fantastic!!

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you, Terry! I'm so glad you enjoyed this tour!

[@taichi427]

Every time fascinating, we have not such possibilities in Germany. Thank you for taking us along.😊

[@kimmy6304]

Right? I really wish we had places like these here as well

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you can experience the Arizona nurseries all the way across the world in Germany! Thank you for joining me!

[@cookiescacti]

Where are you at in the world/country, Kimmy? (Forgive me if I've already asked in the past!)

[@kimmy6304]

@@cookiescacti Also Germany. We've got your usual gardencenters here and flower shops, but only a handful of specialty nurseries that truly still can't compare with yours over there. Living vicariously through your tour videos, gotta say 😄

[@thecactushouse9722]

Thank you so much for sharing... it is such a motivational video and inspiring too.

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour of this nursery! It's one of my favorite 💚

[@millieclark1085]

Thank you ,amazing video,loved it.

[@cookiescacti]

Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!

[@leszekkasperski9157]

Thank you for the tour :)

[@cookiescacti]

You're very welcome! I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@54Maria]

Lol you were so happy going to the lithops house like going to Disney World for the first time.

[@cookiescacti]

LOLOLOL I was in plant wonderland!

[@HyrimBot]

i need to visit there sometime. i want one of those tree aloe.

[@cookiescacti]

Yes, you must! Are you in Arizona?

[@HyrimBot]

not right now. sometimes i go to Tucson for the gem shows because i like to cut stones. maybe i can figure out how to feed the cut up stone to some cacti after i read the Stone Eaters pdf. 🪨🌵

[@carolync4862]

So happy that you were allowed to go into the lithops house. What a great collection and oh the pretty colored flowers. Thanks for another great video.

[@cookiescacti]

What a treat for us to see inside those private grow spaces! I'm so glad you enjoyed this shopping trip 😊

[@tomdix8028]

This has been too much fun, cannot thankyou enough.🍃

[@cookiescacti]

Awwwww I'm so glad you enjoyed this one, Tom! It's so cool that you found it as fun as I did!

[@zcoanmcoan1534]

So glad you posted this!! Been waiting months for this one video! I've never seen an in-depth tour of plants for the southwest.

[@cookiescacti]

Were you the one who asked for a Plants for the Southwest video months ago? If so, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

[@zcoanmcoan1534]

Yep! I also asked summer rayne oaks to do a video too! I just love looking at their lithops collection!!@@cookiescacti

[@mikec1096]

Awesome video! thank you. After these shopping videos I am always dying to know what you took home and why. Either way much thank you.

[@cookiescacti]

Hehehehe, I'm planning to record my haul video very soon. Stay tuned!

[@beckyhett66]

Excellent job

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@tara1971able]

Love this video, thank you! I’ll be visiting Plants for the Southwest on my trip to Arizona in late feb.. and I can’t wait!! I just love that they sell mature specimens potted and staged.. ugh, I’ll be broke after visiting this one!

[@cookiescacti]

Ohh ohh I'm so excited that you'll get to see the nursery yourself in the near future! You're going to have a blast! If I lived in Tucson I would be in huuuuge trouble...

[@javsoul]

Thank you for sharing! I went there once with my fam. I am from the Chicago area. If I would have gone by myself I would have maxed out the credit cards...😉

[@cookiescacti]

You have to go again! I'm already wanting to go back... but I really shouldn't be buying more plants and I know that "cactus window shopping" are three words that never go together...

[@jeffreyd-vm4pg]

Another nice tour video. Really makes me want to get down there. Every time I'm in Tucson they are closed, after watching your video I will make the effort to plan my trip better. As always, your videos are a joy to watch! Keep up the good work...

[@cookiescacti]

Thank you so much! I hope you get a chance to visit them the next time you're in Tucson. You'll love it.

[@lorirober2536]

❤ I love this episode! I need to move cause it was 6 degrees here in SW Virginia. Your shopping tour really got me dreaming.

[@cookiescacti]

Hello Lori! I hope you're staying warm in SW Virginia! Omg I could never take the cold... hats off to you for real! I'm so glad you enjoyed the virtual sun in this one!

[@gracewithnature]

If there is such thing as “sympathy crying”, then I’m a “sympathy excitement”😅 your excitement and joy seeing everyone at the Lithops house and the other house makes me smile and happy and excited too 😅

[@cookiescacti]

Ha!! I love this so much. I feel the same way when I watch other people's videos - it's nice knowing I'm not the only one! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!

[@StephanieHughesDesign]

From what I recall, I had thought you had relocated to FL. I am glad you are now back in AZ. Love your cacti videos, Cookie.

[@cookiescacti]

I never left AZ (because I can never move away from AZ now LOL). In fact, I can never leave this house either... The more plants I put in the ground or grow, the more rooted I am!

[@williamalvey632]

Jenny thank you for sharing your trip Southwest nursery what a treat to see wonderful plants I do love the spectacular plants growing outside i look forward to your videos

[@cookiescacti]

You're so very welcome, William! I'm so glad you enjoyed this trip. I want to go back but that drive doesn't allow me to go all the time (which is probably a good thing 😁).

[@lavinapoppleton1396]

Pronunciation for kalanchoe is …kă- luhn-kō-ēē…I looked it up 😉. I think it is a regional thing, depending where you live the pronunciation can be different. Love these videos…I am just starting my cactus journey…and loving it! I planted some seeds and oh my goodness, they are germinating! This is some seriously fun stuff!

[@cookiescacti]

Hehehehehehe, I also heard it's a regional thing! Welcome to the cactus obsession, the forever bottomless rabbit hole of amazingness 😁🙏💚 and that's so cool that you're growing from seed! It's the best!

[@datagrl]

Hi, Jane and Gene!

[@cookiescacti]

👋👋👋

[@JamesEndo1]

Great video, tour, and lay of the land! You could easily spend the the whole day, maybe several! While we didnt get as many close ups, your video really was a great macro view of the nursery and gave me a better sense of all that they have. BTW, growing well is often a function of time and practice, so study, start small, and thrive, because if they can, you can! Thanks for taking us on your tours, and pray tell what you ended up buying!😅❤🌵☀️🌺

[@cookiescacti]

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one, James! I still struggle with slowing down during these recording sessions... I get too excited lol. I'll be working on recording my plant haul video this week... most likely publish in a week or two. Stay tuned!

[@JamesEndoSanJoseCARealEstate1]

@@cookiescacti I can appreciate it because you have two opposite objectives, first to do a cool video, and second, to find cool plants for your collection, so you are kinda doing twice as much work. AND, Plants for the Southwest has so many cool plants and pots, many are also my favorites. You are doing well with your videos and thank you for taking us along for the ride.

[@jardinnimaioraj2566]

Waiting for your haul video from the auction and from this latest video❤️ I am a fan from the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@cookiescacti]

It's coming! I'm planning to pull all the plants and pots I purchased since the fall sale at the garden and recording one massive haul. Stay tuned! Lots of plant love from Arizona!

[@kimmy6304]

Whoa, the staged plants were especially nice, absolutely gorgeous! And so many of them, too? Incredible! Also, as a haworthia lover, some of their long grown haworthia that you skimmed over had my heart jump for joy. Prettyyyy!!!

[@cookiescacti]

Those staged plants make me feel like we're walking through someone's private collection except that everything is for sale! I wish I had focused on the Haworthia more! I'm so glad you enjoyed this one!

[@kimmy6304]

@@cookiescacti Yeah, I can see how it would feel like that. A bit like a collector's fancy plant yardsale. I think one could visit that place a thousand times and still find something new to look at every single time. Truly amazing.

[@joshualennox3599]

Some of those pots are so nice it’s hard to believe that they’re included with the plant at those prices. I’ve gotta wonder if someone died and a lot of that was their private collection. I would rather my beloved stuff be sold rather than given away so that it goes to someone that cares about it. Otherwise this place simply is set up to feel like you’re shopping someone else’s collection

[@cookiescacti]

It certainly offers a different shopping experience from other nurseries, which I personally really enjoy. It's interesting that you got that vibe. I got to chat with the owner, Gene, for a little bit and mentioned that I haven't seen so many stages plants for sale before. He said that they had just moved a bunch of cold sensitive plants into their winter house, so he ended up staging a bunch of more cold hardy plants to fill up the space left behind. Now to the vibe that you picked up. There's a really nice interview on KZbin done by a local news station where Gene and Jane talk about how they are entering retirement age and the difficulties in transitioning (and whether they want to transition) into life after running a nursery for so many decades. They used to have an online shop which they don't run anymore, and their nursery hours are much more limited than before. So you can kind of see the direction the business is going. Not saying that they'll be going away any time soon but perhaps some of their own precious plants show up on the sale table sometimes.

[@tianiasunshinearts9097]

Hello I have a question @5:45 what kind of plant is that? Looks very interesting.

[@cookiescacti]

Good eye! It's a Welwitschia mirabilis

[@DebiSunset]

Beautiful work, could only wish for slower movement

[@cookiescacti]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@dai12nao]

You going to fast .

[@cookiescacti]

@@dai12nao thanks for the feedback. I've been working a lot on pacing (you should see my older videos where I move a lot faster). I'm not sure I can move any slower. KZbin has a setting on playback speed, perhaps you can set it to 0.75x?

[@dai12nao]

😅ok

[@christinecarter7619]

When ever I am looking for something to watch and that peaks my interest as soon as I see someone’s hand I find that very distracting so I lose interest and move on and will not subscribe to that channel.

[@cookiescacti]

Oh darn, then my videos definitely won't work for you. My hand(s) shows up in nearly every single video. Out of pure curiosity, can you share your intention for leaving me this comment? Is it just to let me know? Or are you hoping that I'll change my video style?

[@joshualennox3599]

You’re gonna miss the best cactus seed soil battle series on the internet if you can’t stand a little hand!