by Jen Greene | Jan 3, 2024 | Cacti, Succulents
As you begin to sink further and further into the addiction – sorry, the hobby – of cactus and succulent collecting, you’ll encounter the phrase “hard grown”. What does it mean? Why do people like (or dislike) it? Should you be doing it?... 
by Jen Greene | Sep 9, 2023 | Cacti, Copiapoa
I’ll preface this right away with the caveat that I have only been growing my ‘poas for the last 3 or 4 years. Compared to the venerated growers who have had some of their plants for decades, I am still a novice copiapoa grower myself. Having said that... 
by Jen Greene | Jul 4, 2023 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
Apologies to anyone who typically visits my blog each week, eager to see a new post about a new plant, or an update to existing specimens. The last couple months have had a lot of chaos happening for me personally, and I needed to take a step back from writing so I... 
by Jen Greene | May 16, 2023 | Cacti, Echinocereus
I originally picked these up intending purely to resell all of them, but was so enchanted by the flowers when they bloomed before I could list them that I ended up keeping two. They’re attractive even without the blooms, and a small enough size that... 
by Jen Greene | Apr 18, 2023 | Cacti, Gymnocalycium
I have a bad habit of scrolling through Etsy or Instagram, looking for Gymnocalycium species I don’t have yet. These were from a seller that had quite a few Gymnocalcyium, all seed grown, and I decided to snag them even though I’d never heard of the... 
by Jen Greene | Apr 4, 2023 | Cacti, Gymnocalycium
This cute little cactus is one of the first Gymnocalycium species I ever took home – excluding the ubiquitous Moon Cactus, of course. It was my first foray into less common cactus species, and I was enamored with the deep red-pink color of the body. Little did... 