UC Botanical Garden Landscape Cacti and Succulents Nursery

Landscape Cacti and Succulents Nursery

Look at this new image on our site, an artful grouping of UCBG-propagated Landscape Cacti and Succulents in a great local garden. Most of these plants were purchased and planted in the last several years. What a gift to a neighborhood such a garden is!

For you and your garden, a choice selection of plants from our propagation area is available on the stairs to the Garden Shop in the entry plaza every day that the Garden is open. We feature landscape-worthy agaves, aloes and cactus as well as a variety of mini-gardens in ceramic pots. Many of our plants are vegetative divisions from UC Botanical Garden accessions. All of our plants are raised sustainably in exterior exposure by dedicated volunteers--you'll see us at work if you come to our Special Thursday sales.

Our propagation area is across the street from the garden entrance. We are open on Thursdays from 10:30 to 1:30 unless the weather keeps us away. Come over and look around. We think we can provide the good plants you are looking for!

Nursery Availability March 2012

*Items listed are subject to prior sale. Not all plants are available at all times.

Agave americana var. marginata

Agave americana var. medio-picta

Agave attenuata

Agave angustifolia

Agave applanata

Agave applanata 'Cream Spike'

Agave attenuata

Agave attenuata 'Nova'

Agave bracteosa GA

Agave celsii GA

Agave colorata GA

Agave cupreata

Agave difformis

Agave ferdinandi-regis

Agave ferox
Agave filifera GA

Agave geminiflora
Agave gentryi (glaucous blue form)

Agave gentryi cv 'Jaws'
Agave guadalajarana

Agave isthmensis

Agave lophantha cv 'Quadricolor'

Agave montana

Agave obscura

Agave montana var. 'Baccarat'

Agave murpheyi

Agave ocahui

Agave ornithobroma x 'UCBG' (Garden hybrid) GA

Agave ovatifolia

Agave pacifica

Agave palmeri

Agave parrasana

Agave parrasana x colorata

Agave parryi var. huachucensis

Agave parryi var. parryi GA

Agave parryi var. truncata
Agave parryi 'UCBG' (Garden hybrid) GA

Agave polianthiflora GA

Agave potatorum 'Kissho kan' (variegated form)

Agave potatorum 'Swizzle Stick'

Agave scabra

Agave schidigera

Agave schottii GA

Agave shawii (CA native)
Agave 'Sharkskin'

Agave shrevii GA

Agave thomasae

Agave titanota 'FO-076'

Agave victoria-reginae
Agave vilmoriniana GA
Agave weberi

Aloe brevifolia

Aloe camperi (yellow flowered form)

Aloe castanea

Aloe cryptopoda GA

Aloe distans

Aloe ferox

Aloe maculata GA
Aloe microstigma GA

Aloe striata

Aloe x spinosissima

Calibanis hookeri

Cylindropuntia arbuscula

Cylindropuntia prolifera (CA native) GA

Dasylirion quadrangulatum

Dasylirion longissimum

Dykia (hybrids)

Dykia 'Red Devil'

Dykia remotiflora

Dyckia 'Morris Hobbs'

Espostoa lanata

Fascicularia pitcairnifolia GA

Hesperaloe parviflora

Nolina sp. (Garden accession, 'La Siberica' type) GA

Opuntia littoralis var. vaseyi (CA native)
Opuntia macrocentra var. macrocentra

Yucca 'Blueboy' GA

Yucca elata

Yucca flaccida 'Ivory Tower'

Yucca recurvifolia 'Golden Ribbons'

Yucca rostrata

Yucca treculeana

GA = Vegetative Division of Garden Accession or Grown from Garden Seed

Cacti and Succulents Care

Plants in the Ground:

You may wish to acclimatize your new plants by keeping them in their pots for a while and moving them around to test light and moisture conditions in your garden. When your new cacti or succulents are ready to be planted in the ground, be sure to give them adequate drainage by providing a mix of 50% pumice or 1/4" sharp rock and 50% native or potting soil (preferably with organic fiber and loamy sand as ingredients, but no peat). Good drainage can be achieved either by digging down ±18" into native soil and mixing in rock or building up from the ground line with mounds of new soil with mixed in rock. Planting on slopes also greatly improves drainage. With well draining soil, cacti and succulents are easy to care for and drought resistant! The best time to transplant cacti and succulents is early during the dry months when their roots are actively growing. Avoid any supplemental irrigation during the winter. Because we grow all of our stock outdoors, most of what we sell is very frost tolerant. However, a few species will show some damage after multiple days below freezing. If your area is forecasted for prolonged frost, drive garden stakes around and above sensitive plants and throw a sheet over them. Even with leaf die-back, your plant should recover with warmer weather. Cacti and succulents are tough!

Plants in Containers:

Your plants will also thrive in larger decorative pots, especially if you water them slightly more frequently during hot weather. Plants in pots will benefit from 1/4 strength balanced liquid organic fertilizer at watering time during their growing season (our California dry months) as well as fresh soil mix every two years. More inorganic material in the soil mix such as horticultural sand and pumice will extend the life of soil in pots, but might require some fertilizer during the growing season. Avoid fertilizing late in the growing season to allow plants to harden off before the cold arrives.

Keep your UCBG plant labels so that you can "Google" the scientific names to learn more about their native environments and general temperature, light and water requirements!

Mini-Gardens:

If you purchased one of our custom mini-gardens in ceramic pots, it will grow best on an outdoor garden table, porch, or deck when the winter rains stop. Water once per week in hot dry weather in the kitchen sink with a slow gentle spray or outside with a watering can with a rose attachment until water comes out the bottom. If the weather is foggy or mild, do not water as often because the dish should dry out between waterings. You can test for dryness by inserting a smooth thin wooden stick as deeply as possible. If it comes out completely clean and the plant hasn't received water in a week or two, you can water it. Mini-gardens will do fine indoors, especially in the winter when the plants are dormant. Water less frequently in winter indoors. Enjoy your mini-garden about 9-24" from a southern or western facing window. As the plants grow, have fun pruning and dividing them. After letting your cuttings air dry about a week to allow the cuts to harden, you can plant them in new pots and give them to your friends!