Affiliated with the Cactus and Succulent Society of America, the CC&SS meets throughout the year and is a really great group of plant enthusiasts. Each September on the weekend after labor day, the society has a plant sale at Sky Nursery in Northshore, WA. I attended the sale for the first time last year and decided not to miss it again! Here's a taste of this year's offerings.
Okay, this was technically stuff from Sky Nursery, not from the Odd Plant Sale itself but it was perfectly placed outside the entrance to the sale area.
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One of the unique things about the sale is that the plants come from private collections so there's a wide variety from specimens that are quite large to small starts.
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Somehow this wound up in my cart. You have to watch out for jumping plants all the time!
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Echeveria setosa deminuta. Is that a great blue or what? Unfortunately this was in someone else's box.
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Okay, this was technically stuff from Sky Nursery, not from the Odd Plant Sale itself but it was perfectly placed outside the entrance to the sale area.
You're not fooling anyone, bilbergia!
One of the unique things about the sale is that the plants come from private collections so there's a wide variety from specimens that are quite large to small starts.
There are at least a couple of potters in the society who also make their own pots.
These little footed pots are adorable!
Ariocarpus fissuratus (That's Latin for resembling a cow pie.)
Echeveria
Love these bonsai-looking succulent groupings.
Somehow this wound up in my cart. You have to watch out for jumping plants all the time!
Nice colors on these kalanchoe leaves.
Echeveria setosa deminuta. Is that a great blue or what? Unfortunately this was in someone else's box.
Stunning plant/pot combination.
How'd they do that?
Euphorbia milii 'Peppermint Candy' also in someone else's box.
Pleiospilos compactus canus
No spray paint needed!
So what else came home with me? You'll have to wait and see. (Because I forgot to take a picture.)
This coming Saturday, September 16, is the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's Fall Plant Fest and Event with Sean Hogan! Read more here. To add to the riches, The Heronswood Open and plant sale takes place on the same weekend here in Washington and includes talks by Andy Navage and Arlen Hill. Learn more here.