Desert Botanical Garden Spring Plant Sale

It's soooo tempting to buy one of those cheerful-looking succulents you see in the Garden department at Target. Don't succumb! They're mass-produced and babied in nurseries, and they'll almost certainly croak after a week of exposure to the summer heat. While a lot of places pretend to know what they're...

By Clay McNear

March 13, 2008

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It's soooo tempting to buy one of those cheerful-looking succulents you see in the Garden department at Target. Don't succumb! They're mass-produced and babied in nurseries, and they'll almost certainly croak after a week of exposure to the summer heat. While a lot of places pretend to know what they're doing relative to hocking cactus, we've only found one -- Desert Botanical Garden -- that offers arid-climate plants with such a long and healthy life expectancy. See what we mean while you're dodging little red wagons -- you'll see what we mean -- at this fecund annual sale.
Sat., March 15, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., March 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2008

Clay McNear

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