I had the good fortune to visit their operation a few weeks ago with Nat of The Other Side Nursery.
I was very impressed! I'd met Molly a couple of times before (most recently at The Other Plant Sale in September) but I hadn't really got a chance to talk plants with her—the lady knows her stuff!
And she has great plant taste, like this Stenocarpus sinuatus, aka the firewheel tree. I've never seen this plant available up here in Oregon (it's not hardy here).
Lots of rhipsalis and their near-kin.
This sighting had me very excited, Orthophytum magalhaesii: "A terrestrial saxicolous (growing on rock) bromeliad to 2 feet tall with thick stems holding attractive lanceolate leaves that are brown with scurfy silver hairs and white teeth along the margins. These stems are topped with attractive "flower heads" of green bracts that nearly hide the small white flowers in their interior." (source) I came home with two of the orthophytum, or actually five because one pot had a pair and one a trio.
Here's another plant I rarely see for sale, Strobilanthes gossypina, such a beauty.
This agave was one of the few unlabeled. I managed to leave it behind (what exactly was I thinking?).
Thanks Rancho Cacto for bringing these cool plants to the PNW!
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