Plants for the Southwest — Local services in Tucson

This nursery is famous world-wide in the cactus community for a good reason, and it's a shame they stopped doing mail order recently, but that just makes it more exclusive to us locals here in Tuscon. Experience this place for yourself, they have a lot to offer that no other nursery in Tuscon has.

Except to find lots of rare lithops, euphorbia, stapeliads, astrophytums, desert rose and plumeria varieties, all kinds of succulents, shrubs, trees, cactus from around the world, and many plants that genetically come from Plants for the Southwest as the original clone, like the famous "Tucson Fat" or the mini myrtillocactus spiralis. Their selection is rotating and seasonal, so even though they are famous for lithops there are times of year where they have none. It's probably best to call ahead if you're looking to make a trip here for a very specific plant.

I have been going here for years, first to buy plants for myself, then to stock my own online nursery, which I eventually opened after being so inspired by mainly THIS nursery and its owners around the corner from me. Their grounds are filled to the brim with plants I promise you've never seen anywhere else, at really affordable prices.

I live in the neighborhood and am also a proud small business owner, and anyone leaving these guys bad reviews must have had a chip on their shoulder to begin with, or was doing something wrong to begin with, or was being shady - not hard to believe given the neighborhood - these guys have unfortunately had issues with break-ins and theft over the years too, as have I being around the corner, kinda comes with the territory unfortunately. But their property is truly an oasis from it all, so unassuming from the outside unless you've noticed their overgrown mural along Stone. I love this hidden garden vibe, because it really is a wonderland once you step inside the gates.

The owners of this plane Jane and Gene are such wonderful people to talk to about anything plant related, and are true plant nerds. They are some of the nicest local nursery owners I've ever met towards their customers, which I have witnessed time and time again because I go here several times a month to pick up plants. They will both happily chit chat with anyone passing through on the plants they are interested in, answering any and all questions they have, and some they didn't. I've learned so much from both of them just by overhearing conversations with other browsing customers, let alone my own conversations with them. Every single plant in their care is something they can tell you things about that no book or other resource will, because it comes all from their own experience.

If you're lucky to be around at the right time, sometimes they will be giving away free cuttings of some of the stuff they have growing around the property like their stapeliads, and one year they were giving away octopus agave pup babies off a huge flowering stalk with any purchase.

I can also tell you from experience they were kind to me before I was ever a regular paying customer. At first, being around the corner and just getting into desert plants, I kind of treated their nursery like a museum to come browse at, there were many days when I came and took LOTS of photos, looked at price tags and stood around googling ID tags to learn more, just for my own curiosity, many days without buying anything. Everyone there was so kind to me and helpful, not minding if I spent hours just looking at stuff to buy 2 plants in the end. I've never felt rushed, only asked if I needed help, which they are very good at approaching and offering you information about the plants you're looking at. Now they recognize me when i come through, and are just as kind to...

Beautiful nursery, friendly staff, horrific owners.

I just purchased a new home nearby and wanted to check out the local nursery. I love plants and I want a lot of them in my yard and in my house.

Walking through the greenhouse I was having to pull at the tags that list the price and specie of plant. No big deal. The tags were written small or facing the side of the pot. I would peek at the price and put the tag back in. Evidently, this is offensive to the owners and grounds to follow you around the nursery scolding you and taunting you to leave a bad review. This is scary and unusual behavior coming from a business owner.

If you really don't want people to touch tags on your plants write them so we can see them. Even better, you could OFFER TO HELP if you see we are interested in them! Scolding and being disrespectful only loses you a customer. You and your plants are simply not that special.

I am a business owner of over 20 years. I don't leave bad reviews. However, the owners of Plants For The Southwest prodded I do so. How odd.

A special shout-out to Jane the owner. Stop scolding your customers like children. Grown adults won't like you and it's a really bizarre look for a nursery owner. Jane, you take the joy out of plants. Sad.

If you want to continue your love for plants I would advise going elsewhere. The owners here simply do not care about you and have completely...

Was very excited to visit this place after becoming familiar with their website on living stones. While they do have an incredible collection of lithops and conos ...the available to purchase selections are quite thin. They hold back the majority of their products to sell by mail a few times a year and are extremely firm in this practice. Fun to look but didn't get much of my business and I honestly left unsatisfied. I feel with the mail side of the company you would get better service and attention. Not great for retail or walk in customers of the collector or serious hobbiest intent. Best for the customer looking for a large landscape cacti or an already potted garden addition. Was scolded a time or two for moving plants from their "not for sale" areas. I put them back promptly but the slap on the wrist feeling stayed with me for the remainder of my visit there and was ready to leave with a sour taste...