How the yard works

1 · The shop

Real plants, from a real yard

Trichocereus cut and rooted, grown outdoors in Discovery Bay, California, and by a few growers I trust. The first photo is the plant that ships.

2 · The cultivar library

Look up any name

596 plant names, 59 of them growing in this yard. Where each one came from, what it is, and how it grows.

3 · Learn

Grow it, in plain English

Short guides from the day your cutting arrives: rooting, light, water, winter, pests. No jargon.

4 · The Yard

Your own cactus

Join with your email: no password. You get a cactus with its own name in the Yard. It starts as a seedling and grows as you take part.

5 · The monthly giveaway

Win a plant, free

October's prize: my SS02 mother plant. Free to enter. Ends October 31.

No purchase necessary. Open to people 18 or older in the lower 48 United States, except Rhode Island and Washington, DC. To be drawn you must be on the shop's free offers email list. Ends October 31, 11:59 pm Pacific. Void where prohibited.

6 · Send a photo

Grow one? Show it.

Send a photo of your plant. Sending it is the OK: a photo that fits can go on that plant's page with your name under it, if you leave one.