I’ve written several times about Joyce and her nursery, J&J’s Cactus and Succulent Nursery, but I’ve never done a post dedicated just to her. The opening on her website sums it all up very well.
“My name is Joyce Hochtritt owner and only employee of J&J Cactus and succulents.”
You park in the front and walk into her backyard…
Where she has her company van with the Cactus license plate and then the giant green house! Could you imagine having that in your backyard?! *swoon*
The garage has some plants in it and some are staged outside in the full sun like a gaggle of adeniums she carries.
I took a silly amount of pictures for y’all so let’s get started.
Joyce strives to keep everything labeled with names and even the date she repotted it.
You’ll also randomly notice her red tags. That means they’re not for sale (at least at the moment). The red tag can sometimes mean stock (which if you’re at the very back tables that’s most likely the scenario) or it could be freshly grafted or even recently repotted.
Joyce told me she’s been collecting for as long as she can remember. She’s always loved them and when her and her husband moved to Oklahoma in ’81 she soon started the greenhouse in ’82.
I asked her about what she chooses to sale or how she goes aboutstocking her plants and she said, “I sale plants that I like.” And boy does she have some great taste! She said she likes variegates and funny looking ones.
She HAS variegates that’s for sure.
I don’t even know what that is but it’s spectacular. I’m getting better at taking photos but not so great at also taking pictures of the names. One step at a time I guess!
It’s not just small plants that she has either. She’s got amazing specimens that are years old.
When I’m looking through a nursery I like to make one solid pass then go back and pick up things that stood out in my mind. Sometimes something will be so plant lust worthy that I grab it but it’s not often…
…except when you’re in Joyces nursery! While this was the mother and not for sale I did grab one of it’s babies.
It took an hour just to get to the back of her nursery.
Then when you finally get to the back you get to see two tables that are her stock plants and ones she’s proud of and has collected.
Just… wow.
They’re just spectacular plants.
I think I’m out of words now so I’m just going to post more photos and then I’ll tell you about what I came home with.
SHE HAS SOOOOOOOOOO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO SEE AND HAVE!
This coming weekend is the clubs annual show and sale so I had to keep the budget TIGHT otherwise Daddy T would only let me get new plants in the form of google images.
This one didn’t have a tag but the momma did so next time I’m there I’ll have to take a look. I’m pretty sure this is what it is though but ya know how things can look very similar. I love how the semi older leaves have had their variegation go white. Plus it’s got a baby attached to it that almost totally devoid of chlorophyll. We’ll see if it develops into anything that can survive on it’s own.
I also managed to snag up a dyckia marnier lapostellei with some beautiful deep purple stressing. This is one of the most beautiful dyckias in my mind.
I kind of wish I didn’t like dyckias at all. I’m not sure if you’ve had the pleasure of separating them but ouch… My new marnier lapostellei has 2 babies growing on the stem. At least it’ll be a few years before I have to worry about splitting them up.
Daddy T likes the weird succulents too and as soon as I saw this one I thought of him. It reminds me of deformed green tomatoes (he loves tomatoes). It’s really… hideous. In a beautiful way.
And last but not least I got this lil’ beauty. They make beautiful mounds of perfectly round spheres with their dark spots that go out to green. Joyce had a full(er) grown one that is what sold me.
It has some variants as well, one that shows up purple and Joyce had a few of those but I really liked the green. Maybe I’ll add the purple variation to my collection in the coming years.
Have a wonderfully succulent day everyone!
