Greenworld Greenhouse

Whoa. This place is succulent city.
My friend is getting married in a couple of weeks and is making her own bouquets and arrangements for the tables (yes, she’s crazy). She tracked down Greenworld because they sell their cuttings at much cheaper prices than you’d find at a florist.
On Saturday morning, four of us hopped in a car stocked with Isles puppy dog tails and coffee and shlepped ourselves to North Branch to check it out and pick out which cuttings she wanted for the arrangements. You have to make an appointment during their off-​season — they are not open to the public otherwise.
I’ve NEVER seen so many succulents in one place. Mainly, the greenhouse is full of hundreds of kinds that I had never seen ever. Strange rose-​mimicking plants, bright orange and purple colors, furry friends, snowball cacti… and a new kind of aloe plant that looks like a cylon basestar (nerd alert). See photo:
The owner is super chatty, but also informative about how to take care of the plants and when would be the earliest to put the bouquets together. For example, did you know that you are supposed to clip succulents fairly often and then replant the clippings. Otherwise some of them just get tall and sad.
He was nice enough to make cuttings for a wedding inspiration board, so to speak. We messed around with combinations of different plants for a while and then let him know what the plan was. After that, I roamed the aisles again and picked our some new additions to my own succulent family (I’ve covered my whole bay windowsill with them). I picked our four good size plants that were only $ 5 each and not things you’d typically see in a store. Normally, they do accept credit cards, but it’s cash or check during the off-​season.
The cylon plant has shown no signs of attacking the other plants, but there are many copies… and they have a plan.