Colorado Cactus & Succulent Society (CCSS)

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Colorado Cactus & Succulent Society (CCSS) Celebrating the beauty, conservation and appreciation of cacti and succulents. In 2000, the Chinle Chapter of CCSS established themselves in Grand Junction, CO.
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Founded in 1972, the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society (CCSS) promotes the knowledge, enjoyment, cultivation, and conservation of succulent plants (including cacti) among its members, other individuals and organizations in Colorado.

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07/17/2026

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Cactus Cut Up Info:

Remember to bring cuttings, rooted plants, plants that need a new home, planting supplies or cactus related items for the exchange. The exchange will begin around 10:30a.

Here's how the exchange will work:

Everyone who contributes items will receive a numbered ticket.

We'll draw numbers throughout the event, and when your number is called, you'll choose one item from the shared collection.

After everyone who contributed has had a chance to make a selection, all remaining plants and supplies will be available for everyone to enjoy.

Even if you don't have anything to bring, we'd still love to see you! It's a great opportunity to meet other members, learn about new plants, and enjoy a relaxing day with fellow cactus and succulent enthusiasts

Also, remember to bring a snack for yourself or something to share. The society will provide water.

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Kelly's looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday!

Cold Hardy Cactus will be offering 20% off on any purchase of one plant, and 25% off on 5 or more plants.

Here are Kelly’s Top 5 suggestions to add to your gardens now even during this heat and drought:

· Chilopsis linearis or Desert Willow

· Coryphantha robustispina ssp. Scheerii or Devil's Pincushion

· Asclepias tuberosa or Butterfly Milkweed

· Escobaria sneedi ssp. Leei

· Dalea or Prairie Clover

📅 July 18TH FROM 10 AM-3PM

📍 Cold Hardy Cactus Nursery 🌵
308 Jay Street

Bring a friend!

07/17/2026

We're excited to see y'all at the Cactus Cut Up this Weekend! Kelly sent over a video to show y'all one of his favorite plants at the nursery.

This fan fave is also Kelly's top selection for opuntias...the hybrid WALK IN BEAUTY™. We call this cultivar 'Chocolate Princess'.

What opuntia do you plan on taking home from the CCSS Cactus Cut-Up this Saturday?

🗓️July 18TH FROM 10 AM-3PM

Cold Hardy Cactus Nursery
307 Jay Street Bring a friend!

A little invitation from Kelly himself, for this weekend's event 💚🌵 Wander Kelly Grummons' nationally recognized garden,...
07/16/2026

A little invitation from Kelly himself, for this weekend's event 💚

🌵 Wander Kelly Grummons' nationally recognized garden, shop an incredible selection of cold-hardy cacti and succulents, trade plants with fellow collectors, and get your cactus questions answered by one of the country's leading experts.🌵

Whether you're a seasoned collector or just getting started, we'd love to see you!

July 18TH
10 AM-3PM
308 Jay Street
Bring a friend!

Join the Colorado Cactus & Succulent Society for our annual Cactus Cut-Up at the home of Kelly Grummons, owner of Cold H...
07/15/2026

Join the Colorado Cactus & Succulent Society for our annual Cactus Cut-Up at the home of Kelly Grummons, owner of Cold Hardy Cactus!

Bring cactus and succulent cuttings, offsets, starts, mature plants, clean pots, tools, or other cactus-related items to exchange with fellow enthusiasts. Please have items you'd like to share set out by 10:00 AM.

Everyone who contributes items will receive a numbered ticket. Numbers will be drawn throughout the event, and contributors will each have an opportunity to select an item from the shared collection. Once everyone who donated has made a selection, all remaining plants and supplies will be available to everyone.

Kelly will also have plants available for purchase throughout the day.

Bring your own lunch, and feel free to bring a snack or dessert to share. The club will provide water.

Whether you're an experienced collector or just getting started, the Cactus Cut-Up is a great opportunity to meet fellow enthusiasts, discover new plants, and spend a fun day celebrating cacti and succulents.

Cold Hardy Cactus Nursery
308 Jay St, Lakewood, CO 80226

Saturday, July 18
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Russell is an Oakland-based succulent hybridizer specialized in winter-active succulent and bulbs. He has served as edit...
05/18/2026

Russell is an Oakland-based succulent hybridizer specialized in winter-active succulent and bulbs. He has served as editor of Cactus and Succulent Journal and published a book on mesembs with Steven Hammer (with more to come!). The gathering should prove an apt merger of two forces in the succulent plant world: our society, and Russell himself, both founded in the same year.

In recent years, hybrid work has come to occupy a great deal of his thinking/feeling about plants, and several hybrid lines some successful, others less so have materialized in his collection. A tour of Russell's greenhouses, which member Panayoti Kalaidis experienced at the height of the recent winter growing season, is a dizzying barrage of shapes, textures, and colors seen no where else.

In this month's talk Rusell will attempt a kaleidoscopic presentation of the plants he grows, highlighting the variation that can be found within species, and the unexpected results that arise when you cross species together. The work he will describe is something any grower can achieve, but the fascinating fact is that any two people, starting with the same source material, will create hybridization results indeed any horticultural result- entirely distinct from one another. This is the hybrid mind: the intersection of chance, desire, personal aesthetic, and will that makes every collection as unique as each plant (and human) within it.

In addition to showing a few slides, Russell would like members to bring in their own seed-grown plants and hybrid succulents so we can have a sort of extended show-and-tell discussion about hoW we think and feel about bringing new life(forms) into the world-and deciding, in the largesse of seedraising, what gets to live and what will be tossed into the compost bin.

See y'all there!

The work of .sulci is on a whole other caliber, the craftsmanship and attention to detail is *chef's kiss*. We love seei...
04/24/2026

The work of .sulci is on a whole other caliber, the craftsmanship and attention to detail is *chef's kiss*. We love seeing what he brings to the sale every year, and every year his work gets better! Be sure to snag yourself one of these beautiful vessels before they're gone!

Are you a rare/uncommon/unique plant aficionado 🌵🌵🌵Well then, you definitely need to check out this weekend! They'll al...
04/23/2026

Are you a rare/uncommon/unique plant aficionado 🌵🌵🌵Well then, you definitely need to check out this weekend! They'll also have common and cold hardy plants available. They always bring straight 🔥 when it comes to their selection. You never know what you'll find on their tables 👀

Did you happen to try a delicious coffee drink from at last year's Show and Sale? If not... they're back again, don't ...
04/22/2026

Did you happen to try a delicious coffee drink from at last year's Show and Sale? If not... they're back again, don't miss out on your chance to enjoy a drink from them! If you did get a drink from them last year be sure to say, "Hi!" and treat yourself all over again ☕ Your going to need an energy boost to carry all the new plants you purchase back to your car. 🙃

has quite the dazzling assortment of plants to share with us this weekend! From out door xeric/cold hardy to more indoo...
04/22/2026

has quite the dazzling assortment of plants to share with us this weekend! From out door xeric/cold hardy to more indoor ornamental cactus and succulents they're sure to have something that'll catch your eye. They are a local nursery growers who grow all of their plants with love 💚🌵

If you've been to the Show and Sale anytime in the last 8 years you have run into concrete planters, you may even own o...
04/20/2026

If you've been to the Show and Sale anytime in the last 8 years you have run into concrete planters, you may even own one or several of them! William repurposes items most of us would toss in the trash to use as molds to cast his pots. His pots will have your new cactus feeling comfy and pretty in their new home. We love ALL ITS OWN and are lucky to have them in our community. Be sure to check out the brick and mortar shop in Lakewood 🌵

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