California Cactus Center - Pasadena, California

Jessica You

Parking is very rare in the lot (only about 4 spots available). Best to do street parking.

The staff who work here are all so friendly and helpful. It seems to be a family business.

There are sooo many options and varieties of plants and flowers offered here! There are also a lot of cool rocks to put in your pots and vases or front yards.

I’m not much of a plant person but I love walking around here with my husband who is a plant dad. So much to look at and see and touch! Such unique plants.

Kara Scanlon

I have been coming here for years and am so happy they have stayed open during COVID! They have really unique pieces (more so than most places I have been). My friend from Northern California gave me a gift card. It was a little odd that I had to show that I deleted the email of the gift card and had to promise that I wouldn't try to use it again. I think they might need a new system for virtual gift cards.

Milton Salazar

This place is amazing. It might seem pricey to people who don't really know, but this is incredible stuff. Much much better than anything at home depot or whatever.

The staff is extremely knowledgeable and experienced and can help you with any questions.

I got my first cactus here in 2017 and its still doing great!

Brittany Everson

Amazing selection of succulents and cacti. Very helpful staff. There’s even a neat area where you can purchase various decorative rocks to place over the topsoil of your plants. Highly recommend ?

Eric G.

Great place. They are very knowledgeable and extremely helpful.

Took my daughter to her favorite place again. She always has a blast here. Even if you don't buy anything they have some amazing plants to see and you can spend an hour easily just browsing.
They sell everything you need and will tell you how to do it yourself and they also have how to videos on line. Or they will do it for you. If I could give 10 stars I would.

Katie Cairns

So many succulents!! They have such a wide variety of single plants and arrangements. You can also buy pots, soil, and toppers such as rocks and gravel to make lovely arrangements yourself. The staff is so attentive and friendly. It was slightly busy when we went, however when I asked someone for help, they wouldn't leave my side : another staff member would come to replace them to continue helping me. This exchange happened three times, I understood that they were busy but they also made a huge effort to help me and I never felt neglected, abandoned or ignored. We were visiting from San Jose. If we ever come back to this area, as a succulent and plant lover I will be visiting again. Be prepared to spend and hour just looking at all the beautiful plants.

Amanda McNeal

Unfortunately I had to come back and edit my review. After going to repot the plants I purchased from here, I realized that all of them had bug infestations, mostly mealybugs (even the Haworthia, which I have never experienced before). One of them also had aphids. Aside from the plants with bugs, I purchased two Agave (one of them was $75, so not cheap plants) that had completely rotten roots. I only realized yesterday because I took them both out of their pots to check for bugs. I have not watered the plants since I brought them home and I have only had them a couple weeks, so this was definitely an issue long before I bought them. It's sad because the people who work here are all extremely nice and knowledgeable. The plant selection is awesome too, but there's clearly a lack of care for the plants themselves. I was excited to come back, but I don't think I will be. The prices are too high to have this many issues.

Previous review: Wonderful selection of plants! Wonderful staff. All so helpful and you can really tell there is passion in the business. As far as price, yes, some of it is expensive but that's because it is rare! This isn't the Home Depot garden department, it's a speciality store. Will absolutely be returning.

Adrienne Haltom

They have a lot of unusual and hard to find cacti and succulents. It's definitely worth the trip...tons of items you just can't find at big box stores. If this was closer to me I'd be a regular for sure. They even have a few varieties of blue cactus pilosocereus. A recent cactus I bought from here gave me like 7 seed pods and is blooming. Pest-free, healthy plants, and they even have tons of planting items that I haven't been able to get elsewhere like pebbles and stuff. Other than that, they also have lots of special ones on display that are matured and took 30 years to grow like big astrophytums that you can see in person. It's such a cool experience here!