News
15th June 2025
Where have the last six weeks gone?! This month we celebrate 5 years of C&V Cacti being online and so we will be offering five plants for the price of four on all orders until the end of June. Our availability list has been updated and we are especially delighted to offer Gymnocalycium cabreraense for sale online for the first time. This species was described in 2018 and is a really pretty addition to the genus. One of the first seedlings we grew was featured in an article in the December 2024 edition of the Cactus and Succulent Review. The article can also be viewed on the Cactus at the Castle website.
2nd May 2025
It seems that we have skipped spring and gone straight to summer this week. We have made the most of the good weather to bring you our next availability update as well as a new special offer. Over fifty new and returning species have been added to our availability list including a cactus with leaves, Leuenbergeria quisqueyana. Chris has been busy growing opuntias from seed and he is delighted to offer a selection on our Special Offers page.
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11th April 2025
After a long dull winter the sunshine has finally arrived and the plants are loving it. A little later than previous years, we are pleased to share our first update to our availability list for 2025. Vicky has been busy potting so there will be plenty more interesting species to be added in the coming months. Please be aware that due to family commitments over the weekend 12-13 April, it will be early next week before orders can be confirmed and this will be in order of receipt.
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24th February 2025
Hopefully Spring will be arriving soon so we can start waking up our plants and adding some new species to our availability list. In the meantime, we are offering until the end of March 20% off on all sundries listed on our Sundries page. We also have a limited number of new square pots available on our Special Offer page.
28th September 2024
It's the end of September and what is likely to be the last watering of the year is done but it still doesn't feel like we've had summer. As a season finale, not only have we updated our availability list, we are offering five plants for the price of four on all orders from it until the end of October. We also have a selection of single plants offered for sale on our Special Offers page. The plant in the photo is the plant that you will receive. These plants are not included in the 5 for 4 offer.
18th August 2024
What a busy summer it has been so far and there has even been some summer-like days to go with it! Our summer update with over 50 species added is finally here and it includes a number that have been recently described or slow to make it into cultivation: Cremnocereus albipilosus (2017), Notocactus gaucha (2008), Parodia laraputensis (2015). We have also added the two Parodia that Vicky wrote about for a recent BCSS eNews in her article Support Your Local Nursery.
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2nd July 2024
Well, June was a mixed bag but it's been a busy month for us with watering, potting and pricking out seedlings. Our availability list has been updated with a nice selection of new species as well as some returning species.
1st June 2024
June is here already. Let's hope the weather catches up soon! A smaller update this month but we hope there will be something of interest.
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3rd May 2024
May has finally arrived but the weather continues to be mixed. The rain, however, has not dampened our growing spirit and we are delighted to be offering for sale a small range of larger plants in addition to our regular ex. 6cm-pot range, which has contributed to quite a substantial update. There are 65 new and returning species being added to our availability list! In some cases, species are only available in a very limited quantity.
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12th April 2024
Even here on the south coast, there have been so few sunny days. Our personal collection has only had a couple of light waterings so far but flower buds are at last appearing. The spring sunshine must surely arrive soon! Anyway, this month sees a smaller update of plants added to our availability list, including a couple more Escobaria, Sulcorebutia and Turbinicarpus species. Please be aware that due to family commitments over the weekend 13-14 April, it will be early next week before orders can be confirmed and this will be in order of receipt.
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24th March 2024
Although the sunshine has been somewhat limited so far this spring, we have been busy potting on seedlings and giving the first light waterings of the season to the sales plants and our collection. Our availability list has been updated with 40 new or returning species and, by popular demand, it is now possible to download our availability list as an Excel form, which you can complete and email back to us to order.
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17th October 2023
We have added yet another special offer for you! Once in a while, we grow a few other succulents from seed, mainly for fun, and over the last few years Vicky has been nurturing a batch of young Lithops. We are now delighted to offer some of these for sale.
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1st October 2023
Just how did it get to be October already?! It does mean it is time for our end-of-season special offers: five-for-four on plants and 20% off all pots. For each five plants ordered from our main availability list, you will receive the cheapest one free. We are also continuing to accept seed orders for Cactus Moravia, who are still offering 40% off all orders placed from their main list but be quick as the offer won't be around much longer.
30th July 2023
Where did summer go?! Its leaving doesn't seem to have stopped our plants from growing, however, and so forty new and returning species have been added to our availability list. Some are only available in very small numbers, so first come first served – sorry! We also have some interesting new special offers to tempt those looking to add some more fraileas to the collection.
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27th June 2023
Wow, we seem to have gone from a disappointing spring straight to high summer in the last month! Our busy spring of potting has paid off and we are delighted to offer one of the largest updates since we started our website, with over 60 species added. Effectively our July update, we have brought this forward so that you can also take advantage of the last few days of Cactus Moravia's 'Magical Summer Sale', which provides 40% off all orders. The offer ends on 30th June 2023
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26th May 2023
Our plants have been enjoying the recent sunny weather. To celebrate the good weather we are starting our next special offer over the Late May Bank Holiday weekend with some one-off plants for sale. We have also added 30 new species to our availability list. Don't forget to take advantage of 20% off seeds from Cactus Moravia which ends on 31st May.
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28th April 2023
Spring has been a little shy so far, which has caused us to delay our major update until now. We are pleased to have added another 45 species to our availability list, many of which we are offering for the first time. If you are looking to grow from seed, then why not take advantage of the 20% discount being offered by Cactus Moravia until the end of May. The full catalogue can be accessed from the Seeds section of our shop.
30th March 2023
It seems to have been a very long winter but signs of spring are appearing. Our plants have had their first watering, allowing us to do a small update to our availability list. For those of you looking to do some repotting, we are offering 25% off the listed price of pots during April.
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1st March 2023
With the weather forecast remaining cold, we will be delaying the posting of orders until it warms up. We will continue to accept orders during this period.
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1st February 2023
It's special offer time again until the end of February with the return of our popular five-for-four deal. For each 5 plants ordered you will receive the cheapest one free. Please be aware that if the cold weather returns, we may need to delay the despatch of plants to prevent any cold damage during transit.
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