Desert Speaks

People And Their Prickly Plants

Season 14, Episode 3 of 13

Enjoy a slice of the cactus-collecting life with a look into the ways people collect and enjoy some of the oddest plants in the world, then head to Scottsdale, Arizona to see the largest private collection of desert-area plants in the world. Also on the itinerary are visits to the Boyce Thompson Arboretum and an amazing collection at Bach's Nursery in Tucson, Arizona, where they have a better success rate with their individually raised saguaro cacti than Mother Nature herself. Finally, travel on Interstate 10 to Los Angeles for North America's largest cactus and succulent show - the Olympics of cactus cultivation.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
4/18/2013
10:30 p.m.
4/19/2013
5:30 a.m.
7/11/2014
6:30 p.m.
7/11/2014
11 p.m.
7/11/2014
11:30 p.m.
7/12/2014
7/14/2014
6 a.m.
11/26/2014
11 p.m.
11/26/2014
11:30 p.m.
11/27/2014
6 a.m.
8/17/2015
6:30 p.m.
8/17/2015
11 p.m.
8/17/2015
11:30 p.m.
8/18/2015
6 a.m.
4/19/2016
6:30 p.m.
4/19/2016
11 p.m.
4/20/2016
4/20/2016
6 a.m.
4/27/2017
6:30 p.m.
4/28/2017
10/26/2017
6:30 p.m.
10/27/2017
8/17/2018
6:30 p.m.
8/18/2018
12:30 a.m.
11/7/2019
6:30 p.m.
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