I've had really good luck finding specific trees at tree farms. Using nurseryguide.com, you can call the wholesaler who will tell you where he has sold X tree retail so you can track it down -- and some will let you come to their farm to buy. Hughes Water Garden in Tualatin is awesome if you have a pond, stream or bog that you want to make a showpiece. Talk about water features! Incredible place to wander around and stare. Portland Nursery, Loen's in Sherwood/Tualatin (a must), 7-Dees, Al's, Garden World off I-5, Evans Farms in south Oregon City. Garden World is huge and very interesting, found some unique spectacular trees there, but their prices have gone up. Garden Corner in Tualatin has the prettiest collection of flowers I've ever seen. Classy place. If you want exotic conifers go to Peace of Mind nursery, make an appointment. Wow! This spring planted a Pinus monticola (finally!) from an Xmas tree farm, gorgeous, and a Quercus frainetto from a tree farm, thank goodness for nurseryguide.com There are a lot of nurseries around here. I look for those that take good care of their plants, repotting them when roots start hitting the sides and watering them thoroughly. Also, I like it when the staff actually knows something about the plants.

G'day dancacti, try Thornwood Gardens P. O. Box 282 Strathalbyn S.A. 5255. (Max Holmes). Max sells cacti Mail order, and they are nice healthy plants. His new list is due out this month I think, for 4X50c stamps he'll send you his catalogue when it's ready. Hope this helps. :) Cheers, CP

Due to time constraints, I was only able to visit one nursery during my weekend visit. We went to Grigsbys. This was a typical place where their main emphasis is mail order or wholesale, not retail. That means it is not very well kept, plants are not very organized and parking is very limited. You wander up and down the place, walking through several greenhouses, then if you find an interesting plant; it is not for sale, because it doesn't have a price tag on it. Anyway, I purchased three plants from them. First an Euphorbia Aeruginosa, minor an Euphorbia Genoudiana and finally, a Pachypodium Namaquanum Thank you to you all who gave me the info. in finding this place. I will go back if I happen to be driving thru the area or visiting nearby.

third picture down has a type of prickly pear Opuntia and a thimble cactus but the third one I can't even guess.