All of our plants will tolerate a wide variety of lighting conditions. Inside, our plants will grow in a bright room in your home or in a room with direct sun through a window. Outside, our plants will enjoy any sun condition you have to offer.

We do not recommend planting our plants outside in the ground in Zone 8 and lower. Most of our plants can tolerate temperatures in the mid-20s at night with proper frost protection, such as blankets, frost cloths, or burlap.

Cacti and succulents do not like to keep their feet (roots) wet. When watering, thoroughly saturate the soil. In a pot, you want to see a minimal amount of water coming out of the bottom to confirm that the entirety of the soil is saturated.

Let the soil completely dry out between waterings. You may have to water indoor plants every 3-6 weeks depending on conditions.

The same rules apply for watering outside: thoroughly saturate the soil and let the soil dry out completely between waterings. Please contact us with any additional questions about watering you might have.

Your package arrives and you’re very excited to open it up! If you have ordered a sizable plant you want to have the following materials on hand to wrangle your cactus or succulent.

• An old piece of garden hose or irrigation drip line
• A pair of leather gardening gloves, at minimum. Welding gloves are best for handling our plants and provide your hands with the best protection.

Our plants are professionally packaged for shipping.  All of our plants are shipped bare root.  Bare rooting is the process in which most if not all of the soil is removed prior to shipping.  Our plants do not ship in their nursery container.  We take great care and pride in the way our plants are packaged. Our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting.

Make sure that your decorative pot is ready to receive your plant. If you are planting in the ground, make sure your hole is ready to receive your plant. Use an old garden hose or irrigation line to lift the plant out of its package and put the plant in its new home. Backfill with soil and gently compress the soil around the roots.

Do not water the plant for two weeks. Please contact us with any specific questions you may have.

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere and shipped right to your door. Our plants are packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders.

Should your plant(s) be damaged during the shipping process, please contact us and send us a picture along with your order number. We will be in communication with you and resolve the problem very quickly.

If your plant is showing any kind of disease or insect infestation, please contact us and send us a picture immediately after inspecting your plant when it arrives. Again, we will resolve any issues very quickly.

Once your plant is in its permanent new home, ongoing care is up to you. We do not warranty our plants after being received by our customers. Although, we are happy to answer any aftercare questions you may via phone or email.   

Orders can be cancelled up to 24 hours after placing your order.

At The Cactus Outlet, we guarantee happy and healthy plants shipped straight to your door!

If for some reason your plant arrives damaged from shipping/delivery, please visit our Contact Page and send us a message.

We can only accept product returns up to 14 days after delivery. In your message, please include your name, email address, order number, name(s) of the product(s) you would like to return or exchange, and the reason for your return or exchange.

Once we receive your message, we will contact you via the email address you submitted in the contact form. We may also ask for proof of your damaged item(s) that includes images of the product(s), shipping box(es), and shipping label(s). To return damaged products, please provide an image of the whole product, including the damage(s).