The Desert House Trading Post

The Desert House Trading Post is a post-​security gift shop which you can visit for last minute gifts before boarding your flight. I picked up the must haves, a few Tucson T-​Shirts for my wife and I and as it turns out they ended up being very comfortable, durable high quality cotton T-​Shirts. When you can get several years worth of wear out of a T-​Shirt and find yourself grabbing it first because it’s soft and comfortable, you found a good one, and that’s what they sell here.
And here’s a little something you don’t see for sale at the airport often. Cacti! Yep, they offer a small but robust selection of cactus plants and seeds. As you will see by the photo, the large cactus is one that was purchased here two years ago and it’s quadrupled in size. If you take note of the «baby» right next to him, that little cactus was grown from a SEED purchased here at this store. The packet of seeds came with 100 and the normal survival rate of cactus from seed is 1:100. This is the one that survived out of the 100 my wife planted.
Since becoming cactus fans we have learned online in cacti grower communities that it is a rare feat to grow your own cactus from a seed. You have to have a good quality seed to start with and apparently these here at the Desert House are.
HIGHLY recommend!