Succulent plants are big business for Scott Valley family A Siskiyou County family saw a boom in the popularity of their little products during the pandemic. The Jopson family owns Mountain Crest Gardens, a succulent nursery with 15 acres of greenhouse space in the Scott Valley. While they have sold succulent plants — cacti and other less-prickly varieties — since 1995, their online shop was inundated with orders during the pandemic, according to company president Tom Jopson, 69, and his son, vice president Matts Jopson, 36. “We sold at least a couple million plants last year,” Matt...