assorted cactus

Type:: succulent, tropical houseplants
Notable Traits:: low-maintenance, resistant: deer, resistant: disease, resistant: rabbit, striking foliage
Hardiness:: Zone 9 – 11
Mature Height:: 18-24in
Light:: part sun/afternoon shade (eastern exposure), part sun/morning shade (western exposure), part to full sun (4 hours or more sun), sun (8+ hrs)
Water:: succulent/requires very little water
Bloom Color:: yellow
Bloom Time:: summer
Foliage:: green

Description

Assorted Notocactus, Mammillaria, Opuntia, Echinocactus, Ferocactus, Pilocereus offer a variety of textures and shapes for individual pots and combination bowls. All are low maintenance and adaptable.

Companion Plants

firesticks pencil plant

Euphorbia tirucalli 'Firesticks'

This striking succulent is an ideal specimen plant for containers. Multiple fire-red stems, resemble small … Continued

desert rose

Adenium obesum

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black rose, tree aeonium

Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop'

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African milk tree, Candelabra Cactus

Euphorbia trigona

These easy to care for succulents require little. Just avoid overwatering and provide lots of … Continued

‘Bloodspot’ manfreda

Agave 'Mangave Bloodspot'

12-16″ rosettes of gray-green succulent foliage with small teeth along margin and edged with maroon. … Continued

blue chalksticks

Senecio serpens

Powdery blue-green fleshy tubular leaves provide color and texture contrast in succulent collections. A great … Continued

variegated elephant bush

Portulacaria afra f. variegata

Elephant bush plant may get 6- to 20-feet tall in habitat where it is a … Continued

trailing coral cactus, rice cactus

Rhipsalis cereuscula

Native to South America, this plant is lives in the understory of the forest where … Continued