E. agavoides x E. lilacina
Unusual waxy coffee-colored brownish rose-tinged rosettes. Full sun at the coast, afternoon shade inland. Great for rock gardens.
E. agavoides x E. lilacina
Unusual waxy coffee-colored brownish rose-tinged rosettes. Full sun at the coast, afternoon shade inland. Great for rock gardens.
Rosettes 8-12″ on thick succulent stalk with deep burgundy-red leaves and wavy edges. Red flowers in fall.
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Thick wavy neon-pink succulent leaves. Slow growing, generally solitary. Great in rock gardens. 8″ rosettes.
Wide, thin powder-blue leaves. Rosettes to 12″.
E. gibbiflora “Red Ruffles”
Large ruffly rosettes to 16″, bluish inner leaves to reddish outer leaves with bright red tips.
Blue rosettes with stunning ruffled pink edges. Likes to cluster, pink flowers in spring sometimes in early winter.
Blue-green leaves, red stems. Frost sensitive, protect from freeze. 8-12″ diameter.
Slow growing, but one of the largest barrel cactus at 5ft across and eventually to 7-8ft tall. Stays small, grows slow, in a pot. Frost Tender, keep dry in winter.
Solitary barrels to 12″d., dense red curving spines
Hybrid with occasionally recumbent stems to 2ft
Loose clumps of vertical stems to 3ft tall. Lavender flowers.
Usually solitary stems to 14″ high. Variable flowers.
Large clusters of very spiny stems, Can reach 12″ tall. Light purple flowers in spring or early summer.
Clusters of 2-4″ stems. Strawberry-red flowers. Rot-prone – keep dry in winter.
Columnar to 8″ with large vibrant pink flowers. Will form small clumps. Central spines are red.
Low sprawling clumps, branches can get 24″l, clumps to 36″w.
Spiny small hedgehog cactus, groups of narrow vertical stems grow 2-3ft wide. White spines. Pink-purple flowers. Cold hardy but keep dry in winter.
Cylindrical stems, variable spines; scented flowers
E. reichenbachii v. albertii
Found among the brushland along the Rio Grande in South Texas. Listed as Endangered. Branches basally. Stems will get to 16 inch high by 4″ across. Fragrant magenta flowers.
(E. purpureus)
Cylindrical stems to 16″, slow branching; pink scented flowers
Generally solitary cylindrical plant to 10″h; clusters of red flowers
Large mounds over 3ft. across with many very spiny stems; magenta flowers
Bluish green cylindrical body with short spines and prominent yellow flowers. Protect from frost.
Low-spine variety of the highly bloomful multi-stemmed clustering Hedgehog cactus from throughout the SW US.
Nearly spineless hedgehog cactus from Monterrey. Clumps of stems to 20″
Classic chartreuse green flowered small hedgehog cactus. Cylindrical stems to 3″ diameter, can get up to 8″ tall.
South American genus in the Trichocereeae Tribe of the Cactaceae Family. Varies, small to very tall with very colorful flowers. Stems cylindrical, occasionally globose. Includes previously separate genera like Lobivia, Trichocereus and Helianthocereus.
South American and North American Hybrids
Large hybrid Hedgehog cactus with dozens of large, fragrant blooms. They will have a large bloom flush in late spring or early summer, depending on when we get our first warm temperatures. They will also send out a few more blooms through the summer and can get a 2nd large flush in the fall.
x Chamaelobivia “Rose Quartz”
Echinopsis chamaecereus c.v. “Rose Quartz”
Clumps to 12″ of numerous low growing stems. This cultivar has the most vibrant rose-red flowers.
Lobivia ancistrophora
Mounding, clumping barrel cactus with short spines. Hordes of yellow to orange, sometimes red, blooms in spring and summer.