Found in high altitude snowbeds in the Sierras in dry scree beds.
Cactus and Succulents - Ultra Soil Blend
Lewisia longipetala “Little Mango”
Low-growing succulent from California’s higher altitudes. Stays short but clumps to 10″. Flowers are a cheerful mango-colored accent in the garden.
Lewisia longipetala “Little Peach”
Prefers very fast draining soils. Dead-head to get them to rebloom spring through fall. Apricot-peach to pink flowers.
Lewisia longipetala “Little Raspberry”
Low-growing succulent from California’s higher altitudes. Stays short but clumps to 10″. Flowers are a cheerful raspberry-colored accent in the garden.
Lewisia longipetala “Peach”
Hybridized for flower color. Requires fast draining soil.
Lewisia longipetala “Plum”
Hybridized for flower color. Requires fast draining soil.
Maihueniopsis bonnieae
Puna bonnieae
Small 6″ stems, geophytic opuntioid. Pink flowers.
Malephora luteola
Malephora lutea
Low/shrubby hardy mesemb w/yellow flowers
Mammillaria
One of the largest genera
Species ranger in size from an inch to a yard
Mammillaria albicoma
Soft and fuzzy appearing, low clustering small barrels with cream-colored flowers.
Mammillaria backebergiana
Usually solitary. Cylindrical to 12″h. Short pyramidal tubercles, not woolly. Crown of small bright pink flowers.
Mammillaria bocasana
Small multi-stemmed globose with variable flowers, some bristles
Mammillaria bocasana v. multilanata
Small globose with variable flowers, lots of bristles
Mammillaria bombycina
3-4″ round stems form large clusters. Circular clusters of deep pink flowers are borne on the upper surface in spring and summer. Hooked spines, downy white hairs.
Mammillaria columbiana
Usually solitary, some clumps; to 10″h.; woolly between short central spines
Mammillaria compressa
Slow to form large clusters. Variable spines. Lots of bright pink flowers.
Mammillaria crinita
M. zeilmanniana
Prolific small cream colored flowers. Variable cactus. Slow to offset.
Mammillaria cv. “Fred”
Mammillaria bocasana fa. monstrose “Fred”
Small multi-stemmed globose monstrose cactus with few spines and none of the hairs of the species. Rot prone, keep dry in winter.
Mammillaria decipiens ssp. camptotricha
4″. Dense clusters of deep green globose stems. Wild spines, creamy flowers.
Mammillaria elongata
Long stems, 1″ diameter, clumping; tight star-shape spines. Small cream-colored flowers form a crown around the tips of the stems.
Mammillaria elongata var. rubrispina
Cultivar with red spines. Small cream-colored flowers form a crown around the tips of the stems.
Mammillaria elongata “Gold Nugget”
Lots of short golden stems, tightly clumping. Small cream-colored flowers form a crown around the tips of the stems.
Mammillaria geminispina
Large clumps of 3″d. x 7-8″ long stems.
Mammillaria glassii
Small, 4″ cylindrical stems, will form larger multistem clusters. Light pink flowers.
Mammillaria haageana
Usually solitary, 4-6″
Mammillaria hahniana
Stems cylindrical to 4″ diameter. Wooly between tubercules. Sometimes has longer radial spines. Species is variable, and there are 4 subspecies. Flowers rose-pink to red. Will form large clumps over time. Frost resistant if dry in winter.
Mammillaria hernandezii
Small solitary green globular plant to 2″
Mammillaria heyderi
Very cold hardy. Small ball cactus to 5″d.
Mammillaria huitzilopochtli
Generally solitary, pink flowers. Keep dry in winter.
Mammillaria kraehenbuehlii
Low dense clusters get covered with fine white hairs