Grows along the cliff edges of the Atacama desert in Northern Chile. Small, rotund, with prominent tubercules. Variable flowers, white to yellow, grow from the woolly cephalium. Slow growing, generally solitary, to 10″.
Cactus and Succulents - Full Sun
Copiapoa fiedleriana
Very spiny small cactus, almost grey stems, small yellow flowers. Prominent tubercles.
Copiapoa grandiflora
Can form large clusters of small globose stems. Prominent tubercles. Large yellow flowers.
Copiapoa humilis
Small round barrel will eventually grow to about 4″, sometimes clumps. New stems are dark purple, age to a greenish tan. Yellow flowers from the woolly area on top.
Copiapoa hypogaea var. barquitensis
Small round solitary barrel will eventually grow vertical to 5″ tall. Very slow growing. Yellow flowers in summer.
Copiapoa malletiana
Branch from the base, form large clusters of dozens of stems, eventually grow up to 6ft. across.
Corallocarpus bainesii
Tuberous caudex with leafy climbing stems, hairy; tiny red fruits, edible roots. 10 inch across, vines to 6 feet.
Coreopsis gigantea
Shrubby to 6ft.; summer deciduous. Yellow daisy flowers.
Corpuscularia lehmannii
Trailing succulent. 10″ stems with 1″ leaves and pale yellow flowers at the tips.
Corryocactus erectus
Clumping stems rise like fingers to 18″, topped with orange-red flowers. Flowers spring through summer. Great for filling in the landscape.
Coryphantha delaetiana
3″ across, solitary. Rhomboid tubercles. Pale yellow flowers.
Cotyledon “Flavida”
C. orbiculata v. oblonga “Flavida”
Fast growing, with large narrow chalky-white leaf. Long elegant bell shaped peach blooms in late Summer/Fall.
Cotyledon “Happy Young Lady”
Dense subshrub succulent with small chalky white leaves and red tips. Orange flowers.
Cotyledon “Mr. Butterfield”
Shrubby to 2′ with finger-like waxy leaves; orange flowers
Cotyledon “Silver Peak”
C. orbiculata “Silver Peak”
Thick stems, narrow waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Shrubby growth habit.
Cotyledon “Silver Star”
C. orbiculata “Silver Star”
Thick stems, elongated round waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Shrubby growth habit.
Cotyledon “Silver Storm”
C. orbiculata “Silver Star”
Thick stems, elongated round waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Shrubby growth habit.
Cotyledon “Staghorn”
C. orbiculata “Staghorn”
Grey staghorn-like leaves.
Cotyledon campanulata
Shrub to 2′. Thick stems, erect branches; long green finger-like waxy leaves
Cotyledon ladismithensis
C. tomentosa ssp. ladismithensis
Dwarf – branching, shrubby; fat fuzzy leaves with graphic marginal teeth.
Cotyledon orbiculata
Thick stems, elongated round waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Mounding to 4 feet.
Cotyledon orbiculata “Higginsiae”
Thick stems, small rounded ovate leaves, chalky white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Will form tight clumps.
Cotyledon orbiculata “Macrantha”
Stunning shrub with thick oval leaves, green with red edging. Long elegant bell-shaped peach flowers in late Summer/Fall. Deer resistant.
Cotyledon orbiculata “Winter Red”
Stunning shrub with thick oval leaves, powder white with red edging if grown in full sun, more green in part shade. Long elegant bell-shaped red flowers in Winter. Deer resistant.
Cotyledon orbiculata v. oblonga
Shrub to 2′. Erect branches; geometric finger-like waxy leaves
Cotyledon orbiculata v. spuria
Thick stems, erect branches, oblong waxy leaves; to 4’h.
Cotyledon pendens
Develops many trailing branches, pendant to 2ft. Thick fleshy paired leaves with red edging.
Cotyledon tomentosa
Fuzzy green leaves. Low, shrubby
Cotyledon undulata
C. orbiculata “Undulata”
C. orbiculata fa. undulata
Small shrub, branches readily. Will get reddish hue in full sun.
Crassula “Bluebird”
2 to 3ft. tall, white flowers. S. African Hybrid