Cactus and Succulents - Full Sun

Crassula plegmatoides

C. arta

Small greyish columns of stacked rounded leaves with an almost felt-like soft appearance. Winter-growing, very low water.

Crassula pubescens ssp. rattrayi

Forms a carpet of lightly fuzzy leaves, green in shade and bright red in full sun. Afternoon shade needed in inland locations.

Crassula radicans

C. pubescens ssp. radicans

Spreading groundcover to 6″, Small leaves turn red in sun; yellow flowers

Crassula rupestris

Sprawling low groundcover to 6″. Small triangular paired leaves, with red tips in full sun.

Crassula spiralis

C. “Estagnol”

Small tight stacked leaves spiral as they grow outward. Green with a hint of golden red in sun.

Crassula tabularis

Stunning tightly-stacked leaves for a small-scale Pagoda plant. Bright red in full sun. White flowers.

Crassula tetragona subs. connivens

Small succulent shrub, erect stems with broad branches. groups of 4 leaves in a square pattern. Perfect as a natural bonsai, can be trimmed to shape and kept reduced in size.

 

Cremnosedum “Little Gem”

Low growing intergenic hybrid Sedum x Cremnophila. Olive green rosettes turn bronze colored in full sun. Yellow flowers.

Crossyne flava

Boophone flava
Winter growing bulb in the Amaryllis family. Yellow Flowers.

Cumulopuntia boliviana

In the Opuntioideae Subfamily, similar to some of the South American chollas, with glochids and easily separated elongate stem sections.

Cumulopuntia tumida

Rare. In the Opuntioideae Subfamily, similar to some of the South American chollas, with glochids and easily separated ovate stem sections.

Grows low to the ground with stems partly buried. Can form large clusters 2 to 3 stems tall though they break off easily. Large feathery yellow flowers. Brownish-orange glochids.

Cylindropuntia bigelovi

Opuntia bigelovi

Mojave and Sonora Deserts. Classic golden-spined Jumping Cholla. Slow growing.

Cylindropuntia fulgida

Opuntia fulgida

Medium height tree cholla, 3′-6’h.; 1″ pink flowers in summer sun

Cylindropuntia fulgida v. mammillata fa. monstrose

A branched monstrose cholla that will often form crests. The new growth is bronze and fades to grey-green as it ages. It uncommonly produces magenta flowers. Prone to rot if wet and cold. Prone to rot if wet and cold.

Cylindropuntia imbricata

Opuntia imbricata

Shrubby tree cholla found throughout the SW and lower Great Plains.  Can grow to 10ft. tall. Magenta flowers.

Cylindropuntia kleiniae

Grows in the limestone flats of the Chihuahuan desert. Low spine cactus, shrubby, can form woody trunks. Will grow 3 to 4 ft tall, can spread wide.

Cylindropuntia spinosior

Compact, tree-like cholla to 6 feet tall and wide. Purple flowers. Grows in dry grasslands. The dried wood caness make for good long straight walking sticks.

Red spines fade to grey as they age.

Cyphostemma juttae

Giant caudex to 6ft w/thick branches at top, peeling bark. Small berries on tall stems rise above the leaves. Deciduous in winter.

Cyrtanthus flavus

Small bulbs in the Amaryllis family. Pendant yellow flowers. Grows in marshes, can be dry when dormant. Heat-tolerant if soil is kept moist.