Cacti

Most cactus lovers like spines. We don’t necessarily like getting poked and impaled by spines, but we do like the way they look. Whether it be their shape or color or arrangement or combination of a... More

In early 2010, I was searching for Cactus seed online and found images of the flowers of Cleistocactus samaipatanus and was smitten with the show. Whether the plant would survive for me, I did not kno... More

We originally got this plant as Coryphantha andraea and have found that that name is placed as synonym status. Like all cacti, it has at least 5 different names because taxoninomist change t... More

Robust Cane Cholla! Often chollas do not prosper in overly humid environments. They are better adapted to the arid west. This plant however has proven to be humidity tolerant and garden worthy (given you have a big enoug... More

Anagram cactus! The genus Denmoza is an anagram of Mendoza, Argentina, from where the original specimens were collected. It is a short, solitary columnar cactus, with older plants having numerous spines but younger p... More

Fishhook Cactus! For us this is one of the best growing barrel cactus - tolerating the heat and humidity of the Gulf Coast region. Easily grown in a raised bed or planted in a clay pot which can be left outdoors under... More

Horse Crippler! We need not provide much of an introduction for this cactus. The large, flattened bodies with bold erect spines have been the bane of cattleman and horse riders throughout the southwest. But, to the c... More

Forma procumbens or leonensis! The stems of Echinocereus pentalophus are generally 4 to 5 sided and can vary in diameter from 1/2 to 2 inches. The form we are offering has the thin narrow stems and may be the form often listed as s... More

Claret-cup cactus! This claret-cup cactus was found growing in the mountains around Alpine, TX on rocky slopes amongst giant granite boulders. It grows in full-sun or in dry bright-shade beneath Quercus and Acacia. A mo... More

Compass Barrel Cactus!
The Compass Barrel Cactus can get quite large reportedly up to 9' tall but usually up to around 5' after many years. The spine color tend to vary from plant to plant ranging from white, red, yellow or... More

Gold spines with blue body! This easy to grow medium-sized barrel cactus lived for years outside our office in a shallow bulb pan. In the sometimes moist winters along the gulf coast, its placement within the eves allowed enough... More

Turk's Head's at 5,000 feet! One of the largest growing barrel-type cactus that are winter hardy in (zone 6-9). Our offerings were collected near Paisano Peak, Alpine, Texas were winter lows regularly dip down to zero albeit dry ... More

Devil's Tongue Barrel! This small bodied Ferocactus is one of my favorites. I have several plants in my collection and I am always finding myself, adding more. The small compact body is remarkably similar to a Texas Horse C... More

Townsend's Barrel! A robust growing barrel cactus with a blue-green body and striking bright red emerging spines which in time are crowned with starry translucent straw-yellow flowers with rusty orange centers and mid-r... More

Pincushion Gymno! We often cultivate plants based on habit. For example, we are given a plant in a pot and are told that it must be protected and can not tolerate frost so we continue to grow the plant in a container w... More

Gymnocalycium gibbosum has a long and interesting history, which Graham Charles enumerates well in his book "Gymnocalycium in Habitat and Culture". It is the most southerly species of Gymnoca... More

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A clean looking barrel cactus from northwest Argentina that is tolerant of shade. It is native to dense upper elevation (1,500 ft.) Chaco forest, where summer only rainfall averages 24". Its green-blu... More

Mother of Hundreds! When I first saw a mass planting of this Mammillaria at the Huntington Botanical Gardens I fell in love with the species and said I had to grow it. I went home and ordered seed immediately and after s... More

Mammillaria gigantic is a solitary-growing species which reportedly can grow over 10" in diameter, which is large for a Mammillaria. The body has a depressed globe shape and has numerous pyra... More

In habitat, folks often walk over and past this plant because it is camouflaged so well that the uninterested and unaware often do not see it. The solitary bodied plant can get to about 4" in diamete... More

This solitary species of Mammillaria has a flattened globe shape. The green body has large, angled tubercles with wooly axils in youth. Each tubercle is tipped with 7 to 9 needle-like spines that emer... More

Mammillaria picta A small bodied Mammillaria that is usually solitary as a young plant but can cluster with age. The plant tends to have a mounding pin cushion form. In shade the body tends to take on a rounded moundin... More

When this clustering cacti is in bloom, you can barely see the plant beneath. The lemon-yellow flowers are so bright and cheery that one almost becomes mesmerized by the brilliancy of the show. When ... More