Slow but incredibly beautiful Fouquieria... very popular plant in collectors collections- grows very upright normally eventually developi...Read Moreng an interesting partly green, partly bark-covered fat trunk. Leaves are narrow and create a bristly look to the branches- sort of like a pine tree, though there are long, sharp spines hidden in these branches. New growth often consists of naked twig-like reddish woody material, new spines and only later to be covered with leaves. In some climates this is deciduous, while in others it is not. I have found it a pretty easy plant to grow outdoors, but very slow- best to buy it as large as you can afford it. Likes full sun and tolerates mod to no water.
Lovely plant; needs free root run to grow well; it grows in summer without issue in Santa Barbara, CA.
Slow but incredibly beautiful Fouquieria... very popular plant in collectors collections- grows very upright normally eventually developi...Read More