I rescued this cactus from the dying and/or dead shelf at Home Depot. It has been planted in the ground at my home just north of Atlanta...Read More, Ga (zone 7a) for two years. The plant is growing well in a protected corner against a block wall. It gets 6 hours of GA sun each day and little water. I am sure the wall and the gravel I used as mulch has provided a "micro-climate" which has enabled this plant to survive the winter. It has grown about one inch per year but has not bloomed as of yet. One final note. DO NOT TOUCH!!! YIKES!
This plant has nocturnal flowers, 2 inches in diameter, white to purple in late spring, early summer
More synonyms are Esp...Read Moreostoa procera, Cereus dautwitzii, Pilocereus dautwitzii, Oreocereus lanatus, Cactus lanatus & Espostoa dautwitzii.
More common names are "Cotton Ball Cactus; Snowball Cactus & Snowball Old Man"
Another 'hairy' columnar cactus that is completely covered as a younster, but as ages, you get to see patches of the cactus underneath- s...Read Moreomewhat blue-green. Very ornamental species.
I rescued this cactus from the dying and/or dead shelf at Home Depot. It has been planted in the ground at my home just north of Atlanta...Read More
This plant has nocturnal flowers, 2 inches in diameter, white to purple in late spring, early summer
More synonyms are Esp...Read More
Another 'hairy' columnar cactus that is completely covered as a younster, but as ages, you get to see patches of the cactus underneath- s...Read More