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Candy Barrel Cactus

🌵 Candy Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus histrix) 🌞

Introducing the Candy Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus histrix), a unique barrel cactus with edible fruit native to central Mexico. Known for its vivid spines in shades of yellow, red, and orange, this cactus not only adds colorful interest to your garden but also produces sour, tasty fruit. A solitary barrel cactus by nature, it reaches up to 3 feet tall in its native habitat, and is a hardy addition to landscapes in zones 9-11.

🌞 Features and Benefits:

🌈 Vibrant Spines: The spines of the Candy Barrel Cactus display a mix of yellow, red, and orange, creating a bright and eye-catching display throughout the year. Its colorful appearance makes it a focal point in any landscape or container garden.

🍓 Edible Fruit: This cactus produces an edible, sour fruit that adds a unique, flavorful touch to your garden harvest. It’s perfect for those who love both beauty and function in their plants.

🌵 Hardy and Resilient: Candy Barrel Cacti are highly adaptable, tolerating temperatures down to the upper 20s°F at night without cold damage. This makes it a low-maintenance option for gardeners in cooler climates who still want to enjoy desert charm.

🌿 Minimal Care: This cactus thrives with minimal attention, making it an ideal choice for busy gardeners or those seeking a low-maintenance plant. It’s a perfect fit for both landscapes and potted environments.

🏡 Ornamental and Landscape Uses:

🌵 Unique Landscape Accent: The Candy Barrel Cactus brings bold color and architectural interest to any desert or succulent garden.

🌿 Perfect for Container Gardening: Growing in a 5-gallon size (measuring 8" x 8"), it makes a great potted addition to patios, balconies, or indoor spaces.

❄️ Ideal for Cooler Climates: For gardeners in cooler regions, this cactus offers year-round appeal with its resilience to light frosts, and its compact size makes it ideal for container gardening.

🚚 Why Choose Our Candy Barrel Cactus?

Quality & Care: We have been growing these cacti in Southern Arizona for years, ensuring they are well-acclimated and hardy for a variety of climates. Our careful selection, wrapping and packaging process guarantees that your Candy Barrel Cactus will arrive in pristine condition, ready for easy stress-free planting.

Exclusive Size: You won’t find these larger-sized plants (8" x 8") offered elsewhere, giving you a unique opportunity to own a healthy, established specimen.

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Why purchase our Barrel Cacti?

Why purchase our Barrel Cacti?

Our barrel cacti are grown in their native habitat right here in Southern Arizona. Raised outdoors with just the right amount of water and fertilizer, they come to you in their natural form. These plants do not come to you from a greenhouse. They are already hardy to whatever growing conditions you have to offer. Our barrel cacti present the same appearance as you will find them in their native habitats.

If you want to plant them in a container for a sunroom, patio or window planter, great! If you want to take your agaves and plant them in the ground, also great! No acclimation needed. Our plants are ready to go!

Our barrel cacti are grown in their native habitat right here in Southern Arizona. Raised outdoors with just the right amount of water and fertilizer, they come to you in their natural form. These plants do not come to you from a greenhouse. They are already hardy to whatever growing conditions you have to offer. Our barrel cacti present the same appearance as you will find them in their native habitats.

If you want to plant them in a container for a sunroom, patio or window planter, great! If you want to take your agaves and plant them in the ground, also great! No acclimation needed. Our plants are ready to go!

Reliable packaging and shipping

Reliable packaging and shipping

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

Reliable packaging and shipping

Reliable packaging and shipping

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

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