Ferocactus viridescens, San Diego Barrelcactus
$12.00
San Diego Barrelcactus
A rare California barrel cactus that can be found in San Diego. This cactus stays small, one foot high by one and a half feet wide. Yellow, pink, green, and red rosettes bloom in the spring.
Plant with: Shaw's Agave (Agave shawii), Coast Sagebrush (Artemisia californica), Del Mar Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia), San Diego Viguiera (Bahiopsis laciniata), Golden Spined Cereus (Bergerocactus emoryi), Bushrue (Cenoridium dumosum), Coast Cholla (Cylindropuntia prolifera), Chalk Dudleya (Dudleya pulverulenta), Bush Sunflower (Encelia californica), Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum or parvifolium), Cliff Spurge (Euphorbia misera), Chaparral Yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei), Giant Coreopsis (Leptosyne gigantea), California Boxthorn (Lycium californicum), Fish Hook Cactus (Mammillaria dioica), Nuttall's Scrub Oak (Quercus dumosa), Sage (Salvia sp.), and Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana)
- Full sun
- Well drained moist to dry soil
- Slightly acidic, sandy, or gravely
- Attracts butterflies
- Deer resistant
- Hardy to 30 degrees
- Native to California