Tephrocactus Species, Pine Cone Cactus, Spruce Cone Cholla
Tephrocactusarticulatus var. diadematus
Synonym
Opuntia
diademata
Tephrocactus
diadematus
I was given a cutting of this plant 4 years ago, and from that original plant, I now have several healthy plants around my yard. This ye...Read More
Last fall, I put two small spruce cone cholla in a concrete planter in full sun. Used standard cactus mix from big-box store. This spring...Read More
Easy to grow, easy to handle, but beware. They do have some very fine glochids (irritating spines/hairs), but they are not as prevalent...Read More
This is an extremely slow growing plant. My mother was given a piece of it 15 years ago. Everytime a piece would fall off, I'd stick it...Read More
The 'inermis' form of this species-variety is the one with no glochids. This non-inermis form does have very tiny irritating glochids tha...Read More
This is one of the easiest and safest cactus I have ever grown. Cool looking pine-cone-like plant- suckers profusely and easy to grow by...Read More