Plant it against a tall wall as a vertical accent or create a living fence from cuttings of this plant.
Mexican fence post cactus fruit.
Your mexican fence post should reach 12 to 20 feet in height as it matures.
Stems are 3 to 4 inches 9 10 cm in diameter with ribs 5 to 7 in 13 18 cm.
Pachycereus marginatus is a species of plant in the family cactaceae.
Hardy to 25 f.
And remember each column that you plant will produce pups or offshoots.
The mexican fence post is one of the most attractive and cleanest looking cacti available.
The spiny fruit is yellowish to reddish and 1 6 inches 4 cm in diameter.
Following the bloom cycle it develops spiny yellowish to red fruit with black seeds.
The tall stems branch out from the cactus base to form a fence like cluster of tall cylindrical posts usually with 5 or 6 pronounced ridges.
The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime.
Sometimes called mexican fencepost cactus it has columnar trunks that grow slowly to 12 feet 3 7 m and may reach 20 feet 6 1 m in height.
Chilayo mexican fence post organ cactus órgano.
Use it as a desert accent or specimen.
It s no wonder that the mexican fence post cactus can make such a dynamic statement in a landscape.
Flowers are pink to greenish and up to 1 6 inches 4 cm long.
Please be aware that if you purchase both the shipping may be higher due to increased weight.
Living cactus fences and the hardy mexican fence post cactus on sale october 2017 40 off the deep green columnar trunks of the mexican fence post catches the eyes.
Another synonym is marginatocereus marginatus.
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The mexican fence post also.
Grows to 20 tall.
Those new offshoots emerge from the ground and then grow quickly.
Other common names are.
Along these ridges run symmetrical rows of small white thorns that make the mexican fence post look striped from a distance.
In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy.
So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus.
On feb 17 2004 palmbob from acton ca zone 8b wrote.
Large selection of cactus and succulents.
Mexican fencepost cactus rooted plant 14 and 13 the plant you will receive is a healthy mexican fencepost cactus growing well.
The many seeds are black.
