Mexican Fence Post Cactus Fruit

Another synonym is marginatocereus marginatus.

Mexican fence post cactus fruit. Your mexican fence post should reach 12 to 20 feet in height as it matures. Stenocereus marginatus mexican fence post stenocereus marginatus mexican fence post organ pipe cactus. Mexican fence post cactus fence post cactus central mexico pipe organ organ pipe cactus mexican organ pipe cactus organ pipe organo. The spiny fruit is yellowish to reddish and 1 6 inches 4 cm in diameter.

Along these ridges run symmetrical rows of small white thorns that make the mexican fence post look striped from a distance. The picture shows two stems but you can choose one or the other or both either 13 or 14. Grows to 20 tall. 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.

Hardy to 25 f. Please be aware that if you purchase both the shipping may be higher due to increased weight. Those new offshoots emerge from the ground and then grow quickly. Plant it against a tall wall as a vertical accent or create a living fence from cuttings of this plant.

The mexican fence post is one of the most attractive and cleanest looking cacti available. Other common names are. It s no wonder that the mexican fence post cactus can make such a dynamic statement in a landscape. 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.

On feb 17 2004 palmbob from acton ca zone 8b wrote. Large selection of cactus and succulents. Flowers are pink to greenish and up to 1 6 inches 4 cm long. 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.

Chilayo mexican fence post organ cactus órgano. The many seeds are black. Use it as a desert accent or specimen. Very neat straight up and down column sometimes branching cactus with small spines along linear rows up and down the plant.

Following the bloom cycle it develops spiny yellowish to red fruit with black seeds. Pachycereus marginatus is a species of plant in the family cactaceae. The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy.

And remember each column that you plant will produce pups or offshoots. So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus.