Astrophytum ornatum (Monk's hood). Sunset: 11-13,18-21; USDA: 9b-10. Light shade. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 20°F. Solitary barrel grows to 4' tall; 10" in diameter. Origin: Mexico.

Carnegia gigantea (Saguaro). Sunset: 11-13,18-21; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 50' tall. Origin: Sonoran desert of southwestern USA and Sonora state in Mexico.

Cephalocereus senilis (Old Man of Mexico). Prefers light afternoon shade. Little water. Root rot prone, needs good drainage. Hardy to 14°F. Slowly grows to 40' tall. Origin: Mexico (Hidalgo).

Cereus peruvianus (Cereus hildmannianus) Sunset: 12-13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Moderate water, fertilizer summer. Hardy to 26°F. Grows to 20' tall; 10' diameter. Origin: Southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina.

Cereus peruvianus monstrose (Sunset: 12-13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11). Mutated form of Cereus hildmannianus. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Moderate water summer. Hardy to 25°F. Grows to 16' tall; 8' diameter. Origin: Southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina.

Cleistocactus parviflorus (USDA: 9b-10). Light shade to full sun. Moderate water summer. Hardy to 28°F. Shrubby, up to 10 feet.Origin: Bolivia

Cleistocactus strausii (Silver torch cactus) USDA: 9-10. Light shade to full sun. Moderate water summer. Hardy to 15°F. Columns up to 8' tall. Origin: Bolivia, Argentina

Corryocactus melanotrichus (Clustering cereus) USDA: 10-11. Full sun to part sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 30°F. Grows to 8' tall. Native to Bolivia.

Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa (Buckhorn cholla) USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 10' tall; 10' wide. Native to southern Utah, S.E. California, Arizona

Cylindropuntia Acanthocarpa var. Thornberi (USDA: 9-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 15°F. Shrubby cholla grows to 10' tall; 7' wide. Native to southern Utah, S.E. CA, AZ

Cylindropuntia arbuscula (Bush pencil cholla) USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 8' tall; 8' wide. Native to AZ and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia bigelovii (Teddy bear cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 6' tall; 3' wide. Native Arizona, California) and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mammillata (Chain fruit cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 12' tall; 8' wide. Native to Arizona, CA and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia fuligida (Jumping cholla). Sunset: 10-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 12' tall; 8' wide. Native to AZ, CA and Mexico.

Cylindropuntia fuligida var. mammillata monstrosa / Boxing glove cholla

Cylindropuntia Imbricata (Giant Tree Cholla). Sunset: 8-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Grows to 18' tall; 12' wide. Native to AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX)

Cylindropuntia leptocaulis (Christmas Cholla) USDA: 9b-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Grows to 4' tall; 3' wide. Native to western Arizona, Texas.

Cylindropuntia ramosissima (Diamond cholla). Sunset: 10-13; USDA: 8A-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Shrubby cholla grows to 4' tall; 4' wide. Native to S.W. Colorado, W. Arizona, southern Nevada, eastern Calif., Mexico

Cylindropuntia spinosior (Cane cholla). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 8-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Tree like cholla grows to 7' tall; 5' wide. Native to AZ, New Mexico, Mexico

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden barrel cacti). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 9-12. Full sun. Regular water summer. Hardy to 24°F. Grows slowly 3'tall; 4' wide. Origin: Mexico

Echinocereus coccineus (Mexican claret cup) 2,3,7,10-24; USDA: 7-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Clumping colony slowly grows to 5' diameter; 16" tall. Origin: Southwestern USA, Mexico.

Echinocereus engelmannii (Sunset: 2,3,7,10-24; USDA: 7-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Clumping colony grows to 4' diameter; 1' tall. Origin: Southern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, Mexico.

Echinocereus nicholii (Nichol's golden hedgehog) Sunset: 10-24; USDA: 7-11; Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Clumping colony grows to 2' tall; 3' diameter. Origin: Origin: Arizona, Mexico.

Echinocereus pentalophus (Lady finger cactus) Sunset: 12-13; USDA: 9b-10. Full sun to light shade. Heat tolerant. Little water. Clumping colony grows to 1' tall; 3' diameter. Origin: Texas, Mexico.

Echinocereus stramineus (Strawberry hedgehog) Sunset: 9b-13. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Clumping colony grows to 2' tall; 4' diameter. Origin: southwest Texas, New Mexico, Mexico.

Echinopsis (Easter lily cactus)

Ferocactus herrerae (USDA: 9-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Solitary barrel grows to 8' tall; 24" diameter. Origin: Arizona, Mexico.

Ferocactus acanthodes. Sunset: 8-24; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 20°F. Solitary barrel grows to 6' tall; 16' diameter. Native to Arizona, California, northern Mexico.

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Ferocactus covillei. Sunset: 8-24; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 25°F. Solitary barrel grows to 3 tall; 3' diameter. Native to Mexico.

Ferocactus glaucescens (Blue barrel) USDA: 9b-11. Full sun to light shade. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 28°F. Solitary barrel grows to 2.5' tall; 18" diameter. Native to Eastern central Mexico.

Ferocactus hamatacanthus ssp. sinuatus (USDA: 8b-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 16°F. Grows to 2' cluster. Native Texas, Mexico

Ferocactus Pringlei (Mexican fire barrel) USDA: 9b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 32°F. Grows to 2' diameter; 2' tall. Native Central Mexico.

Ferocactus wislizenii (Fishhook barrel). Sunset: 8-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little or no water. Hardy to 5°F. Solitary barrel grows to 6' tall; 2' diameter. Native to Arizona, northern Mexico.

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Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo). Full sun. Hardy to 0°F. Drought deciduous shrub, slow growing to 20' tall; 15' in spread. Spiny stems, small green leaves, orange flowers;. Little water. Native to Chihuahuan desert, USA (west Texas), Mex.

Haageocereus versicolor

Lophocereus schottii v. monstrose (Totem cactus). Sunset: 12, 13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11). Mutated form of Lophocereus schottii. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 18°F. Grows to 28' tall; 10' diameter. Origin: Arizona, northwestern Mexico

Lophocereus schottii (Senita). Organ pipe cactus. Sunset: 12-13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 18°F. Grows to 28' tall. Origin: AZ, N.W. Mexico

Lophocereus Schottii 'mieckleyanus' (Thin Senita form). Organ pipe cactus. Sunset: 12-13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 18°F. Grows to 16' tall; 8' diameter. Origin: Arizona, northwestern Mexico.

Lophocereus schottii monstrose 'mieckleyanus' (Thin totem pole). Sunset: 12-13,16,17,21-24; USDA: 9-11). Mutated form of Lophocereus schottii. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 18°F. Grows to 20' tall; 8' diameter. Origin: Arizona, northwestern Mexico

Mammillaria geminispina. USDA: 10. Light shade. Little water. Hardy to 28°F. Cylindrical 2-3' wide mound, each stem up to 4" diameter. Origin: Central Mexico.

Mammillaria parkinsonii (Owl's eyes). USDA: 9b-11. Light shade. Little water. Hardy to 25°F. Cylindrical barrel grows to 10' tall; 20" wide, forming mounds. Origin: Mexico.

Myrtillocactus geometrizans (Blue candle) USDA: 9b-11. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Moderate water. Hardy to 26°F. Grows to 12' tall; 8' diameter. Origin: Northern central Mexico.

Neocardenasia herzogiana (Sunset: 12-13; USDA: 9-11). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Moderate water. Hardy to 27°F. Grows to 50' tall. Origin: Bolivian mountains.

Opuntia basilaris (Beavertail cactus) Sunset: 12-24; USDA: 9b-12. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 0°F. Slow growing to 2' tall; 4' wide. Origin: Arizona, California, Nevada, northwestern Mexico.

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Opuntia ellisiana (Tiger tongue). Sunset: 12-24; USDA: 9b-12. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 16°F. Slow growing to 2' tall; 8' wide. Origin: Mexico, Texas.

Opuntia engelmannii var. aciculata (Chenille); Sunset: 8-24; USDA: 8-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 0°F. Grows to 3' tall. Origin: Southwestern USA, n.w. Mex.

Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis (Cow's tongue) Sunset: 8-24; USDA: 8-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 0°F. Grows to 5' tall. Origin: Southwestern USA, northwestern Mexico.

Opuntia engelmannii var. texana; Sunset: 8,9, 12-24; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 0°F. Grows to 8' tall. Origin: Texas

Opuntia ficus indica (Cow's tongue), Sunset: 8,9, 11-29; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 15°F. Tree like opuntia grows to 16' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia ficus indica (Elephant ear), Sunset: 8,9, 11-29; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 15°F. Tree like opuntia grows to 16' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia microdasys var. alba spina (White bunny ear). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 9-10.
Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 20°F. Grows to 2' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia microdasys var. rufidia (Orange bunny ears). Sunset: 11-24; USDA: 9-10.
Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 20°F. Grows to 4' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia paraguayensis (Orange tuna) Sunset: 8,9, 11-29; USDA: 9-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 25°F. Grows to 6' tall. Origin: Mexico.)

Opuntia phaeacantha. Sunset: 10-13; USDA: 7-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 0°F. Grows to 6' tall; 6 to 15' in spread. Origin: Arizona, Utah, Texas.

Opuntia quimilo (Sunset: 8,9, 11-29; USDA: 9-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 22°F. Grows to 6' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia rufida (Sunset:11-13; USDA: 8b-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 15°F. Grows to 4' tall. Origin: southwestern Texas and northern Mexico.

Opuntia rufida (Purple variety) (Sunset:11-13; USDA: 8b-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little water. Hardy to 15°F. Rapidy grows with water to 6' tall; 8' sprad. Origin: south central Texas.

Opuntia streptacantha (Sunset: 8,9, 11-29; USDA: 9-10). Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 22°F. Tree like opuntia grows to 16' tall. Origin: Mexico.

Opuntia subulata (Sunset: 11-13; USDA: 9-10) Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to moderate water. Hardy to 25°F. Grows to 10' tall; 8' sprad. Origin: Ecuador and Peru.

Opuntia tephrocactus articulatus (White paper spine) Sunset:8,9, 11-24; USDA: 8b-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 25°F. Grows to 1' tall. Origin: Western Argentina.

Opuntia tephrocactus articulatus species (Large gray paper spine) Sunset: 8,9, 11-24; USDA: 8b-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 22°F. Grows to 1' tall. Origin: Argentina.

Opuntia tephrocactus articulatus species (Small gray paper spine) Sunset: 8,9, 11-24; USDA: 8b-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 22°F. Grows to 1' tall. Origin: Argentina.

Opuntia tephrocactus articulatus var strobiloformis (Pine cone). Sunset: 8,9, 11-24; USDA: 8b-10. Full sun. Heat tolerant. Little to no water. Hardy to 22°F. Grows to 1' tall. Origin: Argentina.