Rose Cactus Despite hanging out in the Cactaceae family, the rose cactus (Pereskia grandiflora) behaves more like a shrub or a small tree, standing over 6 feet tall and wide with its band of green ...

1. The Mexican Fencepost (Lophocereus marginatus) "This is the cactus that started my obsession! It's native to Mexico and gets its common name because many people plant them and use them as ...

If you admire ferocious plants, however, Opuntia tunicata, just 20 inches tall, will delight you. A cylindrical-stemmed cactus, it produces an incredible number of menacing, interlaced spines that ...

In addition to the dramatic and exotic effect of its stems, which can grow 25 feet tall, hedge cactus provides wondrous foot-wide white flowers that perfume summer nights.

A large saguaro cactus is loaded onto a truck in Tucson, Ariz., on Wednesday, destined for Seattle. (Sun Corridor Inc. Photo) Hope they left room in the Spheres for this thing.