Stems are 3 to 4 inches 9 10 cm in diameter with ribs 5 to 7 in 13 18 cm.
Mexican fence post cactus fruit.
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Pachycereus marginatus is a species of plant in the family cactaceae.
Following the bloom cycle it develops spiny yellowish to red fruit with black seeds.
The picture shows two stems but you can choose one or the other or both either 13 or 14.
Flowers are pink to greenish and up to 1 6 inches 4 cm long.
Along these ridges run symmetrical rows of small white thorns that make the mexican fence post look striped from a distance.
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Another synonym is marginatocereus marginatus.
And remember each column that you plant will produce pups or offshoots.
So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus.
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The mexican fence post is one of the most attractive and cleanest looking cacti available.
The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime.
Those new offshoots emerge from the ground and then grow quickly.
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.
In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy.
Chilayo mexican fence post organ cactus órgano.
Use it as a desert accent or specimen.
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Your mexican fence post should reach 12 to 20 feet in height as it matures.
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.
Mexican fencepost cactus rooted plant 14 and 13 the plant you will receive is a healthy mexican fencepost cactus growing well.
Plant it against a tall wall as a vertical accent or create a living fence from cuttings of this plant.
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.
Very neat straight up and down column sometimes branching cactus with small spines along linear rows up and down the plant.
Grows to 20 tall.
The spiny fruit is yellowish to reddish and 1 6 inches 4 cm in diameter.
The many seeds are black.
It s no wonder that the mexican fence post cactus can make such a dynamic statement in a landscape.
