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The barrel cactus can live to be over 100 years old. Barrel cactus buds typically start to bloom in April with a bright yellow or orange flower. Pink and red varieties also exist but occur less frequently. The flowers only appear on the very top of the plant. As the flowers begin to wilt in early May, they may change color.
The golden barrel is among the most popular cacti in collections and in landscaping, and has increasingly become popular as an architectural accent plant in contemporary garden designs. [citation needed] The golden barrel cactus is considered one of the easiest to care for, and is a relatively fast grower in warmer climates, around the world.
Echinocactus platyacanthus is a member of the cactus family Cactaceae. It is also known as the giant barrel cactus, golden barrel cactus, giant viznaga, or biznaga de dulce, [2] and its Nahuatl (Aztec) name is huitzli nahual. [citation needed]. It is native to central Mexico in the Chihuahuan Desert. [1] This species is the largest of the ...
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 16:05, 30 May 2009: 1,200 × 1,600 (2.23 MB): File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) {{Information |Description= Barrel cactus & Senecio Mandraliscae Blue Chalk Stick succulents, Huntington Library Desert Garden, in afternoon after and during rain, February 2009 - Various cactus and succulent plants - blue succulents ground cover -
This tree-like cactus was already a mature specimen when planted in 1905. It is approximately 125 years old. The most spectacular cactus displays are the 500 bright yellow-spined Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii), the largest being more than 85 years old. They flower in the Spring, and are native to central Mexico. This is probably ...
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Ferocactus viridescens is a solitary barrel cactus, typically spherical, oblate, or nearly cylindrical, reaching heights of 10-30(-45)cm and diameters of 10-20(-35)cm.It has bright green flesh arranged into several 13 to 34 blunt ribs covered in arrays of long spines.