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Southwest Barrel Cactus

🌵 Southwestern Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni) – Iconic, Hardy, and Perfect for Arid Landscapes 🌵

Bring the rugged beauty of the Sonoran Desert to your garden with the Southwestern Barrel Cactus, also known as Ferocactus wislizeni or the “Fishhook Barrel Cactus.” With its pretty red flowers and recurved spines, this hardy cactus is perfect for water-wise landscaping. Native to the arid regions of the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico, the Southwestern Barrel Cactus is a drought-tolerant, low-maintenance plant that thrives in full sunlight and requires minimal watering.

🌞 Features and Benefits:

🏜️ Impressive Form and Resilience: Mature Southwestern Barrel Cacti can reach 5-6 feet in height when planted in the ground (growing slowly over time), making them a bold architectural element in any landscape. With their barrel shape, red flowers, and fishhook-like spines, these cacti are guaranteed to be an eye-catching focal point.

❄️ Excellent Cold Tolerance: Adapted to both hot, arid climates and colder temperatures, the Southwestern Barrel Cactus can endure temperatures down to 10-15°F for short periods. For best results, it’s recommended to protect the cactus from prolonged freezing. It thrives in USDA zones 7b-11.

🌵 Ornamental and Landscape Uses:

💧 Xeriscaping: With its adaptability to arid conditions and low water needs, the Southwestern Barrel Cactus is an ideal choice for xeriscaping and water-wise landscaping.

🌵 Rock and Succulent Gardens: The bold shape and spiny texture of this cactus make it an excellent addition to rock gardens and succulent displays.

🏡 Container Gardening: Our 5-gallon sized specimens (averaging 9" wide by 6" tall) are perfect for container gardening, making it easy to add desert charm to patios or balconies.

🌿 Drought-Tolerant Landscapes: This cactus is a low-maintenance option for drought-resistant gardens, with minimal water requirements.

🏙️ Architectural Interest: Whether grouped with other succulents or used as a standalone focal point, the Southwestern Barrel Cactus adds dynamic structure and texture to landscapes or potted arrangements.

🚚 Why Choose Our Southwest Barrel Cactus?

Our shipping process ensures that your cactus arrives in pristine condition, carefully wrapped and protected for easy, hassle-free planting. All orders come with planting, watering, and general care instructions to ensure your cactus thrives in its new home.

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel design and application suggestions:

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Barrel cacti are very low maintenance and offer subtle beauty and interest. Our golden and red barrels offer great low maintenance color options for container gardeners or those looking to spruce up a landscape. A potted arrangement of cacti and succulents can always use a few barrel cacti for interest and contrast. In the landscape in suitable environments, barrel cacti look phenomenal in groupings. Barrel cacti will take relentless all day sun and moderate cold to the low twenties at night.

Why purchase our Barrel Cacti?

Why purchase our Barrel Cacti?

Our barrel cacti are grown in their native habitat right here in Southern Arizona. Raised outdoors with just the right amount of water and fertilizer, they come to you in their natural form. These plants do not come to you from a greenhouse. They are already hardy to whatever growing conditions you have to offer. Our barrel cacti present the same appearance as you will find them in their native habitats.

If you want to plant them in a container for a sunroom, patio or window planter, great! If you want to take your agaves and plant them in the ground, also great! No acclimation needed. Our plants are ready to go!

Our barrel cacti are grown in their native habitat right here in Southern Arizona. Raised outdoors with just the right amount of water and fertilizer, they come to you in their natural form. These plants do not come to you from a greenhouse. They are already hardy to whatever growing conditions you have to offer. Our barrel cacti present the same appearance as you will find them in their native habitats.

If you want to plant them in a container for a sunroom, patio or window planter, great! If you want to take your agaves and plant them in the ground, also great! No acclimation needed. Our plants are ready to go!

Reliable packaging and shipping

Reliable packaging and shipping

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

Reliable packaging and shipping

Reliable packaging and shipping

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root

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Barb Manke
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The plant was in great condition and very healthy. I bought this for my husband as he wants a cactus garden. This is the 3rd type of cactus that I have found for him. He was so excited when he opened it!

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Clyde Trout

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Jennifer

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John Rolph
Love My Cacti

I purchased two Southwestern Barrel cacti and they are both gorgeous and thriving. They arrived very well wrapped and protected, and with clear instructions for planting and orientation. This is a great company, and the plants are worth every cent you pay for them! Thank you very much!

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JOHN Drummond
Great Size

Larger than expected. Had to purchase a larger pot. Arrived in great condition and was able to transplant easily helpfully with the shipping packaging. Happy with the purchase.

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