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Golden Barrel Cactus

🌞 Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) – A Desert Gem 🌞

The Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii), with its iconic rounded form and vibrant golden-yellow spines, is one of the most recognizable and admired cacti in the world. This slow-growing, long-lived cactus eventually reaches up to 3 feet tall and 5 feet in diameter, making it a unique centerpiece for any garden, landscape, or collection.

✨ Why the Golden Barrel Cactus is a Perfect Addition to Your Space:

❄️ Cold Hardy & Resilient: Thrives down to 20°F when grown in dry, well-draining soil. This cactus is ideal for many climates, with protection from excess winter moisture to keep it healthy year-round.

🌼 Striking Ornamental Features: The golden spines and summer-blooming yellow flowers make this cactus a true standout. Its classic, architectural look adds bold beauty and interest to any setting.

🌿 Compact & Versatile: With its symmetrical, globular shape, the Golden Barrel Cactus is perfect for container gardening, patios, balconies, or any small space. It’s easy to move around and reposition, adding a touch of desert beauty wherever needed.

🏡 Ornamental & Landscape Uses:

🌵 Landscape Focal Point: The Golden Barrel Cactus makes a bold statement in garden landscapes or as a dramatic focal point, creating visual interest.

🌞 Xeriscaping & Rock Gardens: Thrives in hot, arid conditions, making it an ideal choice for xeriscaping and rock gardens that require minimal care.

🏜️ Architectural Interest: The rounded, structured form of this cactus adds texture and depth to outdoor spaces, perfect for creating architectural elegance.

🚚 Why Buy Your Golden Barrel Cactus from Us?

Our Golden Barrel Cacti are meticulously selected, wrapped and packaged to ensure they arrive at your doorstep in pristine condition, ready for easy stress-free planting. We include planting, watering, and care instructions with every order to make the process as seamless as possible.

⭐ Still Not Convinced?

Check out our reviews on Amazon! The Cactus Outlet is the highest-rated provider of large cacti and succulents on Amazon!

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

Customer Reviews

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Bert Combs

Very securely packaged.
Healthy.
Looking great!

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Francisco Pataro
Great cactus

Beautiful colors

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James Simington
Beautiful cactus

Cactus arrived undamaged in just a few days. It was packed very securely swaddled in bubble wrap, with not a single needle broken off! It was in beautiful condition, I planted it in a pot and it appears to be adapting nicely. I plan to purchase several more!!

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Marlene Luster

Excellent service. Plant was shipped perfectly and arrived in good shape.

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John Hawkins

Well packaged. Came in good condition

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