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Ferocactus Pringlei

🌵🔥 Add a Fiery Touch to Your Garden with the Red Mexican Fire Barrel Cactus

Looking for a dramatic, low-maintenance plant to make a bold statement? The Red Mexican Fire Barrel Cactus (Ferocactus pringlei) is the perfect choice! With its striking red spines and vibrant red flowers, this stunning barrel cactus brings a burst of color to any landscape or container.

🌟 Why You’ll Love the Red Mexican Fire Barrel Cactus:

🌹 Stunning Red Spines & Blooms: Deep red spines create a dramatic visual, while red flowers bloom from May to September, adding intrigue and color to your garden.

📏 Impressive Size: The Red Mexican Fire barrel cactus grows up to 3 feet tall(slowly) and forms clusters as it matures, becoming a stunning focal point in your outdoor space.

💧 Drought-Tolerant & Cold Hardy: Ideal for xeriscaping and low-water gardens, the Red Mexican Fire Barrel thrives in dry, arid conditions and requires minimal water once established. It’s also cold tolerant down to the low to mid 20s °F for short durations.

🌵 Versatile Uses for Your Garden:

🏜️ Xeriscaping & Desert Gardens: A top pick for water-wise landscaping, adding structure and vibrant color to desert-themed or low-water gardens.

🌿 Focal Point in Landscaping: Its large, architectural form makes the Red Mexican Fire Barrel cactus an eye-catching accent for any garden design.

🪴 Container-Friendly: In colder climates, plant it in containers for easy movement indoors during winter, protecting it from frost.

🌵 Sizes to Fit Your Needs:

5-Gallon Plants: Approx. 8” tall and 8” wide—perfect for smaller spaces or as a starter for your garden.

10-Gallon Plants: Approx. 12” tall and 12” wide—a bold option for larger landscapes or as a feature in outdoor designs.

📦 Shipping & Planting Guarantee

Our Red Mexican Fire Barrel Cacti are carefully packaged to ensure they arrive in pristine condition, packaged and wrapped for easy and stress-free planting. 🌱 All plants are shipped bare-root with planting, watering and care instructions included.

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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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LauGen
Ferocactus Pringlei

It’s so beautiful and it’s doing wonderful. I will definitely be ordering from here again

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John Seymour
Great selection

Good service and a quality plant . Will buy from them again.

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Francisco Pataro
Great Cactus

Good looking.
Very easy to plant with the packaging provided

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ray davidson
A Taste of the Desert

Since our son has moved to Arizona, we have fallen in love with cacti. Our beautiful cactus has added so much to our deck here on the east coat. We just love its striking colors. Can't wait to order more!

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George Perkins
Beautiful Plant

I received my Ferocactus Pringlei super fast and in excellent condition. Will be a perfect specimen container plant for around my pool.

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