San Diego Barrel Cactus is quick growing at first and a rare flowering plant with spherical or barrel-shaped stem and long spines that produce red flowers bloom during the summer. It is easy-to-grow and care for. Happy in sunny windows, indoors or outdoors in partial shade to direct sunlight.

Use this soil mix for succulents, palms, cactus, citrus, plumeria, and some tropical plants. A good Succulent, Palm and Citrus soil mix is a coarse, well-drained soil that is about one-third sand. It should absorb water quickly and provide excellent drainage. This soil mix should contain ingredients such as recycled forest products, pumice, sand, bark fines, dehydrated poultry manure, and hydrolyzed feather meal.

San Diego Barrel Cactus | Ferocactus viridescens

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