Mexican Fence Post Cactus Cuttings

This mexican fence post cactus grows surprisingly fast and has new red spines.

Mexican fence post cactus cuttings.

The stems are with 5 to. In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy. This is my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus which i brought home as a single cactus cutting over 10 years ago. Following the bloom cycle it develops spiny yellowish to red fruit with black seeds.

The mexican fence post cactus can grow very fast especially if you give it supplemental water. Living cactus fences and the hardy mexican fence post cactus on sale october 2017 40 off the deep green columnar trunks of the mexican fence post catches the eyes. Photo by doug martin. What may not be initially obvious is that 11 years ago i started this cactus from a 2 ft.

On feb 12 2015 poeciliopsis from phoenix az wrote. So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus. What is happening to my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus. Since then it has added almost 3 feet to its height.

Last year i bought a 1 foot tall specimen and planted it in a large container. The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. Use it as a desert accent or specimen. Propagated by inserting callused cuttings directing in the soil where they re to grow.

Plant it against a tall wall as a vertical accent or create a living fence from cuttings of this plant. Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus is a cactus with columnar trunks that grow slowly up to 12 feet 3 7 m tall. The mexican fence post in my planter is doing the best. How to trim transplant mexican fence post cacti dominating our front yard is a 20 foot tall mexican fence post cactus mfpc.

Ironically the mexican fence post in my plant container is growing the fastest and shows no signs of stress from the summer sun. Piece of one called a cutting given to me by a client from their large mexican fence post cactus. It was planted in 2004 and the previous owner according to my neighbor s observations used to be out there every morning spraying something on it. This cactus above is a mexican fence post pachycereus marinatus which has been happily growing in my front garden.