Mexican Fence Post Cactus Cuttings

Plant it against a tall wall as a vertical accent or create a living fence from cuttings of this plant.

Mexican fence post cactus cuttings.

The mexican fence post in my planter is doing the best. Since then it has added almost 3 feet to its height. Propagated by inserting callused cuttings directing in the soil where they re to grow. In spring the cactus produces tubular pinkish red flowers that are very showy.

So much so some would say it s a good lookin cactus. Following the bloom cycle it develops spiny yellowish to red fruit with black seeds. Pachycereus marginatus mexican fence post cactus is a cactus with columnar trunks that grow slowly up to 12 feet 3 7 m tall. Piece of one called a cutting given to me by a client from their large mexican fence post cactus.

As you can see it has grown a lot since then growing taller and producing new stems. This cactus above is a mexican fence post pachycereus marinatus which has been happily growing in my front garden. The cactus develops stout cylindrical stems with ribs over its lifetime. On feb 12 2015 poeciliopsis from phoenix az wrote.

I noticed this brown spots on my cactus and i was not sure if it is some form of. Last year i bought a 1 foot tall specimen and planted it in a large container. 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. The stems are with 5 to.

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. What may not be initially obvious is that 11 years ago i started this cactus from a 2 ft. Central phoenix it is interesting given the other comments on mexican fence post cactus that i have never experienced scale on any of mine. This is my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus which i brought home as a single cactus cutting over 10 years ago.

The mexican fence post cactus can grow very fast especially if you give it supplemental water. Use it as a desert accent or specimen. Photo by doug martin. What is happening to my mexican fence post cactus pachycereus marginatus.