Cactus Garden

Cacti are drought tolerant and great for xeriscape designs. Cactus and rock gardens add an interesting look to your South Texas landscape. Quinta Mazatlan is currently planning a new cactus garden featuring the following cacti which all fall in the family Cactaceae:

South Texas Cacti

Desert Christmas Cactus Opuntia leptocaulis
Texas Prickly Pear Opuntia engelmannil
Dog Cholla Opuntia schottii
Nipple Cactus Mammillaria heyderi
Dumpling Cactus Mammillaria runyonii
Hair Covered Cactus Mammillaria prolifera
Yellow Flowered Pincushion Cactus Mammillaria sphaerica
Lady Finger Cactus Echinocereus pentalophus
Berlandier’s Alicoche Echinocereus berlandieri
Strawberry Cactus Echinocereus enneacanthus
Yellow Flowered Alicoche Echinocereus papillosus
Pencil Cactus Echinocereus poselgeri
Fitch’s Rainbow Cactus Echinocereus reichenbachii
Rio Grande Valley Barrel Cactus Ferocactus hamatacanthus
Peyote Lophophora williamsil
Fish Hook Cactus Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
Root Cactus Ancistrocactus scheeri
Runyon’s Coryphantha Coryphantha pottsiana
Horse-crippler Echinocactus texensis
Glory of Texas Thelocactus bicolor
Night Blooming Cereus Acanthocereus tetragonus
Star Cactus Astrophytum asterias