Agave’s Lined Up Like Soldiers In Formation!

We propagate native cacti for your low water landscape areas!

The following is a list of the native cacti we grow:

Black-Spined Prickly Pear

Century Plant (NM Agave)

Club Cholla

Desert Christmas Cholla

Engleman Prickly Pear

Lecheguilla Agave

Red Yucca

Soaptree Yucca

Sotol

Spineless Prickly Pear

Tree Cholla

Yellow Flowering Yucca

These cacti thrive in full sun with only occasional watering.

They are winter hardy to our area. As long as they are planted in the ground and not left in small containers above ground they do very well.

A problem can arise if they are left in small containers above ground during winter. This can happen if we experience a particularly cold winter. Containerized cacti left above ground during winter can experience root damage or death. This can occur if the container freezes solid.

This is something we have learned over the years and so we bring all of our containerized cacti into an unheated greenhouse during winter. This affords them a little extra protection from the elements. When protected during winter we rarely experience any losses due to winter cold.

The photo below shows some of our New Mexico Agaves all lined up in the greenhouse like soldiers in formation!

For More Information About Our Cacti

Visit Our Website At:

http://treesthatplease.org/cacti/

Photos & Narrative By:

Stephen Sain

Staff Plant Physiologist

Trees That Please Nursery

Retail and Wholesale Nurseries Unique Choice

Serving Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, and Belen

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