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This is a super-easy to grow cactus that decorates itself in the fall with red "Christmas tree balls", (you see some in the photos), so it looks like a real Christmas cactus! It's hardy here in Central Texas, and adds a welcome spot of color to the yard, for months. These photos were taken this week, and you can see some of the red decorations have stayed on it, all the way to summer. I'll mail the winner three "fingers" off the cactus in the photos, so you can start your very own gorgeous plants, and I'll even pay the postage (contiguous USA only).

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Questions & Comments

Hi! Do you have any other name or information about this plant so I can google it? Thanks!~~Rosie

Jul 27th, 2014 at 4:38:13 AM PDT by

Great question, thanks for asking! I believe this is officially Cylindropuntia leptocaulis. We had temps in the teens and were iced in for a few days this past winter here, and it didn't seem to bother the plant, at all. There's a lot of info at the following links about it--probably waaay more info there than you want to know!

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/trees-shrubs-common-name-index/desert-christmas-cactus/
http://arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/plantae/cylindro_leptocaulis.html

Jul 27th, 2014 at 5:05:35 PM PDT by

is it hardy in zone 6

Jul 27th, 2014 at 6:24:22 AM PDT by

Great question, thank you for asking! I don't know if it's officially hardy in zone 6, so you might want to move it inside there for the winter, just to be sure. Last winter we had temps in the low teens here, plus were iced in once, and then were snowed in for a few days, and it didn't seem to bother this plant.

There's a lot of info at the following links about it, if you want to check them out.

http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/trees-shrubs-common-name-in
dex/desert-christmas-cactus/
http://arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/plantae/cylindro_l
eptocaulis.html

Best wishes!

Jul 27th, 2014 at 5:14:16 PM PDT by

How big are the fingers?

Jul 27th, 2014 at 8:24:51 AM PDT by

The "fingers" are about 2"-3" long.

Jul 27th, 2014 at 4:56:48 PM PDT by

thanks

Jul 27th, 2014 at 6:07:10 PM PDT by

You're very welcome.

Jul 28th, 2014 at 7:17:18 PM PDT by

I have 2 pencil plants and I have them as houseplants.

Jul 28th, 2014 at 6:42:34 PM PDT by

I think these would make great houseplants, too. Thanks!

Jul 28th, 2014 at 7:38:12 PM PDT by

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