Plants and Flowers

Cactus (general information)

August 27th, 2007

Cacti are that very group of plants that are not only easy enough in growing, but can offer you great many shapes, colors and forms. Actually, they can be grown in any light and well-drained area, as they need little care. Cacti thrive in containers and many hardy varieties can be grown outdoors.
If you are going to cultivate small specimens, pay you attention to lithops, which is Greek for “living rocks”. Other similar varieties include titanopsis, lapidaria, penestraria and gibbaeum.
As container plants you can grow such cactus and succulent types as Aloe Vera, crassulas, Echeverias, peperomias and kalanchoe.
Larger-growing species may grow from 3 to 10 feet or even more: Cereus peruvianus, Yucca elephantipes, Euphorbias, ponytail palm or bottle palm.
The cactus family is one of the most remarkable, manifold and specialized groups of plants. It includes about 2,000 species, and all of them are perennial and succulent.


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