Desert Horizon Nursery

Cacti

Eve’s Needle – Desert Horizon Nursery

Eve’s Needle

Eve’s Needle

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer

Fire barrel cactus cluster with deep green ribs and bright red spines planted in gravel beside a boulder

Fire Barrel Cactus

Fire Barrel Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Summer

Fish Hook Barrel – Desert Horizon Nursery

Fish Hook Barrel

Fish Hook Barrel

Full sun

Very low

Summer to fall

Golden Barrel – Desert Horizon Nursery

Golden Barrel

Golden Barrel

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to summer

Golden Barrel Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Golden Barrel Cactus

Golden Barrel Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer

Golden Barrel Cluster – Desert Horizon Nursery

Golden Barrel Cluster

Golden Barrel Cluster

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to early summer

Golden rat tail cactus with trailing golden-spined stems and salmon-orange flowers in a terracotta pot

Golden Rat Tail

Golden Rat Tail

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Low

Spring to summer

Golden Torch – Desert Horizon Nursery

Golden Torch

Golden Torch

Full sun

Very low

Summer

Grafted moon cactus with a neon red globe top on a green stem in a pot on a windowsill

Grafted Moon Cactus

Grafted Moon Cactus

Partial shade

Low

Non-flowering (grown for foliage)

Green Apple Snap cactus with a ribbed green stem and large pale green-cream flowers in a terracotta pot

Green Apple Snap

Green Apple Snap

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to summer

Indian comb cactus with a short trunk and tall dark green ribbed branches in a gravel yard

Indian Comb Cactus

Indian Comb Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Prickly Pear Green / Indian Fig – Desert Horizon Nursery

Indian Fig

Indian Fig

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Lady Finger Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Lady Finger Cactus

Lady Finger Cactus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring

Mammillaria cactus cluster of small white-spined globes each with a ring of pink flowers in a terracotta pot

Mammillaria Cactus

Mammillaria Cactus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Late winter to spring

Mexican Fencepost – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fencepost

Mexican Fencepost

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Mexican Fire Barrel – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fire Barrel

Mexican Fire Barrel

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer

Mexican Fire Barrel - Pilosus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pilosus

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pilosus

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Mexican fire barrel cactus, a tall ribbed green barrel with red spines and white bristles in gravel

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pringlei

Mexican Fire Barrel – Pringlei

Full sun

Very low

Spring to summer

Monstrose Cereus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Monstrose Cereus

Monstrose Cereus

Full sun

Very low

Summer (nocturnal)

Native Hedgehog Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Native Hedgehog Cactus

Native Hedgehog Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Old man of the Andes cactus with columns covered in shaggy white hair and golden spines in gravel

Old Man of the Andes

Old Man of the Andes

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Spring to summer (mature specimens only)

Organ Pipe Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Organ Pipe Cactus

Organ Pipe Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Late spring to early summer (May-June; flowers open at night)

Owl Eye Pincushion – Desert Horizon Nursery

Owl Eye Pincushion

Owl Eye Pincushion

Morning sun / afternoon shade

Very low

Spring

Paper Spine Grey – Desert Horizon Nursery

Paper Spine Grey

Paper Spine Grey

Full sun

Very low

Spring

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Paraguay Prickly Pear

Paraguay Prickly Pear

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Peruvian Apple Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peruvian Apple Cactus

Peruvian Apple Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Summer (night-blooming)

Peruvian Old Man Cactus – Desert Horizon Nursery

Peruvian Old Man Cactus

Peruvian Old Man Cactus

Full sun (afternoon shade in low desert)

Very low

Summer (night-blooming / mature plants only)

Pine cone cactus with stacked gray-green cone-shaped segments in a terracotta pot

Pine Cone Cactus

Pine Cone Cactus

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Prickly Pear Baby Rita – Desert Horizon Nursery

Prickly Pear Baby Rita

Prickly Pear Baby Rita

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Prickly Pear Black Spine – Desert Horizon Nursery

Prickly Pear Black Spine

Prickly Pear Black Spine

Full sun

Very low

Spring

Prickly Pear Blind – Desert Horizon Nursery

Prickly Pear Blind

Prickly Pear Blind

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer

Cinnamon Bunny Ears / Prickly Pear Cinnamon Bunny Ear – Desert Horizon Nursery

Prickly Pear Cinnamon Bunny Ear

Prickly Pear Cinnamon Bunny Ear

Full sun

Very low

Spring to early summer