Plants That Look Like Pencil Cactus
Looks lovely with aloes and agaves.
Plants that look like pencil cactus. Plants usually have a narrowly upright form with branch tips that begin to droop as the plants gain size. This is a difficult group of plants to make a lot of. Information on the pencil cactus plant. In pots an organic cactus succulent mix is the best thing to use.
I got mine in bulk from a local landscape supply company. Now for the bad news. The plant is ideal for sunny warm spots indoors or greenhouse growing. Euphorbia tirucalli or pencil cactus is a tropical plant that may become 30 feet 9 m tall in habitat.
Cylindropuntia kleiniae left photo shindagger and echinocereus waldeisii right photo cactusjordi have the common name of pencil cacti but these are true cacti. The pencil cactus is a large plant native to africa and india. Outdoors grow pencil cactus in full sun. If it s in the ground that might mean adding some loam to your soil.
Care of pencil cactus is minimal. Like all succulents the pencil cactus needs a soil with excellent drainage. I am not including spiny species like the euphorbia baioensis left or the myriad leafless spineless medusoid species like euphorbia inermis right in this article. One of the common names for this euphorbia is milkbush a well.
Pencil cactus is grown as a large houseplant that reaches ceiling height when given a couple years in a good size container. Pencil cactus is an excellent choice for drought tolerant succulent seaside gardens where temperatures don t dip below 25 degrees fahrenheit. Indoors place it on a sunny warm windowsill that receives a southern or western exposure. American plant exchange pencil cactus firestick live plant 6 pot easy care unique succulent 3 7 out of 5 stars 5 more buying choices 38 99 1 new offer.