Cactus and Succulent

Sun or bright shade. Evergreen to at least 7 degrees F. Rosettes form atop the brittle stems, with thick blue-gray, pink, and brown leaves and white, star-shaped flowers in spring. Ghost plant is [...]

Partial sun or shade. An evergreen specimen plant, with clumps of upright gray-green leaves and dramatic yellow flower stalks in spring and autumn.\n\nFreezing weather may damage the leaves, but [...]

Sun, partial sun or shade. Nearly evergreen, growing as a rosette with fleshy, jazzily patterned leaves and sharp spines on the leaf margins. The foliage may melt in extreme freezes, but returns [...]

Full sun. An evergreen, woody-trunked tree cactus with thick spiny stems and abundant magenta-colored flowers in late spring and sometimes late summer; yellow fruit follow in winter. A strong [...]

Partial sun or shade. An herbaceous perennial with thick, fleshy purple-spotted leaves and tall pale flower spikes in early summer. As the seed capsules mature, they can be heard rattling in the [...]

Sun/part shade. Sedums are a huge group of succulent plants that store water in fleshy leaves. Well-suited for pots, rock gardens, fairy gardens, perennial borders, or groundcovers, they [...]

Full scorching sun. Spiny, woody stems are its most recognizable feature; the leaves only appear briefly, after summer rains.\n\nOcotillo is a not a cactus or a succulent but a very large, very [...]

Sun. Evergreen with yellow and orange flowers and edible purple fruits (tunas). The cactus pads themselves (nopalitos) are also edible. Spineless is a relative term when it comes to prickly pear; [...]

Sun or part shade. Deciduous, with thick glossy leaves and white flowers in late spring. The arching rubbery stems form small spreading colonies that make excellent drought- and cold-hardy [...]