Low water use plants for Arizona

LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR THE ARIZONA DESERT

Botanical Name: Cereus hildmannianus
Common Name: Hildmann's Cereus

Basics:
	Hardiness:	24°F

	Sun:	full sun

	Water:	very low
Growth:
	Growth Rate:	fast

	Mature Size:	15' height X 10' width

	Mature Form:	columnar
Foliage:
	Evergreen	evergreen

	Foliage Color:	blue-green

Flowers:
	Flower Color	White showy, blooms at night

	Flower Season:	spring to summer
Comments:
	Litter:	low

	Thorns:	gray spines

	Allergenic:	no
Special Features:
	Features: Fast-growing substitute for organ pipe cactus.

	Native to: Eastern South America, South America

	May be sold as Cereus peruvianus

	Also try Stetsonia coryne.

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