Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe Wildlife Appeal: Nectar-rich flowers attract

Wildlife Appeal: Nectar-rich flowers attract bees and pollinators

is a species of spurge native to Morocco

which are actually a form of leaf

There are reports of it surviving nighttime temperatures of 17° F at the Juniper Level Botanic Gardens at Plant Delights Nursery in November 2008 (but not the 9°F temperature he had later that winter) and others have told us it has gone undamaged at 15° F in Bishop

Pencil Cholla, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, cactus, succulent pet safe Wildlife Appeal: Nectar-rich flowers attractCylindropuntia ramosissima is a decumbent or erect and treelike cactus that can approach 2 meters 6 feet in maximum height. It has many narrow branches made up of cylindrical segments, green in color drying gray, the surface divided into squarish, flat tubercles with few or no spines, or often with a single long, straight spine. The flower is small and orange, pink, or brownish in color. The fruit is a small, dry, spiny body up to 2 centimeters long.