General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Fruit can take root and form a new plant without having to use its seeds; needs neutral soil pH
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Other: Easy to root from stem segments
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Cane Cholla
  • Spiny Cholla
  • Cholla
  • Walkingstick Cactus
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. spinosior
  • Synonym: Cylindropuntia spinosior
  • Synonym: Opuntia spinosior

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Location: Burger's Desert - Arnhem
Date: 2013-06-22
Location: Fort Worth Nature Center.
Date: Summer 2010
This plant is amazing.
Uploaded by sedumzz
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2013-05-11
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2011
The color of thiese flowers is amamzing.
Uploaded by snarfie
Location: Mesa, AZ.
Date: 2014-12-26

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Opp, AL  Z8b
Date: 2021-08-12

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Discussion Threads about this plant
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I am pretty sure this is Cylindropuntia spinosior, not C. imbricata by mcvansoest Feb 15, 2016 9:12 PM 6

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