Cacti are always going to be in trend, thanks to their ease of growing nature, plus the awesome range of color, size, and shapes they come in. But wait, if you thought that cacti are just green and thorny, then you are wrong! There are many amazing flowering cactus plants that can throw strong competition to your other flowering shrubs and plants!
Botanical Name: Mammillaria spinosissima
Flowering Time: Spring
Native to Mexico, it forms a cluster of columnar or spherical stems and develops funnel-shaped bright pink blooms. The central spines are red-brown or yellow in color.
Botanical Name: Gymnocalycium oehnanthemum x horstii
Flowering Time: Summer
This flowering cactus variety is stumpy with long and unique curly spines. It produces large pink flowers and is one of the best flowering cactus plants on the list!
Botanical Name: Chamaelobivia ‘Lincoln Gem’
Flowering Time: Summer and Winter
It is a fast-growing flowering cactus variety that produces clumps of columnar long stems, and beautiful bright yellow flowers.
Botanical Name: Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Flowering Time: Summer
It produces charmingly bright, orange-colored blooms atop green spiny cactus. The fruits of this cacti are juicy and taste like strawberries.
Botanical Name: Mammillaria guelzowiana
Flowering Time: Summer
The globe-shaped cactus is covered with spines and produces bell-shaped, fragrant bright pink-purple flowers.
Botanical Name: Parodia nivosa
Flowering Time: Summer
Powder Puff is a small cactus coated with long white spines. This attractive specimen offers bright red-orange flowers.
Botanical Name: Mammillaria zeilmanniana
Flowering Time: Summer
Rosy Pincushion Cactus got its common name due to the prolific pretty pink flowers that appear, on and off, during the
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