Echinocactus grusoni var.albispinus
Echinocactus
Echinocactus grusonii can reach a size over 1 metre in diameter after many years. They can live to be 30 years old. The spines are long, straight or slightly curved, very sharp and variously shaded yellow or white. Small yellow flowers appear in summer around the crown of the plant, but only after twenty years or so.
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Echinocactus
Latin name
Echinocactus grusoni var.albispinus
type
Succulent
family
Cactaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
1.00 M
Echinocactus grusoni var.albispinus
Echinocactus grusonii can reach a size over 1 metre in diameter after many years. They can live to be 30 years old. The spines are long, straight or slightly curved, very sharp and variously shaded yellow or white. Small yellow flowers appear in summer around the crown of the plant, but only after twenty years or so.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Late Spring
This species is unlikely to flower in cultivation however, it may produce tubular yellow flowers in late spring in a circle on the crown of old and large plants.
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
These are most likely to be sourced as young plants and they should be grown in an open compost of 1 part sand to 2 parts of potting compost number 2. Place in full sunlight in the greenhouse
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