Rainbow Cactus

Echinocereus is a low-growing cactus genus that bears showy flowers. Echinocereus produces free-branching clusters or mounds of erect stems, sometimes prostrate, and usually less than a foot tall. Echinocereus are densely covered with highly ornamental spines. These spiny, globular cacti are natives of the western United States and Mexico. Plant blooms while still small, in…