Crested Blue MyrtleRare Crested Collector Cactus for Phoenix Desert Gardens Crested Blue Myrtle (Myrtillocactus geometrizans f. cristata) is one of the rarest and most visually captivating cacti you can add to a Phoenix Valley landscape or collection. Instead of growing in normal columnar form, the crested mutation produces spectacular fan shaped, brain like undulating growth that looks like a living sculpture. Each plant is completely unique no two crests are alike.

Is Sweet Acacia thorny

Attribute Detail Scientific Name Pyracantha coccinea Common Names Firethorn

Purple Prickly Pear — Arizona native with stunning purple pads

Low-Water Mass Planting

direct sun

Monsoon rain (Jul to Sep) drives a fast flush of spreading growth

Yellow Yucca: solid-yellow Hesperaloe blooms that play off the bicolor spikes

and the north Phoenix foothills

A standard Golden Barrel is a single round specimen

drape frost cloth over the plant or move container specimens indoors

provide temporary afternoon shade cloth and water every 1–2 days for the first 2 weeks

Trim spent flower stalks anytime