Escobaria

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The native habitat for Escobaria is Mexico and the western United States. Their flower colors range from creamy whites , pinks, magenta and strange brownish green tones. They are small globular usually heavily covered with white spines and some varieties clump into multiple headed colonies. All species will take very hot and dry conditions and some will survive in winter conditions well below freezing. They are fairly challenging to grow because they will be subject to fungal infections in wet conditions. They need cool dry winters and full sun so much that they are nearly impossible to keep as windowsill plants. The best way to grow plants in generic is to keep them outdoors either in glazed ceramic pots or in rock gardens, and choose species that will do well outdoors in the climate where you live.

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