Nylon Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus viridiflorus
Nylon hedgehog is a small, cold-hardy cactus of the high plains with unusual lemon-scented green-yellow flowers, tough enough for rock gardens far north of the desert.
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- green, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- CO, NM, OK, SD, TX