This cactus is a stunner! This Mammillaria’s dark green coloration is beautifully contrasted with thick white tufts and spines. This is an easy-care, very drought-tolerant, pokey succulent plant.

Great cactus for containers, planter pots, and rock gardens.

Mammillaria are a slow-growing, relatively small cactus species. You’ll want to protect them from frost. 

The plant for sale is the plant pictured.This is a live plant that ships with bare roots.

This plant is a flowering plant but it may not be in bloom at the time of purchase. 

Plant Care:
Peak growth season: Summer
Dormant: Winter
Propagation: Cuttings or offsets during growth season. Spring is ideal.

Water when soil is dry to the touch or the raindrops look wilted. Will require more water in the Summer. In general, cactus need very little water in the winter.

Plant ships bare root.

Your succulent will be wrapped with care and shipped with extra padding in the box. Plants can take 1-5 days to prep for shipping and weather can impact the prep time. We ship as quickly as is safe for your plant.

If you will be experiencing below freezing temperatures, please add a heat pack to your order.

SUCCULENT CARE TIPS
Succulents are amazing plants that can bring color and joy to your home and landscape. They are relatively easy-care plants, making them ideal plants for beginners and enthusiasts alike. Succulents need a lot less water than other plants, because they hold so much water in their leaves.

Speaking of water - water is the most dangerous thing to your succulent plant. More succulents die from overwatering than underwatering. A couple tips to help:
• The chubbier the leaves, the less water it will need (chubbier leaves hold more water).
• Succulents can rebound from underwatering much easier than overwatering.
• Always make sure you use a well-draining potting soil and a pot with at least one drainage hole.
• Always make sure the soil is dry to the touch before watering.

What to watch for as you go through the seasons with your new plant:
*Disclaimer: these are general tips, you do need to get to know your plants and acclimate them to your own environment.
• Wrinkled and/or deflated leaves = plant needs water
• Mushy, yellowing or black leaves = plant needs less water (if leaves are really mushy, remove from pot and place in good ventilation to expedite drying out)
• Little fuzzy web-like white balls = mealy bugs
• Little round flat scab-like brown patches that wipe off easily = scale bugs
**If you see bugs you can start to control them by spraying with diluted isopropyl rubbing alcohol. First remove your succulent from direct sun and do not spray too close (recommend 6" away), saturate the base of the leaves and stem and leave in good air circulation to allow alcohol to evaporate. Retreat 24 hours later.

Air circulation and adequate light are important for your succulents to thrive.

Materials: live plant, cactus, pumice, perlite, cactus potting soil, live cactus, small cactus, succulent plant.

Hi and welcome! We hope to add some plant joy to your life!

 SHIPPING

• Live plants take 3-5 days to prepare for shipping.
• We are currently shipping Monday-Friday.
• It is safe to ship in winter, however we do recommend adding a heat pack if you are experiencing extended freezing temperatures. Heat packs must be added for cold climates Nov - Mar to qualify for the guarantee.

Priority Mail is recommended and guaranteed for all live plant shipments and especially all Hoya shipments. It is faster and the optimal method for shipping. Orders that qualify for free shipping ship via Priority Mail. [[[

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HOW YOUR PLANT LOOKS
We can not guarantee that your plant will be in bloom or display the same colors as those pictured. Please allow for some variance amongst live plants. Coloration is determined by individual plant, season, environment and/or care conditions (and even your computer monitor can effect appearance of plants in pictures). Note that our photos were also take under ideal natural lighting conditions.

SHIPPING ADDRESS
Carefully check the shipping address you have selected before placing your order. We ship to the shipping address provided. We cannot be responsible for errors or wrong shipping addresses provided with the order.

**Shipping costs are determined by weight and plant size. We do everything we can to keep shipping costs to a minimum for you, ensure our item weight and sizes are correct, and combine for you whenever possible.

Please note we cannot guarantee plant identifications. We give our best effort at accuracy.
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