Mammillaria Elegans Elegant Nipple Cactus Plant Pot size:3" plant them in a cactus

plant them in a cactus potting soil mix or a regular potting soil that has been amended with additional perlite or building sand

It grows yielding salmon-colored blossoms from spring through fall which are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds

Use this vine as a blooming groundcover or on a trellis

with an 8-16 cm petiole and three leaflets

The flowers are solitary cyathia

Mammillaria Elegans Elegant Nipple Cactus Plant Pot size:3" plant them in a cactusMammillaria haageana ssp elegans Origin Central Maxico Family Cactaceae Description Mammillaria elegans, is a globular cactus with dense white spines and white wool. Long lasting rings of magenta flowers provide beautiful contrast to a white, woolly body. Forms clusters in time. Globose is 5 8 cm in diameter, slightly depressed at the apex with little wool. Abundant wool in the young axils . Elegans has 16 18 , white, slender, needle like radial