During the spring flowering season
The bluish-green fleshy leaves have a characteristic yellow border
It is also found in dry sandy soils in flats below the fog zone
nutrient-depleted climates with few organic nutrients
it can flourish year-round as a lush ground cover or in hanging baskets
Mammillaria prolifera UPOBGSN7G188 During the spring flowering seasonMammillaria prolifera is a low growing cactus, commonly branching to form colonies often 6 dm in diameter. The species occurs very widely from Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Len, Quertaro, San Luis Potos and Tamaulipas), the USA (Texas), Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti. The typical subspecies prolifera occurs throughout much of the Caribbean. Growth Rate It is a small growing, but easily flowering species. It offset from the base and can fill a 25 cm