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Mature Plant Size Guide
Plants, like the individuals of many species vary in mature size. This is only intended as a general guideline in helping to identify plants or in aiding in determining the size and therefore appropriateness of a specific plant in a landscape. Many Desert cactus and succulents are very slow growing and only attain their maximum mature size after many years. The Saguaro for instance may take 50 years to reach a size of 15-20 feet.
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Less than 6 inches
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Bishop’s Cap |
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Easter Lily cactus |
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Arizona Fishhook Cactus |
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6 Inches to 1 foot in height
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Queen Victoria’s Agave |
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Aloe (common Aloe) |
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Englemann’s Hedgehog |
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Bundle Hedgehog |
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1 Foot to 5 foot in height
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Palmer Agave |
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Huachuca Agave |
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Octopus Agave |
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Teddy Bear Cholla |
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Chain Fruit Cholla, Jumping Cholla |
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Staghorn Cholla |
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Sotol, Desert Spoon |
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Golden Barrel |
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Arizona Barrel, Candy Barrel |
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Giant Hesperaloe, Coahuilan Hesperaloe |
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Red Yucca, red hesperaloe |
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Bear Grass |
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Bunny Ears |
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Purple Prickly Pear |
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Queen of the night |
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5 foot to 10 feet in height
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Maguey, Century Plant |
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Cereus hildmannianus - (C.peruvianus) |
Hedge cactus, Queen of the Night |
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Engelmann’s Prickly Pear |
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Cow’s Tongue Cactus |
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Indian Fig Prickly Pear, Mission Cactus |
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Purple Prickly Pear |
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Mexican Fence Post Cactus |
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Organ Pipe Cactus |
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Soaptree Yucca |
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Greater than 10 feet in height
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Saguaro |
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Ocotillo |
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Senita |
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Organ Pipe Cactus |
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Joshua Tree |
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