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What Is Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantea)

Name: Saguaro Cactus - PSYCHEDELICS ONLINE STORE
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Rating: 4.43 (7 reviews)

The Saguaro is the iconic sentinel cactus of the Sonoran Desert, instantly recognizable for its tall, branching arms and dramatic silhouette. Known for its immense size, this majestic cactus can grow up to 30-40 feet tall, making it one of the world’s largest and most distinctive cacti.

🌵 Key Features:

❄️ Cold Tolerance: Surprisingly frost-tolerant, the Saguaro can handle brief cold spells down to 25°F.

🌎 Native Habitat: Found only in the Sonoran Desert (Arizona, California, and Mexico), the Saguaro is an emblematic symbol of the American Southwest.

🌵 Perfect For:

🏞️ Landscaping: This cactus makes a stunning focal point in large desert or Southwestern gardens, adding natural drama and beauty with its towering presence.

🏠 Indoor/Outdoor Use: While mature Saguaros thrive outdoors, smaller young Saguaros are perfect for container gardening and can be grown indoors with ample bright light.

🌵 Available Sizes & Shipping:

Our seed-grown Saguaro cacti are available in a range of sizes, from 1 foot to 6 feet tall, so you can find the perfect size for your space. Each cactus is shipped bare-root and carefully selected, wrapped and packaged to ensure it arrives in pristine condition, ready for easy, stress-free planting. Every order from The Cactus Outlet includes planting, watering, and general care instructions.

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Columnar Cacti design and application suggestions:

Columnar cacti are impactful and dramatic. Frame an entryway, put one in an office corner that is just screaming for something interesting or if you are lucky to live in a suitable outdoor environment, install a few columnar cacti in the landscape for dramatic effect. Our columnar cacti are equally happy in a decorative pot or planted in the ground.

Our columnar cacti offer you different colors and growth forms. The totem pole and curiosity cacti have very interesting growth habits. The Mexican fence post, peruvian apple, organ pipe, saguaro and senita offer elegance and presence. The curiosity cacti, silver and golden torch offer splashes of color to integrate with your space.

Why purchase our Columnar Cacti?

Our columnar cacti are grown in their native habitat right here in Southern Arizona. Raised outdoors with just the right amount of water and fertilizer, they come to you in their natural form. These plants do not come to you from a greenhouse. They are already hardy to whatever growing conditions you have to offer. Our columnar cacti present the same appearance as you will find them in their native habitats.

If you want to plant them in a container for a sunroom, patio or window planter, great! If you want to take your columnar cacti and plant them in the ground, also great! No acclimation needed. Our plants are ready to go!

Reliable packaging and shipping

We strive to offer the most healthy cacti and succulents you can find anywhere that are shipped right to your door. Our plants are professionally packaged with expertise honed by shipping amazing plants to customers like you for over 20 years. Our packaging process ensures a bare minimum of damaged orders. All of our plants are wrapped in bubble wrap and tape, which should not be taken off until your plant is in its final home. The bubble wrap offers you and the plant additional protection while planting. All of our plants are shipped bare root.

Additional information

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7 reviews for Saguaro Cactus

Rated 4 out of 5

Susie Johnson – April 14, 2025

I love the color of the white spikes—they look very rustic.
Rated 5 out of 5

Karen Andrews – April 14, 2025

This came packaged very well, it’s a very healthy plant, and it was perfect.
Rated 4 out of 5

Everett F Ross – April 14, 2025

Very pleased with my saguaro. Well packed and shipped fast. I will be back for more.
Rated 5 out of 5

BYRON BAILEY – April 14, 2025

I was very happy with my 4’ delivered saguaro. The plant was exactly as promised. The packaging was incredible, but UPS ignored the very obvious “this ends up” signs (in fact, they wheeled it up my driveway upside down), so there was a little damage to the top of the saguaro. Hopefully, that damage will be inconsequential in the long run, however.
Rated 3 out of 5

Hlhsmama – April 14, 2025

Looks good and healthy. Well packed! Thank you! I would have like recommendations & instructions for planting though 🙂 But great plant. We are very happy.
Rated 5 out of 5

Hilda Fair – April 14, 2025

It was delivered during a freezing rain spell. I was worried it would be damaged since the delivery was pushed back a couple of days. It was packaged so well, it is beautiful. Our daughter is thrilled with her Christmas gift. Thank you.
Rated 5 out of 5

Rick – April 14, 2025

What we like is what we got, which is quite rare these days. And that is a beautiful product from a complete professional who shipped a beautiful Saguaro perfectly. Once we planted it we had questions and Mike was only a phone call away. He loves his business, and it shows. We picked the right place to purchase a Saguaro, no doubt. Thank you!