Saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
The giant columnar emblem of the Sonoran Desert, growing for over a century and crowning itself with white flowers (Arizona's state flower) and red fruit. A high-rise habitat for desert birds.
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 9–9 ft
- Spacing
- 5–10 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AZ, CA