Notocactus subluteus Monarda but a painfully slow offsetter

but a painfully slow offsetter

needle-like foliage clothing the prostrate stems

and pale blue flowers

and bright red mascara lines running the length of each petal

who selected it from a seed batch of Astilbe thunbergii

Notocactus subluteus Monarda but a painfully slow offsetterNotocactus x subluteus is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a superb hybrid between the yellow flowered Notocactus submammulosus var. turecekianus and the pink Notocactus roseoluteus, made by our former JLBG volunteer Mike Papay. The amazing Notocactus x subluteus forms large, fast growing solitary rosettes to 6" tall x 10" wide, topped, starting for us in late May with large, soft pastel peach colored flowers truly exquisite and very easy to