Buy Cactus AZ would serve well as the name of a company selling cacti from Arizona, the landlocked 48th state in the southwest region of USA, which shares international boundaries with Mexico. The fragrant blossom of the saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea or Cereus gigantea) has become the State Flower of Arizona. This gigantic cactus can reach 55 feet high and some are known to have survived for about 200 years. It can grow more than 50 arms. A saguaro cactus with only 12 arms can already weigh 15,000 pounds! The magnificent saguaro cactus is found only in the Sonoran Desert, an area of 120,000 square miles in southwestern Arizona and southeastern California and most of Baja California and the western half of the state of Sonora, Mexico.
If you want to grace your home with this majestic desert beauty, abandon all your ideas of planting or buying saguaro cactus like you would with other ordinary garden plants. For one thing, the saguaro cactus is protected in the State of Arizona, meaning you can’t just drive out into the desert, dig one up and plant it in your yard. You have to buy the cactus from a saguaro cactus nursery or dealer with the necessary permit for the plant, which papers have to be transferred to you after the purchase.
Secondly, a saguaro cactus takes a very long time to grow. The arms of the cactus will just begin to emerge when the plant has grown for over 70 years and has reached a height of about 16 feet. Thus, to beautify your yard effectively and not 90 years later, you’ll have to settle with buying saguaro cactus that is already half mature, which will weigh something like 18,000 pounds. Can you manage to plant a tree weighing over 8 tons?
In short, when you intend to plant this beautiful, monumental cactus, you’ll have no other choice but to deal with an experienced saguaro cactus nursery or dealer who is already used in selling, planting, relocating or removing this eyeful jewel of the desert. You need skill, heavy-duty equipment like cranes and open-deck trucks as well as a permit, and a trust-worthy dealer can satisfy you with all these requirements and can offer you a guarantee for one year.