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The golden barrel cactus is back, an increasing popular choice in drought-tolerant gardens, and not just because they need so little water. Designers often use golden barrels to provide intriguing texture, dramatic shapes and bright color all year long. Tag along as cactus and succulents specialist Debra Lee Baldwin provides a quick introduction to how barrels can be deployed in water-wise gardens. Idea No. 1: The round yellow cactuses can play off the blue senecio and red flowers of spiky aloe.

Barrel cactus

( Debra Lee Baldwin )

The golden barrel cactus is back, an increasing popular choice in drought-tolerant gardens, and not just because they need so little water. Designers often use golden barrels to provide intriguing texture, dramatic shapes and bright color all year long. Tag along as cactus and succulents specialist Debra Lee Baldwin provides a quick introduction to how barrels can be deployed in water-wise gardens. Idea No. 1: The round yellow cactuses can play off the blue senecio and red flowers of spiky aloe.

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