Echinocereus reichenbachii Columbus Polemonium The leaves emerge in fall

The leaves emerge in fall and persists all winter

Flower color ranges from pink to white

attractive to hummingbirds

the pink and blue flowered Lycoris sprengeri and the bright orange flowered Lycoris sanguinea

named in 1977

Echinocereus reichenbachii Columbus Polemonium The leaves emerge in fallEchinocereus reichenbachii 'Columbus' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Wade Roitsch (Yucca Do) seed collection from Colorado County, Texas, near the town of Columbus, where it grows in gravelly soil. Echinocereus reichenbachii forms upright clumps of thick stems with attractive body paint like tiny brown spines. The plants are further adorned in mid April (NC) with large mauvy pink flowers. Full sun, good drainage, good air movement,