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title: "does anyone have any recommendations for a cactus in zone 8 outside?"
description: "does anyone have any recommendations for a cactus in zone 8 outside?"
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# does anyone have any recommendations for a cactus in zone 8 outside?

_Posted by Isabella on 2024-06-17_

does anyone have any recommendations for a cactus in zone 8 outside?

## 2 comments

### PlantLover commented on 2024-06-17

Claret cup and strawberry hedgehog cactuses work well in those zones

### Kades commented on 2024-06-18

One of my neighbors has a huge prickly pear in his front yard that somehow comes back without fail every year! (I’m in 8b)

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