🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🍎 Dragon Fruit
Hylocereus undatus
fruits
Climbing Cactus
Cactaceae
☀️ Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
💧 Water
Low to Moderate
🗺️ Zones
10-12
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
Well-draining, sandy
🚿 Drainage
Excellent
📏 Spacing
6-10 ft
📐 Height
10-20 ft (needs support)
🤝 Companions (2)
🤝 Bean
Nitrogen fixer beneath climbing dragon fruit
🤝 Squash
Both need strong support; squash shades dragon fruit roots
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ Fennel
Allelopathic inhibition
📝 Growing Notes
Night-blooming cactus with breathtaking flowers. Massive one-night-only blooms. Sweet, refreshing fruit.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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