Dragon Fruit
Edgar's Baby Dragon Fruit
Hylocereus 'Edgar's Baby'
$6.00each
No Tax
Sold in multiples of 6 —
6, 12, 18 and so on.
$36.00 for 6, no tax.
Mix and match different varieties freely.
Ships in 2–4 days — limited availability
Ready to order. Orders take 2–4 days to process
before they ship. Collecting instead? Local pickup is
by appointment
only — call or text Russ on
(727) 254-9153
to arrange a time. Availability is limited, so place your order now.
🌱True-to-name guarantee — replaced or refunded if it is not what the label says
📦Insulated packaging, heat pack included in cold months
🚚Ship anywhere in the lower 48 or the U.S. Virgin Islands, or collect locally by appointment
💳Card, Venmo or Zelle — cash accepted on local pickup
Edgar's Baby is a Hylocereus hybrid raised by Edgar Valdivia, and it is the one to plant if you want dragon fruit that actually tastes of something. The flesh is a startling magenta, sweet up front with a clean tang behind it. That balance is what people single out, because a great deal of dragon fruit is sweet, watery and nothing else.
It is a climbing cactus rather than a shrub, so it wants something to scramble up — a post, a trellis, a sturdy fence. Give it four to six feet of support and it will fill it. Nothing about it is fussy, though it is still a cactus: the quickest way to lose one is to keep it wet. Heat and sun are what it wants in order to fruit well.
Dragon fruit set more heavily with a second variety nearby, so if you have room for two, plant two. The flowers open for one night only, which is worth staying up for at least once.
What actually arrives. All our plants are under six months old and stand 4–8 inches tall at the time of shipping or pickup. These are young plants at the start of their life, not finished
specimens — that is why they cost what they do.
Plant specs
- Ships as
- Rooted starter plant
- Height on arrival
- 4–8 in. tall, under 6 months old
- Mature height
- 4–6 ft on a support
- Light
- Full sun to partial sun
- Water
- Let the top two inches dry — it is a cactus
- Hardiness zones
- 10–11
- Time to fruit
- 12–24 months
- SKU
- TP-HYLEDBA
Care notes
Support — this is the one people miss. Dragon fruit is a climbing cactus, not a shrub. It needs a post, trellis or sturdy fence to scramble up, four to six feet of it, put in place before you plant rather than after. Without support it sprawls along the ground and fruits poorly.
Light — full sun in all but the hottest inland gardens, where a little afternoon shade stops the stems scorching.
Soil — sharp drainage above everything. A cactus mix, or a bed lightened with grit and compost. They are happy in large containers.
Water — it is a cactus. Water thoroughly, then leave it until the top couple of inches are dry. Constant damp rots the stems at the base, and that is the usual way one dies.
Feeding — a low-nitrogen fertiliser through the growing season. Too much nitrogen buys you a great deal of stem and very little fruit.
Cold — hardy in zones 10–11. They take a brief dip to around freezing and no more; below that, grow in a pot you can move.
Flowering — the flowers open for a single night and are enormous. If fruit set is disappointing, hand-pollinating with a soft brush after dark makes a striking difference.
