Huacatay (Tagetes minuta) Pot Size:Medium Coconut Coir Pot Pencil Cactus grows great indoors

Pencil Cactus grows great indoors at room temperature and will grow as tall as it's interior environment allows

The flower petals are edible

so it is not easily grown commercially

and fruiting within the first season

Huacatay (Tagetes minuta) Pot Size:Medium Coconut Coir Pot Pencil Cactus grows great indoorsHuatacay, or Peruvian Black Mint, is a fragrant herb native to the Peruvian Andes that is a perennial in warm regions and grown as an annual in cooler zones. It is related to ornamental Marigolds but is a culinary herb in South American cuisines and has medicinal and insecticidal properties as well. Local names for Huacatay will vary by region, but are found in literature as wakataya, chinchilla, chiquilla, chilca, zuico, suico, or the Spanish term,