This paper presents results on the physical characterization of mortar cubes fabricated with botanical (green) dehydrated additions such as Nopal (Opuntia Ficus Indica) and Aloe Vera. Eighty four mortar cubes were fabricated with and without these natural additions and tested for a period up to 900 days. Mortar without such additions served as controls. The natural dehydrated additions, Nopal and Aloe Vera, were mixed with CPO at different percent replacements (0%, 1%, 2%, and 4%). To characterize physical properties of such mixtures, four tests were performed at ~900 days: Total void content, compressive strength, ultrasound wave propagation, and wet electrical resistivity. Marginal improvements were observed within the dehydrated Aloe Vera replacement mixtures. Dehydrated Nopal additions did increase the Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 06:20 23 December 2014 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 physical performance of the mortar with time.