
Prickly Pear Cactus
- Botanical Name
- Opuntia compressa
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 10
- Height
- 8 to 12 inches
- Width
- 12 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Early summer: yellow
- Fruit
- Dark red 1 inch, oblong
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, dry
- Planting & Care
- New plants can be propogated by placing the pads in moist sand
- Be carefull when gardening around these plants as the thin, reddish-brown hairs found in bundles along the surface can easily become loged in the skin
- Plants will become shriveled and begin to lie down as the plants withdraw water in preparation for winter
- Problems
- None serious
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