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Prickly Pear
Also Known As:
Devil's Tongue, Compressed CactusBotanical Name:
Opuntia humifusa- AKA Opuntia compressa, Opuntia rafinesquei
- Waxy yellow flowers grow singularly or in small clusters along the top edge of the cactus pad
- Blooms last one day
- Edible small oval bristly red fruit follow the flower and turn yellow when ripe
- Flat fleshy oval pads are covered in fine barbed bristles
- Each pad is about 25 cm long, 15 cm wide and 3 cm thick
- Old pads are bluish-green and new growth is mid-green
- Evergreen and very drought-tolerant
- Bloom Time: May to July
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Hardiness Zone
3
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Flower Colour
- Yellow
height
Height
20 cm-30 cm
Width
Spread
75 cm-90 cm
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Exposure
- Full Sun
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Soil Moisture
- Average to Dry Soils
- Well-drained
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Growth Rate
- Slow
Palette
Foliage Colour
- Blue
- Green
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Critter
- Deer Resistant
- Rabbit Resistant
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Attributes
- Drought Tolerant
- Evergreen
- Fruit
- Heat Tolerant
- Low Maintenance
- Native to Ontario
- Salt Tolerant
- Xeriscape
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Flowering Time
- Lt. Spr-Sum
- Spring
- Summer
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Shape
- Clumping
- Compact
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Garden Uses
- Border/edging
- Ground cover
- Naturalizing
- Roadside planting
- Rock garden
- Rooftop (extensive)
Additional Details
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Growing Tips & Maintenace
- Thrives in at least a half day of sun in dry, sandy or rocky soils. Loamy soils are tolerated if well-drained. Can be found in sandy woodlands, prairies, rocky bluffs, sand dunes, and gravelly areas along railroads.
Note
Additional Notes
- Native to Ontario

Prickly Pear
Size: 1ltr

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