We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
Height | 12 inches |
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Spread | 3 feet |
A low growing spreading succulent cactus with showy butter yellow flowers that bloom in spring; exceptional as an accent for rock gardens and planters; needs perfect drainage and sandy or gravelly soils
Colour | butter |
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Effect | Close-up |
Form | Cup |
Hold | End |
Period | in mid summer |
Value | High |
Petal Count | Semi |
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Evergreen Deciduous | Evergreen |
Detail | Succulent |
Shape | Round |
Summer Colour | green |
Texture | spiny |
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Value | High |
Stem Colour | Sea green |
Component | Fruit |
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Harvest Descriptor | Mature |
Harvest Period | From early to late fall |
Shape | Oblong |
Taste | Sweet |
Texture | Fleshy |
Use | Cooking, Preserves, Raw |
Ornamental Integration | Landscape |
Colour | red |
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Type | Berry |
Ornamental Period | from late summer to mid winter |
Ornamental Value | High |
Hardiness Zone | 3a |
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Sunlight | full sun |
Moisture | dry |
Soil Type | sandy |
Plant Form | spreading |
Plant Origin | native |
Landscape Application | Container, Garden, Groundcover, Massing, Naturalizing, Rock |
Maintenance | medium |
Growth Rate | medium |
Branching | spreading |
Canopy | low |
Family | Cactus |
Genus | Opuntia |
Other Species Names | Humifusa Prickly Pear Cactus |
Species | compressa |
Lifespan | 20 |
Pruning | never prune |
Propagation | division |
Texture | medium coarse |
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