Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 12 inches |
|---|---|
| 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
Additional Information
| Colour | butter |
|---|---|
| Effect | Close-up |
| Form | Cup |
| Hold | End |
| Period | in mid summer |
| Value | High |
| Petal Count | Semi |
|---|---|
| Evergreen Deciduous | Evergreen |
| Detail | Succulent |
| Shape | Round |
| Summer Colour | green |
| Texture | spiny |
|---|---|
| Value | High |
| Stem Colour | Sea green |
| Component | Fruit |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Type | Berry |
| Ornamental Period | from late summer to mid winter |
| Ornamental Value | High |
| Hardiness Zone | 3a |
|---|---|
| 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 |
