We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
Height | 7 feet |
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Spread | 6 feet |
An upright growing and spreading succulent cactus with showy yellow flowers that bloom in spring and edible red fruit in summer; exceptional as an accent for rock gardens and planters; needs perfect drainage and sandy or gravelly soils
Colour | yellow |
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Effect | Close-up |
Eye Colour | Butter |
Fade Colour | Orange |
Hold | End |
Period | from early to late spring |
Value | High |
Evergreen Deciduous | Evergreen |
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Detail | Succulent |
Marking Colour | Powder blue |
Markings | Variegation |
Shape | Round |
Summer Colour | sea green |
Colour | gray |
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Texture | spiny |
Value | High |
Stem Colour | Silver blue |
Component | Fruit |
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Harvest Descriptor | Mature |
Harvest Period | From mid summer to mid fall |
Shape | Oblong |
Taste | Sweet |
Texture | Fleshy |
Use | Cooking, Preserves |
Ornamental Integration | Landscape |
Colour | dark red |
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Fade Colour | Purple |
Type | Berry |
Ornamental Period | in mid summer |
Ornamental Value | High |
Hardiness Zone | 8b |
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Sunlight | full sun |
Moisture | dry to average |
Soil Type | sandy |
Plant Form | upright spreading |
Plant Origin | native |
Landscape Application | Accent, Container, Massing, Naturalizing, Rock, Screening |
Maintenance | medium |
Growth Rate | medium |
Branching | multi-stemmed |
Canopy | low |
Family | Cactus |
Genus | Opuntia |
Other Species Names | Cow's Tongue, Discus, Texas Prickly Pear Cactus |
Species | engelmannii |
Lifespan | 30 |
Pruning | never prune |
Propagation | division |
Texture | coarse |
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