Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus
We may or may not have this in store at Heeman's. Products and quantity vary by season.
| Height | 7 feet |
|---|---|
| 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
Additional Information
| Colour | yellow |
|---|---|
| Effect | Close-up |
| Eye Colour | Butter |
| Fade Colour | Orange |
| Hold | End |
| Period | from early to late spring |
| Value | High |
| Evergreen Deciduous | Evergreen |
|---|---|
| Detail | Succulent |
| Marking Colour | Powder blue |
| Markings | Variegation |
| Shape | Round |
| Summer Colour | sea green |
| Colour | gray |
|---|---|
| Texture | spiny |
| Value | High |
| Stem Colour | Silver blue |
| Component | Fruit |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Fade Colour | Purple |
| Type | Berry |
| Ornamental Period | in mid summer |
| Ornamental Value | High |
| Hardiness Zone | 8b |
|---|---|
| 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 |
