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I have been enamored with our only hardy native cactus here in New England. The tiny spines (glochids) itch like crazy when they inevitab...Read More
Grows very well in south Florida except ones that originate from a much more northern location don't flower as well in the springtime as ...Read More
This isn't a groundcover, as it does not outcompete weeds. Keeping it weed-free entails encountering spines and glochids.
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Common to our local pine barrens, this plant will expand to an ugly, huge patch, with much dead material, and with the spines, impossible...Read More
This plant originates from Montana onto the Midwest. Here in Southern California, it doesn't do very well in full sunlight, as it gets pr...Read More
I have grown this plant successfully in the harsh Berkshires of Massachusetts for the past five years, and it regularly tolerates -20 tem...Read More
Amazing plant, grows like a weed. Cuttings root easily!
I just got this plant last spring and have heard many great things about it. I have seen it growing all over North Olmsted and surroundin...Read More
This plant is an unbelievably awful scourge in coastal Florida where I reside.
Any tiny section will propagate in the poorest of s...Read More
It's too bad many here are not aware that there is a cactus that can grow in PA- and is native. My sister had one in her zone 5/6 ...Read More
Although somewhat confused I have some O. humifusa growing in my garden. I had to enclose them with wire fencing because javelina like to...Read More
I have been growing Opuntia humifusa in Michigan for a while now.
I began my plant with two pads (or leaves) three years ago here in Lebanon, TN from a plant in Chattanooga, TN. From those two leaves, I...Read More
This plant, based on my experience, tolerates more water than most opuntias. It is also easy to propagate through pad cuttings (be sure ...Read More
I have been making jelly from the purple fruit of this plant for years. It is quite mild so this year I am adding some jalapeno juice to...Read More
I eat this plant on a regular basis. It's a food source commonly used in Mexico. The pads are called Napols and when cooked the are cal...Read More
(Aside from my childhood horror stories of encountering the spines on this plant, I have a positive to offer...)
In the Pi...Read More
Just lay a broken piece on top of the ground and it will root. Nothing bothers this plant.
Has survived 3 Chicago winters with no protection. Yet to bloom though.
You can find this cactus just about anywhere in Oklahoma but is more noticeable in rocky and hilly areas of the state such as the Wichita...Read More
This cactus grows all over where I live and if you are not careful - it will take over. Fortunately we have a lot of shade, so we do not...Read More
The form with the bright orange centre to the flower is absolutely stunning. Hardly a very prickly plant compared to some other opuntia s...Read More
im sorry to say this with all those that seem to love this plant, but this plant is all around awful. it is imho very ugly, and cheap-loo...Read More
Love this plant. We originally found a loose pad just lying on the ground of an island in the middle of the Hudson River in N.Y.
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What a happy little plant! Nice and compact...petite little pads. Started with just one pad brought back from the beach. Didn't have a...Read More
I love this plant. When I first found out about it, I was amazed that a cactus was native to Maryland since I've always thought about cac...Read More
My neighbor has these atop a long, low stone wall in front of her yard, and when they bloom, it's a lovely sight!
This plant is extremely easy to propagate. It sometimes propagates itself by simply dropping a new leaf to the ground, where it almost im...Read More
Neat cactus, good for northern climes.
American Indians poulticed peeled pads on wounds and applied the juice to warts, They dranks pad tea for lung ailments. In folk medicine,...Read More
withers in winter; plumps reliably in spring; numerous large (3.5 to 5 in) yellow flowers in mid-june; new specimens are easily grown ind...Read More
LOVE this plant! In spite of the spines and glochids. It grows naturally in South Eastern NC. Wild animals, such as racoons love the frui...Read More
Sudie, Zone 8b Southeast TX
Potted rooted cutting in 5 gal. plastic pot. Placed in west flower bed. Prickly Pear gets good drain...Read More
Primarily bees visit the flowers (both long-tongued and short-tongued), including Plasterer bees, Halictid bees, large Leaf-Cutting bees...Read More
More synonyms are:
Opuntia compressa, Opuntia mesacantha, Opuntia italica, Opuntia rafinesquei, Opuntia fuscoatra, Opuntia alla...Read More
Opuntia vulgaris has been misapplied as a synonym in the past, and is not valid. Some still list it as a synonym though. It is actually a synonym of Opuntia ficus-indica as of the 2001 reclassifications.
This plant lies on the ground flat in the wintertime, very prostrate in the wintertime, sprawling out, less than 12 inches high. The pads look somewhat wrinkled laterally.
It is fairly rare but, some clones have gray or white spines which are borne on the areoles on the upper half of the pad only. They range from 0.8 to 2.0 inches long.
This is used medicinally for wounds, snakebites & warts by the Plains tribes in the Eastern U.S. Also used for mordant when dyeing.
The most common prickly pear dispersed throughout the state, it does well here, and can be invasive in a garden situation if not containe...Read More
Small, sprawling prickly pear species native to the northeast US- grows great in Florida, and so-so in California. Here in S California ...Read More