For tough, resilient plants, Opuntia engelmannii is the cactus to grow. Delivered as one small pad ... vary in sweetness ...

Other June events Fairyslipper and coral root orchids bloom on moist, north-facing slopes in the foothills. In March, we mistakenly wrote that yellow lady’s-slipper orchids occur in Boulder County.

When the first heat arrives, prickly pear cactus burst into the exuberant flowering of all. Everyone knows this group of cactus that is without question the largest and most easily recognized due ...

The prickly pear blossom, along with the cotton boll, lost out to the bluebonnet in the 1901 contest for state flower. In more recent years, the cactus has gained a greater fan base, including the ...

Learn how to propagate a prickly pear cactus in your own yard. Prickly pear fruits can be used for jellies, jams, or even wine. Organic Gardening. Fruits; ... stems, flowers ...

George Weigel A colony of prickly pear cactus in flower. Q: I have a prickly pear cactus that started out in a pot, but the pot broke one winter, and the plant has been growing in the ground since.

For now, a flat jointed, distinctly spiny cactus, having a yellow flower with a reddish base, is a desert prickly-pear . . . probably. In our area, look for the desert prickly-pear above 3,500 ...

If your cactus is exposed to fog or mist during the night or early morning, they should be getting full sun during the day so they don’t remain wet for hours at a time.

They will be about 4 to 4 1/2 inches long. The cactus also produces a fruit that is called a tuna in Spanish. The prickly pear is a blooming plant and the flowers can be yellow, yellow-orange, or red.

The cacti were flowering and their blooms were abundant. I think I found several species of prickly pear, bearing flowers with yellow, red and cream or caramel blooms. Claret cup cactus had some ...