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

On my way home from teaching a wild edible class this week, I noticed an unusual plantin full bloom. I have been a fan of this plant since I lived in Florida. Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus or Opuntia ...

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.

While prickly pear appreciates sandy, rocky soil, it’s fairly tolerant of more mesic, loam or clay-loam soils. Just be sure to use some gloves and tongs to handle the pads. It is a cactus after all!

Albuquerque prickly pear festival celebrates abundance of the desert The dangerously monikered cactus is a source of joy in the Southwest. Albuquerque celebrates with music and yummy opuntia treats.

The prickly pear cactus is probably the most identifiable plant (besides the saguaro) ... They flower in the spring, usually by May, and the fruits can be found after July.

In 2021, Wild Hope Farm, which has built up a bit of a following for its prickly pear—a group that includes everyone from local brewers and farmers’ market regulars—sold around $15,000 worth of fruit ...

Covered in menacing needlelike spines, the prickly pear cactus demands to be treated with care. In return, it will reward you with a juicy neon fruit and fleshy green pads that have nourished ...

BIG BAY, MI – An ecology researcher found what may become the first confirmed example of eastern prickly pear cactus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, ... “To see it in in flower, too.