The fruit prickly pears produce can easily be mistaken for Christmas cactus flower buds. After all, they are similar colors and shapes. But, you can pay attention to when your plant blooms to spot ...

Prickly pear and Christmas cactus are two popular flowering cacti that are often grown as houseplants. And, while their leaves and shape look distinct from each other, the magenta-colored blooms ...

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 ...

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.

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!

The prickly pear doesn’t get enough credit outside of Texas. It’s the official plant of the Lone Star State, not to be confused with the state flower (bluebonnet), state tree (pecan) or the ...

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.

BIG BAY, MI – An ecology researcher found what may become the first confirmed example of eastern prickly pear cactus in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, discovered among the highest elevations in ...