I was given a plant of this. As usual, so hard to identify all the lg. Prickly pear species across the south west. But when mine bloomed ...Read Morethe nice salmon orange flowers I decided it was this var. The pads are plain light green, not gray. The spines are pure yellow. Sets smallish red , round fruit. It has not turned out to be very drought hardy, at least in my dry rocky soil . Well, it survives, but if I want new healthy pads & flowers it needs to be watered. I can see under good conditions the plant would become very large. So small gardeners, beware.
I was given a plant of this. As usual, so hard to identify all the lg. Prickly pear species across the south west. But when mine bloomed ...Read More