Comments on: Opuntia phaeacantha, Tulip Pricklypear, Brown-spine Pricklypear

By: JOSEPH LOMBARDO

JOSEPH LOMBARDO — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 22:00:59 +0000

ive had opuntia in usate ny. In winter it turn purple and flaten out. No one flet it would come back. I also have a cholla as well. Are there any other cactus that could servive zone 6 thanks joseph

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 28 May 2020 04:18:44 +0000

That looks like ours, but some have better fruit than others. There’s a patch of them just upriver from Weeping Rock, Zion Canyon, that has excellent fruit. There’s another one in the town of Springdale, but it is declining. I suspect these are remnants of old horticultural experiments.