NAME: Orange Prickly Pear Cactus
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Pear Cactus / Nopal Cactus / Indian Fig / Mission Cactus / Smooth Mountain Prickly Pear / Barbary Fig
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Opuntia Ficus-Indica syn. Opuntia Arcei / Opuntia Castillae / Opuntia Cordobensis / Opuntia Chinensis
COLOR: Orange Flowers / Orange Fruit
PLANT SEEDS: Fall / Cold stratify / Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
PLANT HEIGHT: 10 - 15'
PLANT SPACING: 3 - 4'
BLOOM TIME: Spring - Early Summer
HARVEST: Up to 6 times a year in warm climates / Harvest when there is no green coloring left on the fruit
HARDINESS ZONE: 4 - 10
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry
QUANTITY: 20 Seeds
OTHER: These beautiful cactus are extremely hardy, all the way down to zone 4. The cactus pads are edible once they have been de-spined.
* We've also got Prickly Pear Cactus seeds & available in our store! *