Baby Rita Prickly Pear Cactus

Opuntia 'Baby Rita'

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Plant type: Succulent
Wildlife supported:

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall , 5 ft wide
Form: Spreading
Growth rate: Slow
Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Dormancy: Evergreen
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Irrigation
Summer irrigation

Never irrigate once established

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Beavertail Pricklypear

Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 ft tall
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Short-joint Beavertail

Opuntia basilaris var. brachyclada

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:

Bakersfield Cactus

Opuntia basilaris var. treleasei

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:

Pancake Prickly-pear

Opuntia chlorotica

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia engelmannii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 6 - 12 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, White, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water
Water

Extremely Low, Very Low

Engelmann Prickly-pear

Opuntia engelmannii var. engelmannii

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Pigmy Tuna

Opuntia fragilis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 2 - 4 in tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Coast Prickly Pear

Opuntia littoralis

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Purple, Red
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Bats
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun

Water
Water

Very Low

Watering
Soil drainage

Fast

Opuntia occidentalis

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Plant type: Succulent
Wildlife supported:

Chaparral Pricklypear

Opuntia oricola

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 7 ft tall
Flower Color: Yellow, Orange, Purple, Red
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Tulip Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

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Plant type: Succulent
Size: 3 ft tall
Flower Color: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Red, Brown
Flowering season: Spring, Summer
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly
Landscape information:
Sun
Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Plains Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Size: 1 - 2 ft tall
Form: Mounding
Growth rate: Fast
Flower Color: Yellow
Flowering season: Spring
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Grizzlybear Pricklypear

Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Yellow
Wildlife supported:
Birds
caterpillar
butterfly

Porcupine Prickly-pear

Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina

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Plant type: Shrub,Succulent
Flower Color: Pink
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly

Vasey's Prickly Pear

Opuntia vaseyi

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Plant type: Succulent
Wildlife supported:
caterpillar
butterfly