What's more, in the right conditions, they will flower and fruit ... marvel of the natural world, growing up to 20 feet in ...

A surprise encounter with a cactus might be a sticky and painful situation. However, there’s a particular cactus that also ...

The reason is that you can't tell the flower color on these cactus ... or two until the dry callus forms. Note: A prickly pear paddle can live up to two years after cutting from mother before ...

The western prickly pear cactus is close ... They are up to 4 inches wide, a half-inch thick, and armed with spines. From late June into July, the 3-inch diameter yellow flowers appear with ...

Unlike wildflowers, these cacti can bloom abundantly even in years with little rain, and their flowers last longer than the single day for individual saguaro blooms. “Most prickly pears and ...

These ephemeral flowers give way to ... She once tried to get a close-up picture of a colorful tuna and promptly felt the defensive sting of the prickly pear in her bare hand.

Learn how to propagate a prickly pear cactus in your own yard ... as above–is also capable of producing roots, stems, flowers … and more fruit.

That is the state flower, the state plant ... naturally in my backyard. The Texas prickly pear’s scientific name is Opuntia engelmannii. It can get up to 5 feet tall or wide.