Drooping pear

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 Drooping pear

Common name: 

  • Barbary fig
  • Drooping pear
  • Spiny prickly pear

Botanical name:

Drooping plant


Opuntia stricta 

Genus: Opuntia

Family: Cactaceae-cactuses, plural cacti

Order: caryophyllales-pinks, cacti, Allies

Class: Magnoliopsida-dicotyledon, dicots, eudicots

Phylum: Tracheophyta 

Plant type: Succulent 

Bloom time: Spring, summer 

Plant height: 5 to 10 feet

Spread: 1.7 to 2.5 feet

Habitat: Sandy coastal and desert

Fertilization: Once a month during growing season

Description:

It is large spreading prickly cactus. In the spring it grows pretty yellow flowers.

Its purple-colored fruit is edible. It is easy to grow and spreads when a pad falls off and lays on the soil there, it will grow roots and turn into new cactus colony. In some areas it is considered invasive.

Economically importance:

Fresh Opuntia dillenii fruits can be used into canned or alcoholic beverages.

Tips from garden:

You can grow in pots and gardens for ornamental effect.

They are resistant to drought and easy to care.

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