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Survives zone 8 through 9
Prickly-pear fruit sweet and seedy; young pads as a vegetable. ⚠ Glochids. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Groundcover
- Edible part
- Seed, Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer–autumn
- Mature size
- Low/spreading; EXCELLENT in containers
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.0 (neutral–alkaline, sharp drainage)
- Environment
- Arid
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile