Plant Database
Gold Spine Prickly Pear Cactus
Opuntia scheeri
The Gold Spine Prickly Pear is a dazzling ornamental variety, celebrated for its vibrant golden-yellow spines that glow in the sunlight against the blue-green pads. Its spines are dense but relatively short, creating a stunning textural and color contrast. It produces typical prickly pear flowers and fruit but is primarily grown for its exceptional visual appeal, serving as a focal point in rock gardens or dry borders.
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Grown for its stunning ornamental appeal: blue-green pads densely covered with short, bright golden-yellow spines.
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A slow-growing, compact prickly pear with a mounding or spreading habit.
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Produces yellow to orange flowers and edible red-purple fruit, though fruiting may be less prolific.
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Extremely drought tolerant and thrives in full sun and poor, gritty soil.
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An excellent choice for adding striking color and texture to cactus gardens, containers, or as a specimen.