Eastern prickly pear
Opuntia compressa
Shrub2.1×1.8 mzone 7–10full sun
Profile
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Height
- 2.1 m
- Spread
- 1.8 m
- Growth
- medium
- Lifespan
- 25 years
- First yield
- after 3 years
- Hardiness
- zone 7–10
- Shade tolerance
- full sun
- Soil
- Sand, Silt
- Soil moisture
- Desert – dry
- pH
- 6 – 7.5
Uses
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