Use in the garden

  • wildlife: for bees for butterflies
  • use: kitchen

botanical information

  • Botanical name: Opuntia humifusa
  • Genus: Opuntia
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • Other names: schijfcactus - vijgcactus - Eastern prickly pear - devil's-tongue
  • origin: America, North

Features

height: 30-40 cm
flowering: May - June
color: yellow
leaf color: green
habit: wide
growth: medium
level: moderate
light: full sun
moisture: summer dry, very dry, dry
soil texture: highly permeable, pervious
organic matter: none to little
winter zone: 5 [-25°C]
density: 5 - 7