Opuntia polycantha ‘Peter Pan’

Collected by Kelly Grummons in Colorado’s Pawnee National Grasslands, this stunning, perpetually juvenile, non-flowering form has pads of 1-3″ covered in bright, white spines. Forms a spiny, white carpet to only 3″ tall and spreading slowly to up to 2 ft wide. A good selection for rock gardens or troughs in sun and well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. Frost hardy to -40F, USDA zone 3.

HEDGEHOG PRICKLY PEAR

Cactaceae