Opuntias grow with water, right temperatures, right soil and sufficent attention.
They show a remarkable abilty to come back from cold, scorching heat or neglect. But if you treat them well, they will surprise you with growth, flowers and some more growth.

Opuntias grow with water, right temperatures, right soil and sufficent attention.
They show a remarkable abilty to come back from cold, scorching heat or neglect. But if you treat them well, they will surprise you with growth, flowers and some more growth.

Opuntia aurea hybrid Berlin (150)

This form has nice pink flowers.

Opuntia aurea hybrid Morning Glow (244)

This form has very pale, almost white flowers with a more yellow center.

Opuntia aurea hybrid Washington Co, Utah (467)

Very variable plants, especially in flower colour, but also in pad size.

Opuntia aurea hybrid (165)

This form has pink-red flowers.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Watermelon" (178)

This form has watermelon coloured flowers.

Opuntia aurea hybrid pink magenta (400)

This form has pink magenta flowers and pads with some very short spines.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Bern" (126)

A hybrid with nice pink flowers and spineless pads.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Bern" (200)

A hybrid with nice pink flowers and spineless pads.

Opuntia aurea hybrid pink flowers (164)

A hybrid with nice pink flowers and pads with long, stiff spines on the whole pad. One of the parents is probably a polyacantha.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Pink Passion" (243)

A natural aurea hybrid with very nice pink flowers and somewhat larger pads without spines.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Dazzler" (591)

An aurea hybrid originated in the garden of Leo Chance. It is very floriferous with pink-purple flowers, but so far not in my greenhouse.

Opuntia aurea x erinacea (598)

A hybrid carrying nice white spines, reddish glochids and a very nice pink flower.

Opuntia aurea hybrid "Candy Cane" (11)

A hybrid carrying an almost white flower with very faint pinkish midstripes. Very few, short spines.

Plants come in a variety of flower colours, from white to dark purple and everything in between.
In nature these plants frow amongst other in Washington Co. UT
Pads are spineless, but not without glochids. Pads can be small to quite large.