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 polyacantha (139)

This form with nice double flowers and white spines.

Opuntia polyacantha Taylor's red (174)

This form with somewhat darker red, wide open flower.

Opuntia polyacantha Nebraska orange (9)

This form has somewhat orange flowers, but that various depending on weather and nutrients.
Mine are not so orange.

Opuntia polyacantha var. juniperina

This form has nice pink flowers, and a nice, long spination.

Opuntia polyacantha (96)

A pink flowering form from South Dakota.

Opuntia polyacantha rufispina (65)

A green-yellow flower on spiny pads.

Opuntia polyacantha Chugwater, Platte Co Wyoming (104)

Yellow flower's on medium spined pads.

Opuntia polyacantha Wallace Co Kansas (119)

Purple flower with rounded petals on medium spined pads. Spines are whitish grey.

Opuntia polyacantha "Hamburg" (160)

Purple flower with rounded petals on spiny pads. Spines are grey to dull red.

Opuntia polyacantha "Halblech" (212)

Purplish flower on spiny pads. Spines are white to dull red. Flowers when small

Opuntia polyacantha fade orange flowers (334)

Yellow flowers that fade to orange when aging. White to light spines, pads not too spiny.

Opuntia polyacantha var schweriniana (359)

Dark pink flowers on robust pads with white, stiff spines. Seems a bit too big for a true schweriniana.

Opuntia polyacantha var trichophora DJF1498 (378)

Yellow flowers with a white, dense spination.

Opuntia polyacantha red flower

A nice spined plant with dark cherry coloured flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha Utah Sunrise 2

A spiny plant with creamy yellow delicate flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha rufispina fh919 (419)

A spiny plant with purple flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha Little Bighorn, Montana

A medium spined plant with light yellow flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha pink, Utah (61)

A medium spined plant with nice pink.

Opuntia polyacantha utahensis (64)

A medium spined plant with yellow flowers on smaller pads. Possibly a hybrid with fragilis.

Opuntia polyacantha utahensis (71)

A medium spined plant with yellow flowers on smaller pads. Possibly a hybrid with fragilis. A bit samller than the previous plant

Opuntia polyacantha "Lava" (115)

A spiny plant with good sized pink-purple flower.

Opuntia polyacantha E8-1 (148)

A long white spined plant with good sized purple flower.

Opuntia polyacantha E7-2 (152)

This plants has stiff ashy to light brown spines and a magenta flower.

Opuntia polyacantha E2-1 (197)

This plants has short spines and a cream-yellow flower.

Opuntia polyacantha Cheyenne, Wyoming (497)

This plants has nice spines and a raspberry pink flower.

Opuntia polyacantha rhodantha utahensis.

This plants has yellow flowers, very light coloured petals ans some light coloured spines.

Opuntia polyacantha rufispina(3)

This plants has attractive spination on the whole pad, and modest pink flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha Wyoming

This plants has attractive spination on the whole pad, and pink flowers with a touch or orange.

Opuntia polyacantha magenta E7-2(152)

This plants has attractive spination on the whole pad and magenta flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha Rio Rancho NM E8-8(167)

This plants has attractive spination on the whole pad and nice sized magenta flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha Orange Glory South Dakota (188)

This plants has attractive light coloured spines on the whole pad and orange flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha pink flower (201)

This plants has attractive rather long spination light coloured spines on the whole pad and pink flowers.

Opuntia polyacantha "Flex" (221)

This plants has attractive spination and a reddish flower.

Opuntia polyacantha E7-1 (261)

This plant has attractive spination and an unusual orange-pink flower.

Opuntia polyacantha flat yellow flower (509)

This plant has very attractive spination and pure yellow flowers (petals, stamen and pollen).

Opuntia polyacantha Uintah Co. COL (427)

This plant has attractive dense spination with a pink flower.

Pads can be big or small, with many spines, few or none.
All are very frost hardy, but a lot show problems when grown outside in North Western Europe.