If you relate to this scenario, don't worry. The best of us have had to debate Christmas cactus vs prickly pear when taking a second look at the new houseplant we've just bought, as these two ...

McALLEN -- The prickly pear cactus, with its green, thorn-covered pads jutting out of the tall grass and mesquite thickets of South Texas, has become a fixture of the Rio Grande Valley. While ...

A staple throughout the Southwest, this desert fruit adds flavor and color to cocktails, salads, salsas, desserts, and more.

Prickly pear cactus species (Opuntia spp.) are indigenious to the Americas, varying in height from 1 to 10 feet with yellow to red blooms. They're native to most states, ...

Prickly pear cactus is actually very winter-hardy in central Pennsylvania and blooms nicely in spring. The main downsides are that it can spread fast beyond where you want -- and has weapons-grade ...

For now, a flat jointed, distinctly spiny cactus, having a yellow flower with a reddish base, is a desert prickly-pear . . . probably. In our area, look for the desert prickly-pear above 3,500 ...

And every day on his walk he’d pass a prickly pear cactus, come rain, come shine, or a lot of shine. On the day I caught up with Attarzadeh, the temperature topped out at 110 degrees.