FREE: Opunta Hyrid (Spineless- no needles)

The listing, Opunta Hyrid (Spineless- no needles) has ended.

This auction is for one pad of a Spineless Hybrid Opunta Cactus (Prickly Pear). This plant makes a nice, no care required, blue-green addition to your landscape! This Opunta hybrid (aka Prickly Pear) has been developed by Texas A & M to have zero large spines.
There are large lemon yellow blooms in the Spring, followed by ruby red fruit. Both the fruit and the plant are edible! The fruit makes an excellent jelly or jam and the pads (nopales) are organic and can be prepared in a number of ways. Long a food staple in Mexico, they are used both raw or cooked. Recently, they have been found to be a super food in lowering cholesterol.
Plant your cutting (which will be a large pad, approx. 7" long) in a sunny window and transfer outside in the Spring and plant in full sun. It can withstand an occasional freeze but nothing prolonged.