Opuntia ‘Baby Rita’
Opuntia 'Baby Rita' is stunning with blue-green, purple-flushed pads and multi-coloured flowers.
Opuntia ‘Baby Rita’ is a stunning hybrid between the Santa Rita prickly pear, O. santa-rita, and the beavertail cactus, O. basilaris, and likely one of the most beautiful of the cold hardy prickly pears. It is a compact plant with four inch long, blue-green pads that take on glowing tones of pinkish purple with heat stress in summer and cool temperatures in winter. The flowers are multi-coloured in tones of apricot, copper, and glowing pink. Plant in full sun in sharply draining soil.
Common Name: Prickly Pear
Family: Cactaceae (The Cactus Family)
Zone Hardiness: 6-10
Light: Full Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Orange
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: From the Canadian prairies and Great Plains of the US through the Western US to the Chihuahua Desert of northern Mexico in a wide range of habitat types.
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