Its spiky leaves and delicate white desert flowers add an ethereal beauty ... If you're interested in growing and caring for prickly pear cactus plants in your backyard, keep certain ...

The ideal time to see the cacti bloom in deserts is usually from late March to early May. This timeframe can shift a bit ...

While desert cactuses are commonly fertilized with a cactus or succulent fertilizer ... temperatures in the 50s are ideal. These plants also tend to flower better when they’re a little rootbound ...

HABITAT: The Pima pineapple cactus grows in semi-desert grassland and Sonoran Desert scrub ... it is sparsely distributed and averages less than one plant every four acres. BREEDING: The flowers of ...