Desert Glow Prickly Pear

Heavy producer of yellow-orange sweet fruits. Attractive spreading bushy plants have low thorn pads and beautiful yellow shaded with orange blossoms. Very cold hardy, said to have survived -16 C (5 F) From Fernando Borrego of Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro in Saltillo, Mexico. We obtaned this selection from the National Arid Land Plant Genetic Resource Unit (NALPGRU) in Parlier, CA. Special thanks to Gabriela Romano who shared much information from evaluations done there to determine the best of the many varieties held their. Hardy zones 7-11. Opuntia spp.