Comments on: Ozarks Cool Plants: Prickly Pear Cactus

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 15:05:57 +0000

In reply to Michael Finn. Coincidentally, we spotted this and several other flowering prickly pears at Hercules Glades on June 4, 2021.

By: Michael Finn

Michael Finn — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 01:39:17 +0000

I transplanted a few prickly pears from a house near Stockton Lake. I planted them in potting soil in the front of my house by the shrubs. They have flourished. That was 3 years ago. They are the healthiest prickly pears I’ve ever seen. This will be the first year that they flower.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 15:42:42 +0000

In reply to Rex W Berry. You are right, they do. Here's one I found in the Woods on the Bluffs at Hercules Glades.

By: Rex W Berry

Rex W Berry — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 06:30:34 +0000

They grow in the wooded areas as well. My parents property is covered with them, and it is all woods. It is quite rocky though, and the soil is red clay.

By: Short hike at Busiek - Ozarks Walkabout

Short hike at Busiek - Ozarks Walkabout — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:49:02 +0000

[…] by lightning, and finally Prickly Pear Glade – a glade where the trail is surrounded by prickly pear cacti. Whenever I see these prickly pears growing alongside the trail I am reminded of my mother. She […]

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 01:04:51 +0000

In reply to Brigitte. Excellent! I am so used to thinking of cacti as exotic plants, that I still get excited when I see them in the wild. (I'm easily pleased!)

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:42:55 +0000

I was delighted to find a small cluster on a steep rocky incline overlooking the lake in Warsaw. I’m so glad it wasn’t accidentally weed whacked.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:03:57 +0000

In reply to Nan Taylor. There are large areas covered with these on the saddle of the ridge on the yellow and Silver trails at Busiek State Forest and Wildlife Area. When we were there a couple of weeks ago they were looking a bit sad and withered, so I didn't take any pictures.. We've got some pictures of them flowering. I'll have to add the pictures to this post.

By: Nan Taylor

Nan Taylor — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:26:18 +0000

Thank you for this information. We took a hike today at Pilot Knob (near Carr Lane), a Missouri Conservation trail and saw this cacti in two spots. We were surprised – wondered if it was native to the area because it was predominately a wooded area. There was rock around this area – so must be a dry, hot place most of the time.