Prickly pear and Christmas cactus are two popular flowering cacti that are often grown as houseplants. And, while their ...

Chickens happen upon ripe prickly pear fruit and help themselves, painting their white faces purple and making it look they ...

Some people feel threatened by cacti, reluctant to approach and appreciate the strength, endurance and beauty of these succulent stemmed and spine leafed plants. While you can respectfully and protect ...

These fruits bloom right on the tops of the cactus paddles from red, yellow, or purple flowers. Fruit from the prickly pear ...

Their astonishment stems from the perceived hardy nature of the cactus able to withstand heat, drought and poor soil. But the Iberian peninsula's emblematic prickly pear is absent from Brugger's ...