Beavertail Prickly Pear Cactus Seeds

Widespread in deserts throughout the southwestern USA, this attractive cactus forms dense clusters of large, bluish pads that rarely have spines. The flowers are brilliant purple-pink. It is hardy to USDA Zone 8 and need excellent drainage in more humid regions.
Makes a nice container plant and will live many years in a pot provided it is not overwatered. The Beavertail Cactus is a medium-sized to small prickly pear cactus, depending on variety, growing to about 24 inches tall. A single plant may consist of hundreds of fleshy, flattened pads. These are more or less blue-gray, depending on variety, growing to a length of 6 inches and are maximum 4 inches wide and about 1/2 inch thick. They are typically spineless, but have instead many small barbed bristles, called glochids, that easily penetrate the skin.