Other June events Fairyslipper and coral root orchids bloom on moist, north-facing slopes in the foothills. In March, we mistakenly wrote that yellow lady’s-slipper orchids occur in Boulder County.

The fruit prickly pears produce can easily be mistaken for Christmas cactus flower buds. After all, they are similar colors and shapes. But, you can pay attention to when your plant blooms to spot ...

Though technically a cactus and not a wildflower, the beavertail pricklypear (Opuntia basilaris var. longiareolata) is ...

Reader Photo: Prickly pear, dappled with snow, in Temecula. By Sean Greene . ... Trimble spotted bits of snow balanced on a prickly pear cactus. She captured the image with a Canon 60D.

A bright yellow prickly pear flower stands out against the plant’s purple pads. Photos by Doug Kreutz / Arizona Daily Star Red cholla blooms brighten the deserts around Tucson in April and May.

The prickly pear blossom, along with the cotton boll, lost out to the bluebonnet in the 1901 contest for state flower. In more recent years, the cactus has gained a greater fan base, including the ...

Note: A prickly pear paddle can live up to two years after cutting from mother before it becomes so dehydrated it dies. In the California missions, paddles were planted in a line to start prickly ...

Prickly pear seeds may be sown in flats and new adult cacti grown from seedlings, but this is a time-consuming process. (Most nurserymen age the seeds for at least a year before planting them, to ...

The prickly pear is a blooming plant and the flowers can be yellow, yellow-orange, or red. The colors are uniform to the plant they grow on. All of my cacti bloom yellow.

George Weigel A colony of prickly pear cactus in flower. Q: I have a prickly pear cactus that started out in a pot, but the pot broke one winter, and the plant has been growing in the ground since.