I’ve had it (Opuntia humifusa) for years. Every year it got a little bigger but never flowered. Looks like this year was finally the year! They’re all gone now, but the fruits have taken their place. Can’t wait to have some 🤤

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      6b, southeast Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Afaik these are the only opuntias native here? They seem pretty happy and low maintenance!

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          Yup! I haven’t had the fruit from this particular Opuntia species but they generally taste a lot like watermelon to me. You can eat the pads themselves too, but mine is so small I don’t wanna inconvenience it 🥺

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    I have had this one prickly pear for 10 years and it’s never flowered.

    Looked it up and it appears that it may be a fragilis which mostly just propagate vegetatively. 😪

    It survived many northern Minnesota winters before I had it at my grandparents house though.

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      Well if it propagates particularly quickly, the pads are also pretty tasty! Use a flame to remove the glocids and scrape with a knife to remove the spines. Look up “nopal” for recipes, they have kind of a nice gel instead that’s good for thickening stuff, kinda like okra!