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Beavertail Prickly Pear

✔️ Healthy Arrival Guarantee — free replacement if damaged

✔️ Professionally Packaged for Safe Delivery and Easy Planting
✔️ Care Support Included— real experts
✔️ FREE Shipping (1–2 business days from our Arizona nursery)

 

⭐"Arrived very promptly, beautifully packed, with clear instructions that would be helpful for people unfamiliar with cacti"


⭐"Cactus arrived in good shape had 3 ears. looks good so far"

 

Why Customers Love the Beavertail Prickly Pear

 

Low-growing, wide beavertail pads with sculptural form
Brilliant pink spring flowers
Extremely drought tolerant & low maintenance
Cold hardy and heat tolerant
Perfect for groundcover, containers, or rock gardens

 

Beavertail Prickly Pear 🌵

(Opuntia basilaris)


Bring the Mojave Desert Home

 

Elevate your landscape with the iconic Beavertail Prickly Pear, a low-growing cactus native to the Mojave Desert. Loved for its wide, paddle-shaped pads and vibrant pink spring flowers, this hardy cactus delivers bold desert beauty with almost no maintenance.

 

Perfect for gardens, containers, and xeriscapes, the Beavertail Prickly Pear is a true desert classic.

 

🌵 Key Features & Growing Habits

 

Low-Maintenance Beauty 🌱


This cactus thrives on neglect. Once established, it requires minimal water and little attention—making it ideal for busy gardeners and water-wise landscapes.

 

Exceptional Drought Tolerance 💧


Well suited for xeriscaping and desert gardens, the Beavertail Prickly Pear conserves water while delivering year-round texture and interest.

 

Hardy & Resilient ❄️


Tolerates intense heat and mild cold, performing well in USDA zones 7–11 when grown in full sun and well-draining soil.

 

Vibrant Seasonal Blooms 🌸


In spring, enjoy showy pink flowers that add striking color and attract pollinators—one of this cactus’s most beloved features.

 

🌿 Versatile Landscape Uses

 

🏜️ Rock & Desert Gardens


Adds bold texture and contrast to arid and desert-themed landscapes.

 

🪴 Container Gardening


A beautiful option for decorative pots, patios, and courtyards.

 

🌱 Groundcover Applications


Low, spreading growth makes it ideal as a small groundcover in suitable climates.

 

🚚 Our Commitment to Quality

 

Your Beavertail Prickly Pear is hand-selected and professionally packed to ensure it arrives healthy and ready to plant. Each order includes planting, watering, and general care instructions for an easy, stress-free start.

 

 

 

Design Ideas with Prickly Pear (Opuntia)

Design Ideas with Prickly Pear (Opuntia)

The Opuntia family—commonly known as prickly pear—offers incredible versatility and visual interest for any landscape or container garden. With their rounded pads, vivid blooms in shades of yellow, orange, red, and pink, and a variety of pad shapes and colors, prickly pears create striking contrast when paired with other cacti and succulents.


In the landscape, some species make excellent groundcovers, while others—like the Santa Rita “purple” prickly pear—serve as standout focal points or elegant complements to mixed plantings in pots or garden beds.

Prickly pears are as tough as they are beautiful. They thrive in full sun, tolerate extreme heat, and require minimal water. Many varieties are also cold-hardy, easily enduring chilly overnight temperatures.

Whether you’re designing a drought-tolerant garden, adding interest to a patio planter, or seeking a low-maintenance yet dramatic accent, the prickly pear is a resilient and eye-catching choice.

The Opuntia family—commonly known as prickly pear—offers incredible versatility and visual interest for any landscape or container garden. With their rounded pads, vivid blooms in shades of yellow, orange, red, and pink, and a variety of pad shapes and colors, prickly pears create striking contrast when paired with other cacti and succulents.


In the landscape, some species make excellent groundcovers, while others—like the Santa Rita “purple” prickly pear—serve as standout focal points or elegant complements to mixed plantings in pots or garden beds.

Prickly pears are as tough as they are beautiful. They thrive in full sun, tolerate extreme heat, and require minimal water. Many varieties are also cold-hardy, easily enduring chilly overnight temperatures.

Whether you’re designing a drought-tolerant garden, adding interest to a patio planter, or seeking a low-maintenance yet dramatic accent, the prickly pear is a resilient and eye-catching choice.

Design Ideas with Prickly Pear (Opuntia)

Design Ideas with Prickly Pear (Opuntia)

The Opuntia family—commonly known as prickly pear—offers incredible versatility and visual interest for any landscape or container garden. With their rounded pads, vivid blooms in shades of yellow, orange, red, and pink, and a variety of pad shapes and colors, prickly pears create striking contrast when paired with other cacti and succulents.


In the landscape, some species make excellent groundcovers, while others—like the Santa Rita “purple” prickly pear—serve as standout focal points or elegant complements to mixed plantings in pots or garden beds.

Prickly pears are as tough as they are beautiful. They thrive in full sun, tolerate extreme heat, and require minimal water. Many varieties are also cold-hardy, easily enduring chilly overnight temperatures.

Whether you’re designing a drought-tolerant garden, adding interest to a patio planter, or seeking a low-maintenance yet dramatic accent, the prickly pear is a resilient and eye-catching choice.

The Opuntia family—commonly known as prickly pear—offers incredible versatility and visual interest for any landscape or container garden. With their rounded pads, vivid blooms in shades of yellow, orange, red, and pink, and a variety of pad shapes and colors, prickly pears create striking contrast when paired with other cacti and succulents.


In the landscape, some species make excellent groundcovers, while others—like the Santa Rita “purple” prickly pear—serve as standout focal points or elegant complements to mixed plantings in pots or garden beds.

Prickly pears are as tough as they are beautiful. They thrive in full sun, tolerate extreme heat, and require minimal water. Many varieties are also cold-hardy, easily enduring chilly overnight temperatures.

Whether you’re designing a drought-tolerant garden, adding interest to a patio planter, or seeking a low-maintenance yet dramatic accent, the prickly pear is a resilient and eye-catching choice.

Why Choose Our Prickly Pear Cacti?

Why Choose Our Prickly Pear Cacti?

Our prickly pears are grown outdoors in their native habitat—right here in Southern Arizona. These hardy plants are cultivated with just the right balance of sun, water, and nutrients, so they arrive in their natural, healthy form—never greenhouse-grown, never stressed, and always sun-hardened.

You won’t see thin, stretched pads reaching for light. Instead, you’ll receive robust, vibrant plants that look just as they do in the wild. Their natural resilience means they’re already adapted to a wide range of conditions and require no acclimation.

Whether you're planting in a container for your sunroom, patio, or windowsill—or directly into the ground—our prickly pears are ready to thrive from day one.

Our prickly pears are grown outdoors in their native habitat—right here in Southern Arizona. These hardy plants are cultivated with just the right balance of sun, water, and nutrients, so they arrive in their natural, healthy form—never greenhouse-grown, never stressed, and always sun-hardened.

You won’t see thin, stretched pads reaching for light. Instead, you’ll receive robust, vibrant plants that look just as they do in the wild. Their natural resilience means they’re already adapted to a wide range of conditions and require no acclimation.

Whether you're planting in a container for your sunroom, patio, or windowsill—or directly into the ground—our prickly pears are ready to thrive from day one.

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Trust

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Trust

Free Shipping for all Orders!

With over 20 years of experience, we’ve perfected the art of shipping healthy, high-quality cacti and succulents safely to your door. Every plant is carefully hand-packaged using proven methods that minimize the risk of damage during transit.

Each cactus or succulent is shipped bare root and securely wrapped in bubble wrap and tape to ensure stability and protection. We recommend leaving the wrapping on until your plant is in its final location—this extra layer provides added safety for both you and the plant during handling and planting.

Our commitment to careful packaging means you can expect your plants to arrive in excellent condition—ready to thrive in your home or landscape.

Free Shipping for all Orders!

With over 20 years of experience, we’ve perfected the art of shipping healthy, high-quality cacti and succulents safely to your door. Every plant is carefully hand-packaged using proven methods that minimize the risk of damage during transit.

Each cactus or succulent is shipped bare root and securely wrapped in bubble wrap and tape to ensure stability and protection. We recommend leaving the wrapping on until your plant is in its final location—this extra layer provides added safety for both you and the plant during handling and planting.

Our commitment to careful packaging means you can expect your plants to arrive in excellent condition—ready to thrive in your home or landscape.

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Trust

Reliable Packaging & Shipping You Can Trust

Free Shipping on all Orders!

With over 20 years of experience, we’ve perfected the art of shipping healthy, high-quality cacti and succulents safely to your door. Every plant is carefully hand-packaged using proven methods that minimize the risk of damage during transit.

Each cactus or succulent is shipped bare root and securely wrapped in bubble wrap and tape to ensure stability and protection. We recommend leaving the wrapping on until your plant is in its final location—this extra layer provides added safety for both you and the plant during handling and planting.

Our commitment to careful packaging means you can expect your plants to arrive in excellent condition—ready to thrive in your home or landscape.

Free Shipping on all Orders!

With over 20 years of experience, we’ve perfected the art of shipping healthy, high-quality cacti and succulents safely to your door. Every plant is carefully hand-packaged using proven methods that minimize the risk of damage during transit.

Each cactus or succulent is shipped bare root and securely wrapped in bubble wrap and tape to ensure stability and protection. We recommend leaving the wrapping on until your plant is in its final location—this extra layer provides added safety for both you and the plant during handling and planting.

Our commitment to careful packaging means you can expect your plants to arrive in excellent condition—ready to thrive in your home or landscape.

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