Low water use plants for Arizona

LANDSCAPE PLANTS FOR THE ARIZONA DESERT

Botanical Name: Opuntia santa-rita
Common Name: Purple Prickly Pear

Basics:
	Hardiness:	10°F

	Sun:	full or reflected sun

	Water:	very low
Growth:
	Growth Rate:	moderate

	Mature Size:	4' height X 5' width

	Mature Form:	shrublike
Foliage:
	Evergreen	evergreen

	Foliage Color:	green-purple

Flowers:
	Flower Color	yellow

	Flower Season:	spring
Comments:
	Litter:	low

	Thorns:	tan spines

	Allergenic:	no
Special Features:
	Features: Cold or dry weather causes pads to take on striking purple color.

	Native to: Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran Desert

	Also try O. macrocentra.

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