Cactus Fruit -Sweet & Juicy

I've written about the hardy cactus that I have in the garden. They stay outside here in the Southern Ontario snow and winter cold. They do have prickly pear fruits, but they are tiny and thorny.
For taste- Better to eat these supermarket varieties. No thorns = no slivers in your fingers or your tongue.

And these ones have a lot more flesh to savour.

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Hardy Cactus

2 views of a hardy cactus that I grow outdoors all year round.

This prickly pear cactus has yellow or yellow-orange flowers in the summer.

Did you know?

Did you know cactus grows in Hagersville? and lives through the winter, in my driveway gravel, and was buried under the snow?

Cactus should wear Sandals!

I have had these hardy Alberta prickly pear cactus have been growing in the garden for the past 17 years. A couple of years ago, I put some into some old shoes. When we had the garden centre, on of the greenhouse growers would bring old shoes with hens and chickens (Sempervivum spp.) Well why not grow cactus in some old shoes? Especially since I had some old shoes. And the cactus root easily. This variety has yellow flowers.

I suppose since these cactus can survive the Canadian winters, they are quite comfortable in shoes. Just watch the thorns on these guys. They can be a pain.

Found a blog with only winter hardy cactus.