Prickly pear cactus for sale near me

Q. What is your replacement and returns policy?

Minor in-transit shock is quite natural. In the rare cases that your plant reaches you in a severely damaged condition, we provide free replacements once you share your order ID and images of the damaged product with us. 

We do not accept returns. For more details, read here.

Q. Where are you based?

Chembur, Mumbai

Q. What are the shipping charges?

We offer free shipping for orders above Rs. 599

Q. The plants received are in coco-peat. Do I need to repot them into regular soil?

Plants can comfortably grow in coco-peat if given feed at regular intervals. If you want to change the media we recommend maintaining the media near the roots and adding soil on the periphery. 

Q. The plants I received are in a very small pot. Should I repot them?

We do not recommend repotting plants immediately after delivery as the plants have just travelled for some days before reaching you. You can repot your plant a couple of weeks after it settles in its new environment.

Q. Where do you deliver?

We deliver all over India.

Q. Won't plants die during shipping?

Plants when packed well can be shipped around the world. We securely pack each plant with great care to make sure it reaches you in a healthy and happy condition. We only sell hardy plants online, and are confident that our plants will reach you feeling excited to be in a new home. 

Q. Are these actual plant photographs?

All our photographs are owned by us and are of our own plants.

Q. My plant doesn't look like the one in the picture. Should I return it?

We try our best to give you a plant that looks like the one on our website. However, like us homo sapiens, each plant is unique and it's not possible for us display exact pictures for each plant. 

Q. Do you offer same day delivery?

For Mumbai based orders, we can offer express hand delivery possibly at an additional delivery charge. Call us once you've placed your order for any such requests.

Q. How long do you take to deliver?

Barring a few large planters, we dispatch all orders within 2 business days or lesser. Delivery can take anywhere between 1-10 days depending on your location.

Q. Is it possible to change the pot of the plant in my order?

As long as the plant is a good fit for the pot, yes we can change the pot. Please add the plant and pot you want to order to your cart and in the order instructions page mention that you would like the plant to be repotted.

Q. I exactly followed the care guide given by you, but my plant doesn't look healthy. What should I do?

Our care guides are a simplified version of what you should follow given our tropical humid climate in Mumbai. However, even small changes in light, temperature, water, humidity, fertilization, and insect infestation can all have an impact on your plant. If you just received your plant, please give it some time - every plant takes time to adjust to a new environment. 

Q. Are there any chemicals in our plants?

All our herbs are 100% organic. A few of our ornamental plants may have been chemically treated, but that doesn't mean you have to do that too. Most plants will be quite happy with some cow-poop and vermicompost.

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Opuntia (Prickly Pear Cactus) species have a distinctive look, with flat pads, beautiful, large flowers and fig-sized, maroon fruits. Both the fruits and the young pads are edible provided that you carefully remove all of the thorns and hairs.

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More Information About Opuntia

Opuntia is a rather large genus of Cactaceae, the cactus family, containing more than 90 succulent species native to the deserts of the Americas. Opuntia are amazingly adaptable and can be found native in almost every US state and Canada.

Opuntia species have a distinctive look, with flat pads (phylloclades), beautiful, large flowers and fig-sized, maroon fruits. Both the fruits and the young pads are edible provided that you carefully remove all of the thorns and glochids (small spiny hairs). Some people also use opuntia sap as a hair conditioner. How ironic to get rid of dry "cactus hair" by putting cactus in your hair!

Some of the more popular Opuntia cultivars are seemingly spineless but are still armed. There are two types of barbed protrusions on Opuntia: the large spines that you can see and the tiny, hair-like barbs called glochids. Spineless opuntia still have at least a few glochids which can get under your skin and are very irritating. This trait also makes Opuntia deer-resistant.

Prickly pear cactus prefers to grow in full sun and very well-drained soil, as it has no tolerance of wet feet, especially in winter. They are also salt-tolerant plants. The amazing flowers attract bumblebees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Opuntia is a tough group of plants and quite drought-tolerant. Try growing opuntia in a Southwest-themed garden, rock garden or intermix it with fine textured perennials such as coreopsis, amsonia, or penstemon. When you are ready to buy opuntia for your perennial garden, we hope you'll check out our online offering of opuntia cactus for sale.

Check out our in depth article on Cacti for the Southeast.

Where can you find prickly pear cactus?

The Englemann variety of prickly pear can be found over much of the desert southwest from central Texas through inland southern California. Their range extends into northern Baja California and into central Sonora, Mexico. They are known to live well over 20 years.

Is it hard to grow prickly pear cactus?

Prickly pears are easy to grow. They need well-drained soil and can survive on rainwater after established. During rooting, the plant should be irrigated every two or three weeks.

How fast do prickly pear cactus grow?

Some prickly pears produce fruits that are prized for their edibility, but the plant's growth rate is fairly slow and it can take three or four years before a new plant starts fruiting. ... How to Grow and Care for Prickly Pear Cactus..

Where can you find a prickle pear fruit?

Many Mexican markets, farmers markets, and some natural food supermarkets carry prickly pear fruit, and you can find cactus pear growing in California, the Southwest, Mexico, and the Mediterranean.