Cochineal scale on prickly pear cactus. HIGH PLAINS GARDENER by EDITH BRIDEAU. ... (Dactylopius coccus), which had infested my prickly pear cactus (Opuntia polyacantha).

News flash: If you’re new to succulents, beware the prickly pear. It is the one cactus that strikes fear into every desert gardener, and now the drought has made these cacti available far and wide.

Eastern Prickly Pear produces glorious yellow flowers for several weeks in late May to June. ... Pointed views on prickly pear cactus. Published: Jul. 23, 2008, 10:00 p.m. By .

Q. How do I keep cactus out of my yard? They grow somewhat flat on the ground and have yellow flowers. I have sandy soil – I call them sand cactus. I keep digging them up, but can’t seem to get rid of ...

Q: We moved into this home a couple of years ago in Benson. We have a lot of prickly pear cactus in the yard. I just noticed that some of the bigger plants have black spots on them.

Common throughout Los Angeles, coastal prickly pears are also some of the nastiest cacti to get poked by. What to do if you get spiked by a cactus - Los Angeles Times ...

Plains prickly pear cactus lobes burst up from the dry, yellow-sand earth like unkempt ears. A wide, shallow hole under a cacti patch provides evidence that an animal was recently ...