Eves Needle in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Opuntia Subulata

Eve's Needle

Original:Opuntia subulata forms a tree-like, branching specimen with time. This is a cristate form, producing wide fans topped with combs of long emerald green succulent leaves with white areoles. New:Opuntia subulata forms a tree-like, branching specimen with time. This is a cristate form, producing wide fans topped with combs of long emerald green succulent leaves with white areoles.

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plant Features

Full sun
Very little water
Not Frost hardy
Light and free draining

plant information

Common name

Eve's Needle

Latin name

Opuntia Subulata

type

Succulent

family

Cactaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun
Frost

Not Frost hardy

Soil

Light and free draining
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Eves Needle is 0.75meters x 0.60meters

0.75 M 0.60 M

Opuntia Subulata

Original:Opuntia subulata forms a tree-like, branching specimen with time. This is a cristate form, producing wide fans topped with combs of long emerald green succulent leaves with white areoles. New:Opuntia subulata forms a tree-like, branching specimen with time. This is a cristate form, producing wide fans topped with combs of long emerald green succulent leaves with white areoles.

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Most Opuntias will grow well in a general-purpose cactus mix.

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