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Crested Clothed Opuntia in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Opuntia vestita x subulata crested

 

Crested Clothed Opuntia

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
  • Crested Clothed Opuntia likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Crested Clothed Opuntia likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Crested Clothed Opuntia is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Crested Clothed Opuntia likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Crested Clothed Opuntia

Latin name

Opuntia vestita x subulata crested

type

Succulent

family

Cactaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Crested Clothed Opuntia likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Crested Clothed Opuntia is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Crested Clothed Opuntia likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Crested Clothed Opuntia likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Crested Clothed Opuntia is 0.75meters x 0.60meters 0.75 M 0.60 M

Opuntia vestita x subulata crested

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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