echinorcarpa PORTAL BLONDE

Opuntia echinocarpa `Portal Blonde', yellow, 48", June. Golden spines that fade to cream as they age. Robust grower and easy. Performs/reacts well in a container and in the average garden border, rock garden(well drained). A Cistus Nursery introduction from a Sean who spends his daily chores submerged in prickly's! This selected in 1981 from the east face of the Sierra Nevada just downhill from the Whitney portal. Sun, well drained a must. zone5. Super spiny, you get stuck with these, you're gonna need a visit to an Urgent Care center!