Sickly Prickly

While summer visitors to JLBG often admire our extensive collection of Opuntia (prickly pear), few folks rave about them during the winter months. That’s because most prickly pears have a less attractive phase during cold weather. For a plant that’s composed of mostly water, opuntias learned to survive winter, by dramatically reducing the water content

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