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Opuntia robusta
'spineless' variety

This plant is similar to the 'spineless' Opuntia robusta.... but it is VERY spiny.
It is often called 'Dinner Plate Cactus' for obvious reasons.
It seems the spines help it keep warmer in the winter, it is hardy to the high twenties.

The look of this plant, with it's huge white and yelowish spines is very impressive.
The leaves can grow over one foot wide, and have the flat look of a large platter.
A very impressive plant when grown in a space with some room.

Spiny Opuntia Robusta, big huge spines!

We recommend you not plant this variety alongside a driveway.
The spines are large and wicked, and unforgiving to the flesh.
The plants have much the same growing characteristics as the spineless robusta, but they are of course very, VERY, SPINY!

Spiny Opuntia Robusta fruit, big huge spines!

This photo shows the large purple fruit of the robusta plants.
These are the spiny robusta, and you can see here the large spines the spiny robusta fruits carry.
The 'spineless' robusta fruits do have a few spines and are not totally spineless, but they are much less spiny than these monsters.

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These are inspiring plants....
we usually use water pressure to wash most of the spines off the fruit before we pick them. Before the spraying the week before, these fruits were indeed spiny.

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But they are very, very spiny
trust me, these are hard to weed around
use discretion when planning

We sell the unrooted cuttings of this VERY SPINY cactus for $20.00 each.
The shipping weight is set at four pounds
Most of these leaves will be about one foot long

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Opuntia robusta 'spineless' variety

This plant is similar to the 'spineless' Opuntia robusta.... but it is VERY spiny. It is often called 'Dinner Plate Cactus' for obvious reasons. It seems the spines help it keep warmer in the winter, it is hardy to the high twenties.

These are inspiring plants.... we usually use water pressure to wash most of the spines off the fruit before we pick them. Before the spraying the week before, these fruits were indeed spiny.

But they are very, very spiny trust me, these are hard to weed around use discretion when planning

We sell the unrooted cuttings of this VERY SPINY cactus for $20.00 each. The shipping weight is set at four pounds Most of these leaves will be about one foot long

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