Bringing Birds, Bees and Butterflies To Your Backyard
Bringing Birds, Bees and Butterflies To Your Backyard
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A pollinator and host plant for a wide range of natives bees and moths, eastern prickly pear is the most common native cactus found in the eastern United States. It grows in clumps that spread along the ground. The pads that are produced have small barbed hairs. When in bloom, the pads produce dainty yellow flowers which draw together a diverse range of native bees. Prickly pear needs constant sunlight and dry well drained soils to thrive. Because of the anti-freeze chemical it produces in its cells eastern prickly pear can withstand freezing temperatures and can thrive as far north as Ontario.
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