Add stunning desert color to your garden with this Opuntia gosseliniana ‘Santa Rita’ pad—famous for its natural purple tones and excellent cold hardiness. This listing includes 1 live pad cutting, freshly taken from a healthy parent plant.

Known as the Arizona Purple Prickly Pear, this variety develops beautiful violet coloration in full sun and cool temperatures. Easy to grow, drought-tolerant, and perfect for xeriscapes, cactus gardens, and cold-climate collectors.

• 1 live Opuntia gosseliniana ‘Santa Rita’ purple pad

• Beautiful violet and lavender coloration

• Cold-hardy prickly pear cactus

• Drought-tolerant and easy to grow

• Perfect for xeriscapes, rock gardens, and containers

• Freshly cut from a healthy parent plant

• Common Name: Santa Rita Prickly Pear

• Scientific Name: Opuntia gosseliniana

• Plant Type: Cactus / succulent

• Color: Purple pads

• USDA Hardiness Zone: 7–10 (cold hardy)

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Soil Type: Fast-draining cactus mix

• Watering: Very low; drought tolerant

• Growth Habit: Clumping prickly pear

• Propagation: Unrooted pad cutting