You might have also been fooled if your prickly pear has been getting along fine ... produce can easily be mistaken for Christmas cactus flower buds. After all, they are similar colors and shapes.

It’s that time of the year when countless colorful cactus blooms cover South Texas wildlands from coastal prairie to arid brush country. More species of cactus are found in Texas than any other state.

Many desert plants are built to protect their water stores, and none are better defended than the cactus. Filming in ... I found myself sitting on prickly pear too many times to recall, and ...

3 Tell them to sort the plants into those with prickles and thorns, and those without. They should carefully take the non-prickly plants ... your children from the 'cactus' section at your local ...