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Your Christmas Cholla gets 6–8 months of root growth before its first Phoenix summer
Strong spring planting window in warming soil
private screen that reaches privacy height within 2–3 growing seasons
plant at least 15–20 feet from the pool edge to give roots room to grow
Beavertail Prickly Pear groundcover Your Christmas Cholla gets 6–8Phoenix's Most Colorful Native Cactus Stunning Magenta Blooms on Zero Water Beavertail Prickly Pear (Opuntia basilaris) is one of the Sonoran Desert's most stunning native cacti and one of the easiest to grow. Its flat, paddle shaped pads are blue green and completely spineless to the touch (though covered in tiny glochids), and every spring it erupts in brilliant magenta pink flowers that stop traffic. Extremely drought tolerant once established,