Opuntia cylindrica cristata minor

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Zigs
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Opuntia cylindrica cristata minor

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Bought a plant from the garden centre in Canterbury a few months back. Been looking for information on it but only coming across websites with people selling it under various names like "Angel wings".
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I was beginning to think it was a name made up by recent sellers until I found it listed by Abbey Brook Nursery in 1967 for 3 shillings :grin:

Anyone know anything about it? I'm after height and hardyness mainly.
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Re: Opuntia cylindrica cristata minor

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The non cristate form is not frost hardy but ok down to 0 to 2 deg C when dry. If that's any help. I lost mine to frost. The cristate variety obviously don't grow very tall at all.
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Re: Opuntia cylindrica cristata minor

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habanerocat wrote: ↑Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:47 am The non cristate form is not frost hardy but ok down to 0 to 2 deg C when dry. If that's any help. I lost mine to frost. The cristate variety obviously don't grow very tall at all.
Thank you Habanerocat :smile:

I'll give mine some extra protection, it's with the rest of the Opuntias at the moment.
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