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

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.