Thanks! It's a great rental find. Front yard has the biggest bird of paradise I've ever seen! Behind everything in that picture there's a mature pomogranite, mandarin, meyer lemon, grapefruit, and maturing avocado and apple. Pretty crazy! Anyone have any guesses what kind of cactus is in the above p...

Ah! Good to know. Not too much to worry about it -- it's a rental property -- but good to hear that it will grow back rapidly. It has certainly shown how aggressive it can be, growing out onto the patio, into the agave and aloe plants, and pretty much anything else. With it's bouganvilla buddy nearb...

Ha! Had a gardener out today who said the same thing.

Thanks for the relief! Any clue how fast this grows? We're probably looking at years to match the growth to the right, correct? Gardener we called recommended we prune back the right side opuntia to even it out.

Hi all -- First time poster, short time lurker. I'm writing to get some information about a particular species of cactus, opuntia robusta, that is flourishing in the backyard of a new house I just moved to. We're talking a patch 50' long x 10' high x 20' deep -- very mature, with big thick stumps al...