The Tropical Fruit Forum

I may be selling some pads again in the near future. Atm, I have no extra pads.

I will keep an eye open then.

So I want to get a few Opuntia's for my front yard in a nice sunny spot for decorative and fruiting purposes.  My local nursery has a few varieties but when asking their "succulent guy" about them he was pretty useless about which one would produce the largests/tastiest fruit.

The one variety I am extremely insterested in they have is Kelly's Choice.  It seems to produce lots of gorgeous pink flowers.  But I cannot find much information anywhere about its fruiting habits and I don't want to drop $80 on two plants to find out next year they produce really tiny fruit.

They also had some Santa Rita's which looked quite nifty with their purple tint but my understanding is their fruit is tiny.

The "succulent guy" recommended I get either the wavy spineless or plain spineless for fruit but couldn't really tell me anything on them besides that they produce fruit. 

Before asking they did not have Robusta of Ficus Indica there otherwise I would have grabbed some of those.

List of what they have on hand:
Wavy Spineless
Spineless
Santa Rita
Kellys Choice
And an Unanmed Native Spiny specimen.

Would love to know if any of these are worth growing for their fruit or if I would be better off with
something else entirely.

Thanks.

Saw a unique looking cactus this morning on the way to work sitting at a stoplight. It was covered in small pink/red flowers and what appeared to be small red fruit as well. Unfortunately I could not grab a picture quick enough.   However luckily there are some decent Google Street views of the plant. Google image search turned up tree like cactus with lobes and paddles. This appears to have more rounded branches.  Any info trying to figure out what this is would be great.

Thanks.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.203921,-97.775212,3a,75y,320.75h,89.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sWrr7ccjXRBH_jrVnTCfG_g!2e0!6m1!1e1

I know that here in Austin the Pineapple Guava thrives and I plan on purchasing one or two.

However I want at least one other type preferably with Red/Pink Flesh. I have been looking at the Ruby Supreme but have found conflicting reports as to its cold hardiness in the ground.

I know all of these could be container grown but I plan on getting some citrus as well and want to limit the number of pots I have to bring in during the occasional cold snaps.

Any info is greatly appreciated.

Are there any other online available vendors for texas?

The one listed has very little variety.