The Christmas cactus, also known as the Holiday cactus, or more accurately, Schlumbergera, is a trailing tropical cactus that puts on a fabulous annual display of flowers. These blooms usually appear ...

Skip the mums—add a Thanksgiving cactus to your space this fall. Here’s how to grow, care for, and get blooms from this ...

Key PointsA Thanksgiving cactus needs darkness, cool nights, and limited watering for six weeks before the holiday to bloom on time.Because it’s a rainforest plant, steady moisture, good drainage, and ...

Is your Christmas Cactus looking a little deflated this holiday season? Don't worry-there are plenty of ways to coax those beautiful blooms back into action! Whether you're a seasoned plant parent or ...

Brighten winter with the vibrant blooms of a Christmas cactus. Learn how to care for this tropical beauty and keep it flowering year after year.

A Christmas cactus won't bloom unless it gets 12-14 hours of darkness for 8 weeks in the fall. Warm temperatures, late fertilization, and improper watering prevent blooming. Only move your Christmas ...

Rain events of the past week, while not drought busting, were severely needed and hopefully will continue as we desperately need our normal winter weather patterns to return. Moderate daytime ...

A gardener has revealed the best way to fertilise a Christmas Cactus to ensure it is healthy and blooms like never before ...

My fondness for Christmas Cactus plants comes from the numerous beautiful blooms that magically appear from green tips just as color has pretty much disappeared from my outdoor gardens. These eye ...

Dichotomous comes from the Greek word dichotomos, which means cut in half; divided in half, at least as it applies to how ...

Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...

Sad news for the cereus-curious: The Elmhurst Park District’s night-blooming cereus plant will not bloom this year. Park District horticulturist Ed Hoffmann, who had predicted that the historic cactus ...