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Cacti appreciate a little extra nourishment during their active growing season in spring and summer. Apply a balanced fertilizer at half strength every four weeks from April to September to support ...

As the holiday season comes upon us you may want to decorate your home with some lovely colorful flowering plants. Besides poinsettias, there are holiday cacti that have flowers that may be white, ...

Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our ...

Some plants are easier to propagate than others, and the Rhipsalis baccifera, otherwise known as the Mistletoe cactus, is one ...

My ideal plant is V-shaped with large buds and mostly unopened blooms. These cacti are epiphytes from Brazil's rainforests, ...

Christmas cacti are known for their elegant, arcing foliage and vivid tropical blooms that appear in late fall or early ...

The Christmas cactus houseplant is a gorgeous houseplant which blooms during the festive period, but in order to keep them ...

Here's how to care for a Thanksgiving cactus, a low-maintenance tropical plant with colorful flowers that blooms just in time ...

Have you see holiday cactus for sale in stores this season? This is the time of year when they become readily available. One ...

Purchase a terrarium or repurpose something hiding on a shelf in the basement, garage or shed. Even a cool glass container, cloche or bell jar turned open-side-down and placed on a shallow planting ...