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

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, ...

Are you a garden and cat lover? The combo can be somewhat terrifying when you aren’t sure what plants you can and can’t have ...

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

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The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

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

Sudden changes in temperature, or in light and soil moisture levels, can also instigate or compound the shedding of some ...

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

Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti prefer slightly acidic, well-draining soil because it helps plants absorb and retain vital ...

A native bee pollinates a cactus flower. Native bees are more successful than European honey bees at pollinating desert cacti. In return, the plants provide the specific type of pollen the bees ...

Q. Every autumn my “crab claw” (Thanksgiving) cactus plants develop a load of flower buds. As the first ones are opening, I move the plants from their regular location at a bathroom window to ...