They may be a bit on the picky (and prickly) side, but when you're armed with helpful information, you can have luck growing cactus indoors. In order to have a successful indoor cactus, it's important ...

Christmas cactus is one of those holiday plants that people are able to grow year after year. Part of the fun of growing them is to get them to flower again during future Christmas seasons. However, ...

Poinsettias might be the number one plant at Christmas time, but most people toss them once the holidays are over. That is not the case with the Christmas cactus because it makes a very good ...

Cactus plants are perfect for balcony gardens because they need very little care, thrive in bright light, and look beautiful all year round. Their unique shapes and textures make them great decorative ...

DENVER — What started as about 10 little succulent and cactus plants has become quite a collection. I’ve been repotting some of my plants that had a growth spurt over the winter and propagating others ...

Plants are amazing, and a fun one is the Thanksgiving cactus ('Schlumbergera truncate'), a relative of the Christmas cactus ('Schlumbergera bridgessi'). The Thanksgiving cactus has phylloclades, ...

Smart gardeners in West Hawaii are installing some drought tolerant plants in their landscapes. Of course, one of the most drought tolerant groups of plants are those that can thrive in the desert. We ...

A common houseplant succulent is the pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli). Its common name is a bit misleading, as it is neither a writing utensil nor a cactus. More accurately, it is a succulent (a ...

When author Kurt Kamm is not writing firefighting mysteries, you can find him on his terrace pacing among his pots of plants: 112 cactuses and succulents, at last count. “I often come out when I have ...