October is the time to prepare your Christmas cactus for its holiday display. A few simple adjustments to light, temperature, ...

Filling a vase to the brim often chokes gerberas. Learn why these flowers require shallow water and a specific cutting technique to avoid stem rot and extend their life. Aubrieta 'Purple Sea' creates ...

From harvesting apples and walnuts to preparing your irrigation system for winter, here's what Oregon gardeners should focus on this month.

Colorful poinsettias and flowering Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus fill garden centers and homes during the holiday season. If you saved your plants from last year, it is time to get started forcing ...

Q: I received a so-called Christmas cactus as a holiday gift a little over two years ago (see reader’s photo). It was in full bloom when I received it. The following year, it did not bloom at ...

Florida’s sunshine might be perfect for beach days, but getting a Christmas cactus to bloom here feels like convincing a penguin to enjoy the tropics. While these festive plants love to show off their ...

WINTER PARK, Fla. — A rare nighttime bloom is expected to draw visitors to Mead Botanical Garden in Winter Park on Wednesday evening. The garden said its “Queen of the Night” cactus is expected to ...

Q: My Easter cactus didn’t bloom well this year. I got maybe three flowers. A friend of mine says I should cut it back. Should I? If so, how? A: The short answer to your question is that pruning your ...

16 days time-lapse of Christmas cacti blooming from buds to flowers. + Soil-cross time-lapse of a half clove of garlic sprouting in this shorts. Coffee linked to significant new side effect, says ...

With almost a third of cacti species threatened with extinction, a new open-access database of cactus ecology and evolution could help scientists and conservationists save species from the brink.