As with any plant, the right amount of light is essential. If you're growing cacti indoors, they'll need direct sunlight, such as on a sunny windowsill. If you don't have the right natural light, keep ...

Now that the blooms of Christmas cactus are fading, this is a good time to talk about their care. Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi), Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), and Easter ...

Yakama artist Leo Adams bought land in the shrub-steppe above Ahtanum Creek southwest of Yakima. He moved the shell of his ...

If you’d like to propagate your Christmas cactus, take longer stem cuttings that are three to five stem segments long.

However, if you notice that your Easter cactus is losing its buds before they even bloom, then you're probably wondering what went wrong. There are a few different factors that might be causing this ...

Fertilizing Christmas cactus plants is key to getting the best blooms. Christmas cactuses bloom in winter, when the days grow cool and short. While low light levels trigger flowering, fertilizing ...

Christmas cactuses, and the closely related Thanksgiving and Easter cactuses, are not your standard cactus plants. Not only do these cactuses not produce spines, but they’re actually tropical ...