After your Christmas cactus has rooted, it’s time to help it adjust and thrive in its new home. Place the plant in bright, ...

Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The process allows you to have more of these beautiful, blooming cacti to ...

Propagating a Thanksgiving cactus is an easy, budget-friendly way to multiply your favorite winter-blooming houseplant. You ...

Grow healthy new plants from a Thanksgiving cactus faster with this easy, mess-free method anyone can master. All you need is ...

The Christmas cactus is a beautiful low-maintenance houseplant that blooms year after year just in time for the holidays. These long-lived plants can survive for decades and are often passed from one ...

I wrote an article on July 23, 2009, for this column on preparing a landscape garden and planting cacti plants. I have been intrigued with cactus and how they can survive the most inhospitable growing ...

Q:I have a pink-flowered orchid cactus about 5 years old and 4 feet long. It is so beautiful when in bloom. Is it possible to divide the plant in half, as it is quite crowded in the container? Also a ...

My wife once said of my mother: “That woman can stick a pencil in the ground and it will grow.” So when Mom gave us a succulent cutting potted in an old yogurt cup with a promise that it would produce ...

Lots of New Mexicans are hitting the trails and enjoying nature. Many cacti along the trails are blooming, but if people who are thinking about taking a plant home should think twice.It's a serious ...

Cacti are not merely desert plants having sharp and painful spikes as is generally thought of, they are perhaps the most unique ornamental plants for decorating homes and gardens. These are much ...