A large cactus can be an interesting, low-maintenance houseplant. They come in all shapes and sizes and introducing one into your living space as a statement piece can add spice, flair, and style to ...

Out west, fall is the best time to move big cactus and succulents. The days are growing shorter, so they are dormant from the rigors of a long hot summer. Moisture content is lower inside the plants, ...

The most well-known prickly pear cacti are the almost spineless hybrids, developed and grown by the renowned local plant breeder Luther Burbank. Lone Pine Gardens in Sebastopol. They have a new cactus ...

Rebman's been at the museum for over ten years, but cactologists before him began a large cactus collection there, thousands of plants. The museum's plant collection numbers over 165,000 specimens, ...

Mexican fence posts are the "skinny jeans" of the cactus world. No other large cactus features so much exposed skin. This ordinary name doesn't do justice to one of the most important and reliable ...

Every rural gardener has fought the good fight, the never-ending battle to keep rodents out of the veggie patch, orchard and ornamentals. Gophers eat the roots, moles dislodge the stems and rabbits ...

The very first interaction with Moses Mbaziira, 39 at his stall at Sheraton Kampala Hotel during an exhibition was telling of how passionate he was about what he was doing – growing flowers in the ...