Christmas cactus, or Schlumbergera, is a succulent houseplant that produces vibrant pink, red or white blooms during the ...

Their leaves differ slightly, with segmented, broad leaves featuring small bristles. Flowers have more defined, star-shaped ...

Q. Every autumn my “crab claw” (Thanksgiving) cactus plants develop a load of flower buds. As the first ones are opening, I ...

When it blooms, this stinky flower releases chemicals that smell like rotting flesh to attact pollinators, such as carrion ...

Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our ...

Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesi) and Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) are very similar plants; both are ...

Here's how to care for a Thanksgiving cactus, a low-maintenance tropical plant with colorful flowers that blooms just in time ...

How often should I fertilize and water my Thanksgiving cactus? Answer: Holiday cacti can be very long-lived. In fact, it’s ...

As advocate for climate-appropriate plants, she helped establish botanical treasures across the city, including Balboa Park ...

Maybe you’d like some advice on starting an interesting cactus garden. Bob Zeller can help with that. Make this a plant-happy ...

Christmas and other holiday cactuses are classic houseplants that, when given the right care, can live for generations. Lucky ...

If you want a colorful show of petunias, nemesia, diascia, or snapdragons in the spring, you’re much better off planting them now.