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

Blooms last two to four months but require a dormant stage with lower light and cooler temperatures to flower again. Watering ...

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

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

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

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.