Mon, December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM UTC Several plants are referred to as Christmas or holiday cacti, but they are all succulents with leaf-like pads and bright, tubular flowers that bloom around the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gina Easley /Alamy Stock Photo. No, it's not a standard cactus that's been given a festive makeover, decorated with a string of ...

Giving a plant you grew yourself is a top-tier gift. It says, "I spent weeks nurturing this for you instead of panic-buying something at the last minute." The Christmas cactus is the perfect candidate ...

One Easter cactus is never enough — good thing it's ridiculously easy to make more. This quick trick lets you multiply your plant supply in about a month.

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, ...

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 ...

The Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) is a colorful houseplant that perks up your indoor space when it flowers over the colder months. Easy to care for and beautiful to look at, it is a ...

Transforming a single pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli) into a yard full of eye-catching greenery is a rewarding weekend project. These fast-growing succulent plants are fun thanks to their ...

Any cacti having pads, segments or branches can be propagated easily from cuttings taken during the summer. These include prickly pears, chollas, hedgehog and branching columnar cacti such as ...

Imagine a cactus that grows rapidly in ordinary garden soil and whose luscious fruit sells at the supermarket for $4.99 per pound. Would you want to try to grow that cactus? I recently wrote about ...

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about a Christmas cactus that only bloomed on one side, how to repair a snow-damaged cotoneaster, and more. Reader Sandy F. asks gardening ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri) plants have a quiet kind of beauty that slowly grows on you. Their star-shaped blooms and ...