A colorful plant in full bloom is a great gift for any person on your holiday shopping list. While the poinsettia remains the most popular blooming plant for the holiday season, one of the most ...

Plants give me a lot of peace; having them around me allows me to unwind. I have been a horticultural advisor with the Royal Horticultural Society for more than 12 years and during that time, one of ...

Did the spiky showoff with brilliant pinks, purples and reds catch your eye as it dangled from a hanging pot in the local greenhouse? If you’re the proud owner of a flowering cactus, you’ll find ...

The Christmas cactus is an iconic plant you’ll see everywhere at the holidays. With their handsome, notched foliage and exotic-looking flowers, these handsome plants can live for decades. (Some up to ...

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From the amount of questions I receive regarding them, I’m pretty sure the Christmas cactus is going to overtake the poinsettia as the most purchased holiday plant — at least in the Sacramento region.

Gardeners, we are once again experiencing brisk weather, though it’s cold to me and looks as though it’ll be “hanging around” for more than a week. In preparation of rainy, colder temperatures, my ...

Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii, is one of the most popular plants around the holidays. It has a wide variety of bloom colors: white, fuchsia, yellow, salmon, pink and combinations of those ...

A Thanksgiving cactus needs darkness, cool nights, and limited watering for six weeks before the holiday to bloom on time. Because it’s a rainforest plant, steady moisture, good drainage, and partial ...