Key Points Place your Christmas cactus in bright, indirect light—too much or too little can stop blooms.Use well-draining, ...

A Christmas cactus is a beautiful plant to have during the holiday season, but winter cacti need more water than those that ...

Do you need to fertilize Christmas cactus? Learn more about what one gardening pro says you should do to keep your plant happy and healthy.

A good time to pinch or prune your plant to shape it and encourage branching is in early spring, when new growth is starting. During the growing season, from April through September, fertilize your ...

Christmas cactus is one of those holiday plants that people are able to grow year after year. Part of the fun of growing them is to get them to flower again during future Christmas seasons. However, ...

I received a Christmas cactus over the holidays and would like some advice on how to best care for it. Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) is a long-lived winter-flowering houseplant that is ...

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 ...

If you think that you’re looking at a cactus growing at the Botanical Gardens’ Succulent Show (Sept. 8 – Oct 7), then you’re way off. While there are plenty of cacti and succulents found in Greater ...