Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The process allows you to have more of these beautiful, blooming cacti to ...

The Christmas cactus is a beautiful low-maintenance houseplant that blooms year after year just in time for the holidays. These long-lived plants can survive for decades and are often passed from one ...

Yes, stem cuttings are one of the easiest ways to propagate your favorite Christmas cactus. Remove a stem with two to five ...

Q: I have three large Christmas cactuses and have been in the habit of pinching off new growth when it has more than 2 leaves (?) to a stem to encourage sprouting side leaves. Is there any way to get ...

When you think of Christmas plants, poinsettias, mistletoe and holly might immediately spring to mind. But there's a much more colourful houseplant that tends to be closely associated with the festive ...

The Christmas cactus prefers a little humidity — unlike other cacti and succulents —as well as bright, indirect sunlight.

The striking flowers of the plant, commonly called the Christmas cactus, may catch your attention in stores and nurseries around this time of year. Their bell-shaped blooms in shades of red, pink, ...

Q. I have a beautiful Christmas cactus that is admired by many of my friends. I’d like to share this plant with them. How would I take cuttings from it? A. Cuttings are taken from Christmas or ...

Just go to any garden center this time of year and the impulse aisles will be full of plants that can be given as gifts. Rarely do these plants come with instructions and often don’t make it long past ...

Christmas cactuses are easy-going, tropical plants that grow well in most homes and rarely need pruning. But if your plant is overgrown or you want to create new cactus plants from stem cuttings, it ...