Cactus plants can be breathtaking when in flower, usually during spring or summer. However, for brilliant cactus color ...

Moving your Christmas cactus outdoors during summer provides brighter light, consistent warmth, and higher humidity that can boost flower bud development. Transition your Christma ...

Q: I have two Christmas cacti and they performed beautifully this year. I am concerned about one of them, though. It must be rootbound, as I have had it for years and have not repotted it. Can you ...

If you own a Christmas cactus, you'll know what a treasure they are during the bleaker winter months. But learning how to repot a Christmas cactus will ensure your plant remains healthy for years to ...

Fellow Idaho Master Gardener Brenda Hochhalter is the Queen of Holiday Cacti. This is just one area of her vast collection. The Thanksgiving cactus grows upright and arches. The clades have sharp ...

Did your Christmas cactus bloom before Thanksgiving this year? If so, you likely are the proud plant parent of a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms ...

If you have a Thanksgiving cactus, it’s blooming now. If you have a Christmas cactus, you have a few weeks left to see blossoms begin to emerge. The question is: how do they do that? It can seem ...

Many of you have had a frost or freeze in the past few weeks, but it didn’t do much damage. All of your root-type vegetables, even some above-ground vegetables, survived. To keep them growing, water ...

Here's how to repot your Christmas cactus so it continues to thrive for years to come. Dmytro Betsenko / Getty Images Repotting a Christmas cactus is a task that is frequently overlooked because this ...

Repotting a Christmas cactus is a task that is frequently overlooked because this forgiving, flowering succulent can live for years in less-than-ideal growing conditions. But there comes a time when ...