This week, I'm looking forward to Spring, pondering my Grandma's 75-year-old flowering cactus, and feeling touched about a ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about where to find new perennials and for information about an upcoming apple ...

Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cactus are related plants that are all extremely easy to propagate. When you trim these plants up to encourage more blooms or to neaten leggy stems, save a few of ...

It is February and one of my favorite holidays is upon us… Valentine’s Day, the time to pause and show both appreciation and love to all. I personally will admit to having minimal psychological ...

Or in reality, the trio of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter Cactus. These three holiday cacti have very similar growing conditions and in this video I detail how to grow yours as well as possible ...

A quick show of hands, how many of us have a “Christmas” cactus withering away in our homes? With fascinating information, and some tender love and care, one of our La Plata County master gardeners, ...

When it’s time for the tree to come down and holiday decorations get packed away, our homes can feel empty and dreary. Brighten up your space with live plants that bring interesting texture and color ...

Planting both species of holiday cacti together can produce months of blooms of different colors. This is a young Thanksgiving (in the background, at left) planted beside a young Christmas Cactus (in ...

There are three main holiday-blooming cacti: the Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata), the Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera × buckleyi), and the Easter cactus (Schlumbergera gaertneri). The ...

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