A Christmas cactus grows best when it's slightly pot-bound. In fact, most Christmas cacti thrive for many years without being ...

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 ...

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

It's is easy to remember genus Ferocactus if you think ferocious-cactus. The species are distributed over Southern California, Baja and Arizona are fabulous in the wild and even better tended in our ...

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, also known as the Holiday cactus, or more accurately, Schlumbergera, is a trailing tropical cactus that puts on a fabulous annual display of flowers. These blooms usually appear ...

It's disappointing if your Christmas cactus doesn't bloom during the winter season, but there are some easy tricks to ensure ...

A rare Amazonian flowering cactus blossomed for the first time in the UK, opening for just 12 hours. The Moonflower has been watched eagerly across the world this month as the Cambridge University ...