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 ...

A gardener has revealed the best way to fertilise a Christmas Cactus to ensure it is healthy and blooms like never before ...

What better way to welcome the holiday season than with a cactus? There are a few different types of holiday cacti, two of the most popular being Christmas and Thanksgiving. Both cacti flower during ...

Learn how to tell the difference between these festive holiday plants.Reviewed by David McKinneyKey TakeawaysThanksgiving ...

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

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 ...

A common holiday plant is the Christmas cactus, Schlumbergera bridgesii. How Christmas cactus differs from Thanksgiving cactus, Schlumbergera truncate, or Easter cactus, Rhipsalidopsis gaetneri, is a ...

An abrupt change in environment can cause Christmas cactus flowers to drop off. Q: What is it that makes the buds fall off of my Christmas cactus before they open? I've had this plant several years, ...

What is the original Christmas flower? It depends on who you ask. I believe almost everyone would answer poinsettia to this question, but it appears there might be alternative answers. Before the ...

Here's a perfectly healthy Christmas cactus... just without any flowers. Lack of sufficient overnight darkness is a leading reason for non-bloom of this species. Q: My wife has some Christmas cactuses ...

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