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 ...

A Christmas cactus is a tropical plant that blooms in late fall or early winter. Unlike desert cacti, it prefers indirect light, moderate watering, and cooler temperatures at certain times of year.

A Thanksgiving cactus needs darkness, cool nights, and limited watering for six weeks before the holiday to bloom on time. Because it’s a rainforest plant, steady moisture, good drainage, and partial ...

Christmas cacti require 12 hours of darkness for about eight weeks to form flower buds for holiday blooming. Ideal temperature conditions for flowering are 65°F to 70°F during the day and 55°F to 65°F ...

If you have a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesi), you've probably spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to get it to blossom at the right time. After all, Christmas cacti are known for ...

Rain events of the past week, while not drought busting, were severely needed and hopefully will continue as we desperately need our normal winter weather patterns to return. Moderate daytime ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many of us bring a Christmas cactus into our homes during the winter holidays. But when the festivities are over and the flowers ...

If you’re lucky enough to have a Christmas cactus, you know how cheerful its red, pink, or purple blooms can be during the holidays. But if your plant isn’t flowering this year, you may be wondering ...

Discover night-blooming plants like phlox and flowering tobacco and how their evening blooms and scents can transform your ...

You know summer is here when two things happen: The tourists leave and the night-blooming cactus flower arrives. The flowers are a special treat for locals who stick out the summer heat. The cactus, ...

Soon I’ll trek into the Mojave Desert, once again chasing cactus colors: strawberry hedgehog cactus on spiky gray columns, pale yellow pencil cholla flowers at sunset. I’ll return in May to see ...