As a houseplant expert, I'm often asked how to water a cactus. After all, it's one of those plants that looks happy, until suddenly it's shrivelled, has yellowing fluffy patches, has become lopsided ...

Resembling the succulent green stems of samphire, the mistletoe cactus, Rhipsalis baccifera, are a useful trailing houseplant that can be grown from hanging pots or allowed to flow from a pot on a ...

Christmas cactus plants are also referred to as holiday cacti and include Thanksgiving and Easter cactus plants. Christmas cacti need different watering schedules depending on the season to stay ...

Tis the season when your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera) is full of buds preparing to open. If you look forward to your ...

Later on, you can consider delicately pruning your Christmas cactus. "For more blooms, give your plant a slight pruning in the spring," says Steinkopf. She also notes that pruning will promote new ...

Unlike other succulents and cacti, the Christmas cactus is native to Brazil and prefers slight humidity. This succulent is named after the holiday season during which it blooms its magenta-colored ...