Brighten winter with the vibrant blooms of a Christmas cactus. Learn how to care for this tropical beauty and keep it ...

The Christmas cactus is a hybrid epiphytic plant, prized for its flat, segmented green stems that gracefully spill over the ...

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 prefers a little humidity — unlike other cacti and succulents —as well as bright, indirect sunlight.

Editor's Note: This story was initially published on Dec. 20, 2020. Under the right conditions, Christmas cacti are the holiday plants that keep blooming, and not just for years. These tropical plants ...

Timing is truly everything, especially if you want your Christmas plant to provide a touch of festive cheer to your home with ...

Just go to any garden center this time of year and the impulse aisles will be full of plants that can be given as gifts. Rarely do these plants come with instructions and often don’t make it long past ...

Over the past few years several people, including one person at a recent prayer meeting, have asked me about the possibility of getting Christmas cactus or Schlumbergia truncata to re-bloom, which is ...

The striking flowers of the plant, commonly called the Christmas cactus, may catch your attention in stores and nurseries around this time of year. Their bell-shaped blooms in shades of red, pink, ...

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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 ...

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 ...