Houseplants might not be top of your agenda this time of year, but there's more to festive foliage than holly, mistletoe, and poinsettias. The Christmas cactus is one of the best ways to introduce a ...

Christmas Cactus & Thanksgiving Cactus are some of my favorite houseplants. They're so long lived, I'm sure you've heard ...

Repotting a Christmas cactus is a task that is frequently overlooked because this forgiving, flowering succulent can live for years in less-than-ideal growing conditions. But there comes a time when ...

Q: The Christmas cactus I inherited from my mom is 3 feet across. It’s quite uneven, short on the back side due to its previous growing conditions up against a window. The clay pot holds cement-like ...

Step 1: Take several stem cuttings from a healthy Christmas cactus plant using clean shears or scissors, or gently break off the cuttings with your fingers. Long stem cuttings are often too top-heavy ...

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 ...

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Succulents should be repotted every two to three years, ideally during the spring. The process involves transferring the plant to a larger, ceramic pot with drainage holes, and then trimming any roots ...

In April 1905, David Fairchild wed his beloved Marian, and with a generous dowry from her father, Alexander Graham Bell, purchased 10 acres of wooded land outside of Chevy Chase, Md., to build their ...