Key Points None of the three holiday cacti should be fertilized in January, even if it’s still blooming.Only start the ...

Your Christmas cactus needs crucial care in January, here's what you can do right now to make sure it blooms beautifully.

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 ...

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 ...

Your plant needs a post-holiday rest too.

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 ...

A Christmas cactus won't bloom unless it gets 12-14 hours of darkness for 8 weeks in the fall. Warm temperatures, late fertilization, and improper watering prevent blooming. Only move your Christmas ...

oliday cactus is often received as a gift over the Christmas holidays. Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter cactus are often grouped into the term “holiday cactus” category because of the confusion of ...

I like to write articles about plants that happen to be blooming when it’s my turn to write. This time I decided to write about a type of plant that seems to bloom whenever it feels like it. I’m ...

When it keeps raining, it is hard to imagine dry times, but winter in Kona likely means some dry days ahead. Cacti are always good go-to plants for dry times, but some cactus family members are a ...

Here’s one of nature’s most magical plants: the night-blooming cereus cactus, or pitahaya in Spanish. If you like watching the splendor of the evening sky, night-blooming cereus makes a perfect ...