How often should I fertilize and water my Thanksgiving cactus? Answer: Holiday cacti can be very long-lived. In fact, it’s ...

The informational event will feature materials on everything from attracting plant pollinators and composting and soil ...

As advocate for climate-appropriate plants, she helped establish botanical treasures across the city, including Balboa Park ...

Maybe you’d like some advice on starting an interesting cactus garden. Bob Zeller can help with that. Make this a plant-happy ...

Create a visual feast with pomegranates, miniature pumpkins, Indian corn, gourds, fall flowers, and herbs from your garden.

When other plants have long since finished blooming, the Christmas cactus amazes us with its breathtaking flowers. However, ...

Some days, I feel like I’m standing on my head, puzzling at the state of our topsy-turvy world. Other days, I think it’s the ...

If you want a colorful show of petunias, nemesia, diascia, or snapdragons in the spring, you’re much better off planting them now.

As the weather turns chilly in much of the northern hemisphere, it’s time to start thinking about a sun-splashed California ...

Christmas and other holiday cactuses are classic houseplants that, when given the right care, can live for generations. Lucky ...

There are a few different types of holiday cacti, two of the most popular being Christmas and Thanksgiving. Both cacti flower ...

Many have seen scraggly desiccated corpses of prickly pear cacti while out on a hike or pruning fence lines, but these ...