Learn how to care for your Christmas cactus with these simple steps to ensure beautiful blooms and an overall healthy plant!

Your plant needs a post-holiday rest too.

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 (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) is a much-loved festive plant that puts on a spectacular floral display over the holidays. Unlike desert cacti, it hails from the humid tropical forests ...

Poinsettias and Christmas cactus are quintessential holiday plants. Here's a look at how you can maintain them to rebloom next year: The plant we know botanically as Euphorbia pulcherrima has long ...

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 ...

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There's some confusion around how often to water a Christmas cactus because of its name. Though it sounds like it might be a desert-dweller, it's actually native to humid tropical forests in Brazil ...

Hint: It's all about the environment.

Thanksgiving cactus has upright stems and serrated leaves, while Christmas cactus has drooping stems and rounded leaves. Both cacti require bright, diffused sunlight and need different watering ...

Do you ever wonder why your Christmas cactus blooms in November? The reason for the timing being off is simple. You don’t have a Christmas cactus. You have a Thanksgiving cactus. Christmas cactus and ...

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, ...