Christmas Plants Too Good to be True
Plant growers have long used different artifices to make Christmas plants more attractive and therefore saleable – ribbons, tinsel, colorfulContinue Reading
Category: Cactus and succulents
Snowbirds: Coddle Your Houseplants While You’re Away
They’re known as snowbirds, migratory seniors who flee the cold of northern regions and spend their winter in the South,Continue Reading
Houseplants that Tolerate Dry Air
The air in our homes is particularly dry during the winter. Indeed, relative humidity drops like a rock when heatingContinue Reading
Why Do Cactus Have Spines?
When you think of a cactus, one of the first things that comes to mind are the spines. And indeed,Continue Reading
When to Use a Mini-Greenhouse for Cuttings
Taking cuttings of houseplants is simple enough – in most cases, you just stick the cutting upright in moist pottingContinue Reading
Easter Cactus: No Spines, Yet Still a Prickly Customer
Among the traditional Easter plants, there is one that is really nothing like the others: the Easter cactus. It looksContinue Reading
How to Repot a Cactus and Live to Tell the Tale
So, you just love your cactus to death. It’s so cute and prickly that it is just adorable. But it’sContinue Reading
A Dripping Tap Waters Plants While You’re Away
You’re going on vacation this winter and have no one to water your houseplants? That’s easy enough to fix! PlaceContinue Reading
When a Cactus Lacks Light
Desert cacti grown as houseplants are more likely to lack light than other plants, because they are, for the mostContinue Reading
How the Christmas Cactus Came to Be
There is a beautiful legend about the origins of the Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana). The story is said to be from Brazil,Continue Reading