You’d be hard-pressed to find a houseplant that offers more bang for your buck than a Christmas cactus. These easy-care plants light up your home with brilliant flowers during the holiday season, and ...

Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The process allows you to have more of these beautiful, blooming cacti to ...

Repot Christmas cactus every three to four years in late winter or early spring—never while it’s blooming. Choose a pot about ...

Learn the five signs of an overwatered Christmas cactus, how to save it from root rot, and how to water correctly to prevent future problems.

Propagating a Thanksgiving cactus is an easy, budget-friendly way to multiply your favorite winter-blooming houseplant. You can grow new plants by rooting cuttings in soil or water, or by dividing a ...

Learn how to propagate a Christmas cactus in soil or water with these simple step-by-step instructions. Christmas cactus plants can be propagated using both water and soil methods, each with its own ...

With its broad, waxy leaves and sculptural shape, Ficus lyrata — commonly known as a fiddle-leaf fig — has become the go-to houseplant for the design-obsessed, popping up on many a home decor blog, ...

During rare desert rainfalls, cacti waste no time sopping up and storing a storm’s precious precipitation. Inspired by this natural phenomenon, scientists report in a study appearing ACS Macro Letters ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 42, No. 235 (February 1991), pp. 143-149 (7 pages) The effects of root age, temperature, and soil water status on root hydraulic conductivity (LP) were ...