The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

Many hummingbird-attracting plants require regular watering and moisture, but this flowering succulent is perfect for those ...

It took two years from proposal to acceptance. But apparently the Colorado hookless cactus is hardy fauna by nature, and so ...

Hundreds of people gathered at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens to observe flowers bloom on the Queen of Night cactus, a happening that only occurs once a year. “It’s such an ephemeral moment in ...

It’s free for the public to witness the rare Queen of the Night cactus bloom by moonlight. The Queen of the Night cactus is one of Sarasota’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens’ crown jewels ...

Many cactus species don’t bloom until late spring or summer — but eye-catching, magenta-pink flowers of the hedgehog cactus are showing up this week in some desert areas around Tucson.

It’s relatively easy, but it will take three to 12 weeks for the new plant to be established, and two to three years before a new plant will flower. However, when they do start flowering, they ...

Christmas cactus buds start forming when the days grow short in fall. Reducing the amount of light your plant receives in fall is the single best way to jumpstart flowering.

If your Christmas cactus has never flowered, it may be a problem with light. At our latitude, daylight hours change enough for the plants to begin flowering naturally.

Question: I have a Christmas cactus that normally starts blooming about now but I don’t even see buds. What could be wrong? Answer: Most local plants exhibited little buds at the end of their ...