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 ...

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 ...

Because Christmas cacti are so pretty and easy to care for, it’s no surprise that many plant lovers want to make more of them. The good news? Propagating a houseplant like a Christmas cactus is ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The process allows ...