Succulents are often labeled low maintenance, yet many popular varieties benefit from occasional pruning to stay healthy, ...

Holiday cacti can provide many years of enjoyment if you take good care of them. Once they finish flowering, the cacti move into a phase of vegetative growth. They need regular watering and ...

Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. Also called angel’s wings or polka-dot cactus, this cute plant is ...

Christmas cactus originates from the rainforests of South America and is not the typical cactus we know from desert-like ...

A group of cacti species native to a remote Chilean desert has been poached to near extinction, thanks in part to social media crazes continents away. According to a new report from the International ...

Not many people realise that Christmas cacti can live for years, even decades, and taking a few second to care for them could ...

This summer’s extreme heat endangers cacti in Arizona suffering from dehydration and heat stress. When dehydrated, saguaro cacti lose strength, and can drop an arm or completely topple over. The ...

The iconic Saguaro cactus is struggling as heat and drought intensify in Arizona. With record-setting summers in 2020, 2023 and 2024, scientists at the Desert Botanical Garden are noticing unusual ...

Arizona's iconic saguaro cacti are falling over and dying thanks to extreme heat in the state. The plants, although adapted to hot temperatures, rely on summer monsoon rains that haven't come. Phoenix ...