Available to purchase in a 4" pot, this beautiful bloom will flower once a year and comes in shades of fuchsia, yellow, salmon, pink, white, orange and red. These blooms flourish in cooler climates.

The Christmas cactus is beautiful and easy to maintain. Here’s your guide to Christmas cactus care, from getting plants to bloom to propagation and much more.

Night-blooming cereus is also hardy to salt breezes, making it ideal for beach lots. You’ll find it growing in most regions of the country. Potted plants can be found in leading nurseries, or you can ...

However, if tended to properly, the Christmas cactus can live well after the joyous season and bloom year over year. In fact, it can live up to 20 years.

To encourage flowering, ensure the plant remains in long nights for about six weeks. There is also an Easter cactus (Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri) which has rounded stem segments with scalloped edges.

Getting your cactus to bloom might seem challenging at first, but with the right care and a bit of patience, you can enjoy stunning floral displays that rival any traditional garden bloomers. From ...

Ensure your bloom If you want your cactus to bloom in December, it helps to fertilize it monthly with a houseplant fertilizer from June to August. Apply the fertilizer at half strength.

Care tips during the winter and beyond So here is how you can get them to bloom. After the blooms have fallen, a Christmas cactus needs to have a period of rest and should be kept in medium light ...

Christmas cactus actually like to be pot-bound, so they don't want or need the regular potting into bigger pots that some houseplants prefer. If you go this route, the best timing is end of winter.