Goetze: Cacti's root systems enable them to exploit any rainfall, and their spines and glochids provide defense and help them ...

Occasionally, a cactus will produce a growth that is unusual in color or shape. These apendages are carefully propagated by grafting it to a host plant that provides the chlorophyll necessary for ...

If you admire ferocious plants, however, Opuntia tunicata, just 20 inches tall, will delight you. A cylindrical-stemmed cactus, it produces an incredible number of menacing, interlaced spines that ...

NATURAL HISTORY PIMA PINEAPPLE CACTUS } Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina FAMILY: Cactaceae | DESCRIPTION: From a distance, the Pima pineapple cactus resembles a small barrel cactus. It is ...

Indoor plants need the same conditions to set blooms. To ensure total darkness, cover the plant with a box 13 to 14 hours each day beginning in October until color appears.

Cactus plants, which are included in the succulent family, are covered with spines and spherical in shape. “Succulents are very clean, crisp, trim, and tailored plants” said Silverman.

Spring weather in Boulder is difficult to predict because it seems that it is not a time of gradual warming but rather alternating days of summer and winter. Meyers Gulch, with an elevation of 7,350 ...

Pencil cactus, African milkbush, finger tree Light: full sun to partial shade Height: 20 to 30 feet Spread: 6 to 10 feet USDA Hardiness Zones: 11-12 Origin: Eastern and Southern Afric… ...