If you’d like to propagate your Christmas cactus, take longer stem cuttings that are three to five stem segments long.

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If you're seeking to grow a cactus from cuttings, the pencil cactus is one of the easiest out there. I spoke to two tropical plant experts to learn about the propagation process of a pencil cactus ...

Christmas cacti are low-maintenance tropical plants that thrive in most indoor environments and seldom require trimming. However, if your plant has become too large or you wish to propagate new cactus ...

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The Christmas cactus is named after French horticulture collector Frédéric Schlumberger. This plant was discovered in southeast Brazil in 1819. Schlumbergera truncata flowers in October and ...

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With its dark green toothy leaves and bright pendulous blooms, the Christmas Cactus is a favorite Yuletide plant. The original plant, genus Schlumbergera, was discovered in Brazil and named ...

Christmas cactus is one of those holiday plants that people are able to grow year after year. Part of the fun of growing them is to get them to flower again during future Christmas seasons.

Once blooms emerge you can cut them for indoors. This encourages more flowers. Cutting dahlia stems just above the leaf node means you’ll get more growth. Nodes are where most of the plant’s best ...

Understanding these unique traits can help you better care for your Thanksgiving cactus and ensure it thrives during its festive blooming season. If you want to grow a thriving Thanksgiving cactus, it ...