These fast-growing succulent plants are fun thanks to their pencil-thick branches and striking, skeletal shape. Learn how to propagate them with this article.

Author Kurt Kamm says he has a severe brown thumb, but his terrace garden in Malibu is a vibrant palette of color, pattern and texture thanks to low-maintenance potted cactuses and succulents -- 112 ...

What do a cactus, a bowl of spicy salsa and sour milk have in common? They all have a single mysterious power over us … they all force us toward the need to personally experience the potentially ...

When author Kurt Kamm is not writing firefighting mysteries, you can find him on his terrace pacing among his pots of plants: 112 cactuses and succulents, at last count. “I often come out when I have ...

Turn one pencil cactus into a whole graphic, low‑water display with safe, simple propagation steps tailored to small British gardens and patios.

One of the pleasures of the colder months is the opportunity to plan next year’s garden while staying inside where it’s warm. If you are thinking about adding something new to your landscape, why not ...

Whether you know it as the Christmas cactus, know it by its scientific name Schlumbergera x buckleyi, or have so far escaped the charms of this particular cultivar, this plant is sort of a big deal at ...

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Even cacti need water occasionally. Here's when you should give them a drink.