I find that I'm particularly drawn to landscapes adorned by cacti. Perhaps it's the eye-catching prickly silhouettes or maybe ...

After your holiday cactus stops flowering for the year, typically in late winter for Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti and early spring for Easter cacti, reduce the amount of watering. Allow the top ...

The evolution of styles has become the norm with the vast contrast of what was just a few short years ago. Out with soft, lush and green. In with texture, form, and contrast. Several years ago ...

Permian High School art teacher Luis Trejo Fuentes is seeking cactus donations for the campus’ outdoor garden. Contributions have started coming in, but the garden is large, so the more the merrier.

Did your Christmas cactus bloom before Thanksgiving this year? If so, you likely are the proud plant parent of a Thanksgiving cactus, not a Christmas cactus. A Thanksgiving cactus normally blooms ...

A small barrel-type cactus was the first houseplant I ever had. It was a gift from a family friend. I was about 10 years old and wasn’t sure of the meaning of the gift. Was I perceived as a spiny or a ...

What would a botanical garden in the Southwest be without a cactus and succulent garden in it? That is what we have at the Gardens at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd. The ...

The recently rejuvenated Arizona Garden at Stanford University boasts a meticulously groomed and exuberant succulent theme, demonstrating the vitality of an earlier epoch in garden history. Originally ...

The Arizona Cactus Garden, first planted in the 1880s for Jane and Leland Stanford, was maintained until the 1920s. Since 1997, however, volunteers have been working to restore the garden. Today, ...