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 ...

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. However, ...

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 ...

Just as the human body contains a multitude of symbiotic microbial companions, most plant species also live alongside ...

The caper-fruited tropidocarpum, a green plant with a small, yellow flower, was found on a ridge top in Contra Costa County’s ...