By now you've probably heard of the Christmas Cactus - in fact, you may even have one as part of your holiday decor right now. We love how it adds a unique festive feel to your home compared to more ...

A group of various cacti in small pots - Elena_Alex_Ferns/Shutterstock Cacti are tolerant to drought and hard to kill, making them ideal for aspiring gardeners whose ...

Cacti are a type of plant that is known for its thick, fleshy stem and its spines. These plants are native to the deserts of North and South America, and have adapted to the dry, hot climate by ...

It’s not unusual for a single Christmas cactus plant to be passed down from generation to generation because they’re long-lived and rather easy plants to grow. Norman Winter TNS I remember the large ...

It's is easy to remember genus Ferocactus if you think ferocious-cactus. The species are distributed over Southern California, Baja and Arizona are fabulous in the wild and even better tended in our ...

For centuries, the wild grasslands and valleys of Minnesota were dotted with a type of cactus, spiky and round, that blooms every spring. It grows about ankle high, roughly the size of a softball, and ...

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing removing a cactus found in only a few local counties from its list of federally threatened and endangered species, saying threats to the plant have been ...