It’s essential to avoid these mistakes for a healthy houseplant, from overwatering to providing too much light ...

Discover the common reasons your Thanksgiving cactus may be losing buds. Learn practical solutions to help revive your plant and ensure vibrant blooms.

Christmas cactus needs about eight weeks to form flower buds. If you want your plant to begin blooming around the middle of December, aim to limit light exposure beginning around the middle of ...

Iconic Christmas cactuses offer bright blooms now, and for years to come They rebloom much more reliably than poinsettias, which are usually discarded after the holidays.

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana) is often bred with truncata to form Schlumbergera x buckleyi. The Christmas cactus has flat, segmented leaves very similar to the Thanksgiving cactus.

When to Fertilize Christmas Cactus It may be tempting to fertilize Christmas cacti when you see flower buds forming on their branches in winter.

Fielding Questions: Maple leaves still clinging, Christmas cactus buds dropping, houseplant repotting Gardening columnist Don Kinzler responds to reader-submitted inquiries about their gardening woes ...

For about six weeks prior to blooming, the holiday cactus requires cool temperatures (around 50-65 degrees) and between 12-14 hours of dark to set buds.

Bud drop before bloom: Christmas cactus may drop flower buds for a few different reasons including temperature changes, overwatering, and low humidity. Pests are not common but mealybugs and soft ...

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana) is often bred with truncata to form Schlumbergera x buckleyi. The Christmas cactus has flat, segmented leaves very similar to the Thanksgiving cactus.

Christmas cactus, like poinsettias, are considered short-day plants. They produce leaves when the days are long in the summer and create flower buds as the days grow shorter in the fall.