Want to add a pop of springtime color to your home? The Easter cactus is the perfect pick, bursting with gorgeous pink, red, or orange blooms just in time for spring. Unlike its prickly, heat-loving, ...

Lilies are a common Easter plant, adorning homes and churches across the Southeast during the spring. But there’s another lesser-known holiday beauty that also blooms around the time of Easter. Known ...

A Christmas cactus needs plenty of food and water. Plant it in well-draining potting soil, then water when the top one or two ...

When you think of Christmas plants, poinsettias, mistletoe and holly might immediately spring to mind. But there's a much more colourful houseplant that tends to be closely associated with the festive ...

Plants give me a lot of peace; having them around me allows me to unwind. I have been a horticultural advisor with the Royal Horticultural Society for more than 12 years and during that time, one of ...

Of the nearly 200 species of prickly pear cactuses worldwide, Opuntia ficus-indica is the most cultivated species because of its large fruit and fleshy pads. It’s often commercially grown in Mexico, ...

The Christmas Cactus, also known as Schlumbergera x buckleyi, is certainly a beautiful touch to the home. Aside from its joyful name, its beautiful color and leafy green foliage is what makes it a ...

What could be more glorious in Chicago than that first burst of heat, chasing away winter blues with a shock of sunlight and sprouts shooting up out of nowhere? Spring took her time to get here, but ...