It’s a rare cactus plant widely admired for its small ... are considered as such because they are hard to find and they may be difficult to identify. Also, rare houseplants include plants that don’t ...

I left Tuesday, September 17, for Edgewood, New Mexico, to give a cactus talk to the Santa Fe Cactus and Succulent Club.

Choose the right cactus for the right spot and you'll have a trouble-free, interesting houseplant that'll last for years. Cacti should be repotted as soon as the roots begin to show through the ...

These Halloween plants will help transform your home into a haunted wonder! Venus flytraps, Batflowers, and Dracula orchids ...

With the right conditions, you can encourage new blooms from your striking Christmas cactus.The Christmas cactus ...

Climate change is pushing people to explore — and in cactuses, discover foods that others have known for ages. A curator at ...

Fertilize conservatively when you’re starting out; other than that, most houseplants are happy with an all-purpose fertilizer, although if you want to optimize your orchid blooms or cactus ...

Plant-id apps promise to identify plants from a picture taken on your smartphone or tablet. There are hundreds on the App Store and Google Play, some using an artificial-intelligence database of ...

Marino says that wilted, mushy stems and browning or yellowing leaves can be a simple way to identify root rot. To truly know if a houseplant is suffering from root rot, check its roots and soil ...

A single aphid can be difficult to identify with the naked eye because of their tiny size, but they become more visible on a houseplant when they are clustered together. To know if your houseplant ...

is the largest cactus species in the country. Its fruit is a culturally important food source for members of the nearby Tohono O’odham Nation, and many desert residents cherish and identify with these ...

The short, quarter-mile Cholla Cactus Garden Nature Trail is a flat loop, which takes visitors to see the plants, of which the "teddy bear cholla" is the main attraction. Identifying the teddy ...