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10 Cacti to Grow Indoors
Growing and enjoying cacti indoors offers both a rewarding experience and a touch of the desert in your home. To get started, choose the right cactus for your space. Varieties like the Golden Barrel, Bunny Ear, or Fairy Castle cactus are excellent options for indoor growing due to their compact size and striking forms. When […] More
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How to Grow Dasylirion – Desert Spoon
Dasylirion is a genus of drought-tolerant, perennial plants native to the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. These plants, commonly known as desert spoon or sotol, belong to the Asparagaceae family and are characterized by their striking, symmetrical rosettes of long, narrow, spiky leaves that radiate from a central base. The plants […] More
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How to Grow Echinopsis — Easter Lily Cactus
Echinopsis–commonly called Easter lily or sea urchin cactus, other species are called barrel cactus– is a heavily spined cactus with prominent ribs and dramatic, trumpet-shaped flowers. Echinopsis cacti commonly grow no more than a foot tall, but the flowers can be as large as 4 inches wide and 8 inches long. Most Echinopsis species bloom […] More
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How to Grow Epiphyllum
Epiphyllums are sprawling plants with strap-shaped stems and flamboyant, flaring, multi-petalled trumpet-shaped flowers often the size of a saucer. Epiphyllum blossoms range in color from red, orange, white, purple, yellow, and pink. Epiphyllum is often called orchid cactus. Epiphyllums are forest cacti; their natural home is among trees in woodland and jungles. Epiphyllums are epiphytic […] More
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How to Grow Cereus — Queen of the Night
Cereus (or Selenicereus)–commonly called Queen of the Night–are climbing cacti known for their large white night blossoms. Cereus has vine-like, spineless stems and produces super size flowers 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. The blossoms open after midnight and are usually limp and faded the following morning. You may find Cereus under the name […] More
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How to Grow Christmas Cactus — Schlumbergera
Schlumbergera–commonly known as Christmas cactus– is a popular holiday houseplant that features flat, sectioned branches that cascade down, and when in flower, terminate in tubular-shaped blooms in shades of pink, lavender, or white. Plants bought near Christmas have typically been “primed’ to flower then, hence the common name. Schlumbergera benefits from bright, indirect light, and […] More
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How to Grow Opuntia – Prickly Pear – Bunny Ears
Opuntia is a cactus genus with three distinct groups based on growth form: the prickly pears that have flat-jointed pads, one growing out of the other; the tall cylindrical-jointed chollas; and the dwarf species with globular or cylindrical stems. Most Opuntia species grow rapidly and are free-flowering with blooms of yellow, white, orange, purple, or […] More
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18 Cactus and Succulents to Grow as Houseplants
Cactus and succulents make excellent house plants. They adapt naturally to dry, warm temperatures (common indoors) and withstand poor care for days, even weeks at a time. They almost always arouse interest with their sculptural form and the variety of leaf sizes, shapes, and arrangements often combined with striking color patterns. Grown in attractive pots, […] More
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How to Grow Ferocactus – Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus–commonly called barrel cactus–is a genus of more than 30 species of cacti that are generally spherical when young, and later becomes columnar and grow to 13 feet (4m) tall. Ferocactus are noted for its colored spines which may be hooked or straight. Ferocactus bears flowers at the crown of the plant. Flowers can be […] More
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How to Grow Rhipsalis – Coral Cactus
Rhipsalis is an epiphytic cactus with thin, crisscrossing stems that weave in and out of each other. Rhipsalis’ unique branching habit gives it the nickname coral cactus; the weaving undulating pattern looks much like coral. Because Rhipsalis is an epiphyte that commonly grows and hangs in trees, it is also sometimes called mistletoe cactus. Rhipsalis […] More
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How to Grow Coryphantha Cactus
Coryphantha is a pincushion cactus that resembles Mammillarias, perhaps the best-known pincushion cacti. Unlike Mammillaria, however, Coryphantha is globular or cylindrical in form. Coryphantha grows to 12 inches (30 cm) tall and 4 inches (10 cm) thick. Coryphantha cluster in mounds and often become columnar with age. Coryphantha are free-flowering. They produce large, showy flowers […] More
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How to Grow Mammillaria – Pincushion Cactus
Mammillaria–commonly called pincushion cactus–is a very large genus of cacti. There are many shapes, sizes, and colors. Some are solitary plants, some are clustering groups. Some have soft bristles, some have thorny hooks. Some are crowned with a few single flowers, some are adorned with a circle of flowers. Most Mammillaria are small, globular, or […] More
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