A whole year time-lapse of growing a cactus plant from a seed. A cactus seed was chosen randomly from a mix varieties pack.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cacti are a fun addition to any houseplant collection! They vary in size, shape and bloom time, so they ...

Set in Southern California, my HO scale layout includes a Southern Pacific train order office surrounded by a desert scene. Although this arid landscape has sparse vegetation, my scene needed two ...

Christmas cactus is one of those holiday plants that people are able to grow year after year. Part of the fun of growing them is to get them to flower again during future Christmas seasons. However, ...

The Christmas cactus is a popular holiday plant offering colorful cheer for the holiday season—with brilliant red, pink, white, or purple flowers in bloom during the wintertime, this hardy succulent ...

Cactus seedlings in the store look alike, so the one you select could be a baby 20-foot saguaro or an Echinopsis that stays less than a foot and blooms like crazy. Of course you can’t tell at such ...

A reader recently asked if we could discuss Christmas cacti. You see, Lori Christopherson’s plants are growing beautifully but rarely blossom at her Cooperstown, N.D., home. We can’t have that. We’re ...