A good time to pinch or prune your plant to shape it and encourage branching is in early spring, when new growth is starting. During the growing season, from April through September, fertilize your ...

On a sun-baked, wind-swept balcony, many plants will die. But a number of hardy cactus varieties and winter-tough succulents will flourish in pots, planters, dish gardens and other containers to form ...

Growing cacti from seed is relatively easy, though it can take anywhere from a few weeks to several months for them to start growing. Since cacti can live for a long time, it’s definitely a worthwhile ...

BOISE, Idaho — Even if you don’t consider yourself much of a gardener, here’s something that anybody can successfully make and grow. Garden master Jim Duthie shows us how to put together an indoor ...

If your Christmas cactus has aerial roots, read this. A plant expert warns to take it as a sign something in the growing environment needs adjusting.