Established in 1950 and tucked away in the Bayou Oaks neighborhood in north Sarasota, the Sarasota Succulent Society ...

Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people know about indoor succulents gardening.

Some gorgeous succulents you can grow as houseplants include pie from heaven, string of pearls, pagoda village plant, and white velvet.

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 ...

A Reddit user called out Home Depot for gluing plastic flowers to real cacti in a post that's gaining traction.

A trial time lapse of growing dragon fruit from raw seed to cactus size over 126 days. Dragon fruit, also called pitaya, is a tropical/high temperature plant and popular in the East. The seed was ...

Some of the holiday plants I wrote about last week have interesting stories. I wrote about our Christmas cactus; however, it is actually a Thanksgiving cactus. These normally bloom earlier than ...

When it comes to growing healthy, vibrant plants, light isn’t just about brightness—it’s about timing. This concept is called photoperiod, and it plays a critical role in how plants grow, bloom, and ...

The Desert Botanical Garden is running a seed bank program to save endangered Arizona desert plants like orchids and cacti. Seeds from rare species are collected, sealed, and frozen in the Ahern ...

I have not hit the emails in a while, but I have had some interesting ones worth sharing. Let’s start with a subject I have covered before: how to tell the difference between Thanksgiving, Christmas ...

A Christmas cactus won't bloom unless it gets 12-14 hours of darkness for 8 weeks in the fall. Warm temperatures, late fertilization, and improper watering prevent blooming. Only move your Christmas ...