Cacti & Succulents
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Dazzling Succulents - Succulents With Striking Flowers
When you think of succulents you may just envision their unique leaves and stems. But succulents also produce bright and bold flowers in the right conditions. Read on to learn more.
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What Is A Succulent Starter Kit - Best Succulent Starter Kits
While garden kits are not the most inexpensive option for growing succulents, they do include everything you’ll need. Grow succulents from seed by using a succulent seed starter kit to learn the process and to check your results.
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5 Best Succulents For A Bathroom
Some succulents can be great options for bathroom decoration. Read on for our top five bathroom succulent ideas.
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10 No Fuss Cacti - What’s The Best Low Maintenance Cactus
If you’re thinking of adding plants to your collection, consider no fuss cacti. Click here for an easy cacti list, even for beginners.
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Pink Succulents Varieties To Try: How To Grow Perfect Pink Succulent Plants
Pink succulents may display the color on leaf edges or with streaks or blotches mingled throughout the foliage. Here are our favorites.
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Succulents and Frost: How To Save A Succulent From Frost Or Freeze
Can succulents withstand cold? Succulents and frost don't traditionally go together and can result in damage, but you may be able to save frozen succulents.
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How To Protect Succulents And Cacti From Rain
Rain has the potential to cause damage to our cacti and succulents. However, when planted in proper soil, rainfall may perform as just a deep watering. Read on for more.
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Variegated Succulents To Add To Your Plant Collection
Read about some of the pretty variegated species that add beauty and interest to your succulent collection.
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How To Care For Easter Cactus Houseplants
Hybridization has given us a host of beautiful and unusual plants to choose from, such as the Christmas and Easter cactus, hybrids of the Brazilian forest cactus. This article focuses on the Easter cactus plant.
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Dragon’s Blood Stonecrop: How To Grow Dragon’s Blood Sedum Plants
Dragon's Blood stonecrop is an exciting and attractive ground cover, spreading quickly in the sunny landscape and growing happily in many areas of the U.S. Its leaves fill in during the summer to become a deep burgundy by autumn. Learn more about this plant here.
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How To Get Dragon Fruit: Reasons For No Fruit On Pitaya Cactus Plants
Dragon fruit is a thoroughly tropical looking fruit you may have seen in the market. This bright pink, scaly fruit comes from a long, winding cactus of the same name. But what do you do if your pitaya won?t fruit? Learn how to make dragon fruit bear fruit in this article.
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Pitahaya Information: Learn How To Grow Dragon Fruit
If you want to grow dragon fruit at home, you'll be rewarded not only with fruit, but also with an impressive, branching cactus vine and brilliant, night-blooming flowers. This article provides info on how to grow dragon fruit.
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My Pitaya Won’t Bloom: Why Flowers Won’t Form On Pitaya Plants
Dragon fruit cactus, also known as pitaya, is a vining cactus with long, flattened leaves and brilliantly colored fruits that develop after the plant flowers. If there are no flowers on your plant, it may because you?re treating this tropical like a desert cactus. Learn more here.
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How To Divide A Succulent: Tips For Splitting Succulent Plants
If you want succulents without shopping or shipping fees, consider splitting succulent plants. When your plants have outgrown their pots or put out lots of babies, it’s time to divide your succulents. Click here to learn more about dividing a succulent plant.
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Christmas Cactus Cold Tolerance - How Cold Can Christmas Cactus Get
When you think of cactus, you probably envision a desert with heat wavering vistas and blazing sun. You aren't too far off the mark but the holiday cacti actually flower better in slightly cooler temperatures. Read here for Christmas cactus cold tolerance.
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Prickly Pear Leaf Spot: Treatment For Phyllosticta Fungus In Cactus
Phyllosticta symptoms in prickly pears are most prevalent and plants with the disease are at risk of cosmetic and vigor damage. Fortunately, once conditions dry out, the damaged areas abort the fungus and heal to a certain degree. Learn more in this article.
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Saguaro Cactus Problems – Treating Bacterial Necrosis In Saguaro
Saguaro fall prey to a nasty infection called bacterial necrosis of saguaro. The importance of detecting and beginning treatment cannot be stressed, as the plant can live for some time with small spots of the disease, but will eventually succumb if left untreated. Learn more here.
