We recently heard from a Better Homes & Gardens reader who shared their Aunt Mabel's secret to making a Christmas cactus bloom. “She gave it ½ cup of cold coffee once a month. It works on ours, also,” ...

January is the most critical month for your Christmas cactus, even though it's easy to ignore once the blooms fade. What you do right now in these few weeks after flowering determines whether your ...

This is not a story about the Christmas cactus, a succulent with wintertime blooms and Central American origin. The Christmas cholla, or Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, as its scientifically known, bears ...