Most plants get rid of litres of water every day, by a process called ... flower grows between the leaves. Some species of agave plants (succulents not cacti) are also called Needle and Thread ...

Holiday cacti, like Christmas cacti or Easter cacti, are the perfect indoor plant to brighten a room with some festive color.

Although cacti are native to the Americas (apart from one species that also grows in Sri Lanka, and parts of Africa from the Ivory Coast to Ethiopia) new plants can be grown from off-shoots.

Cacti should be repotted as soon as the roots begin to show through the drainage holes at the bottom of its pot. As a general rule, fast growing species should be repotted every two to three years ...

But there’s much more to the around 1,850 cacti species than their ruggedness. Here are six surprising facts about this succulent plant family that you may not know. Cacti are often depicted as desert ...

Schlumbergera, or holiday cacti, are native to Brazil’s humid Latin American rainforests. Exported to Europe in the early ...