John Trager, curator of the desert collections at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, offers these five tips for growing cactus and succulents in containers: 1. Plant in a well-drained mix ...

Just because you have potted cactus around your home does not mean that you can ignore them all summer. Cacti have a finite space where they can go for their water and nutrients. With the desert ...

Cactus seedlings in the store look alike, so the one you select could be a baby 20-foot saguaro or an Echinopsis that stays less than a foot and blooms like crazy. Of course you can’t tell at such ...

Cactus seedlings in the store look alike, so the one you select could be a baby 20-foot saguaro or an Echinopsis that stays less than a foot and blooms like crazy. Of course you can’t tell at such ...

SEATTLE — Seattle’s favorite gardening expert Ciscoe Morris stood among dozens of potted cacti at his house and declared, "In case you haven't noticed, I'm kinda a cactus lover. Any kind of succulent, ...

A: It won't harm the plant. Place the pot in a plastic bag, and twist-tie it above the soil line so it won't spill. You could wrap the top of the plant in newspaper to help protect it when stored ...

When author Kurt Kamm is not writing firefighting mysteries, you can find him on his terrace pacing among his pots of plants: 112 cactuses and succulents, at last count. “I often come out when I have ...

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