A saguaro doesn’t start flowering—providing a vital food source and reproducing—until it’s more than 35 years old. Around age 50, the cactus starts growing arms, which also flower.

MONTY DON: Cactus makes perfect, just keep your desert flowers cool and dry. By MONTY DON FOR MAILONLINE Updated: 17:30 EDT, 7 January 2011 ...

You might think that these native succulents are better suited to wild, desert landscapes, yet prickly pears can ... For ...

Q. How do I care for my orchid cactus? -- Ronnie, South Fallsburg A. The orchid cactus is a beautiful flowering plant that does not fit the typical idea we associate with cacti. The Epiphyllum orch… ...

Stop and smell the cactus. Desert wildflowers are in bloom. But don’t wait too long to see them. With sparse rains, many of the flowers already are wilting in low elevation areas such as the ...

More great flowering shrubs for the Desert Southwest: Little-leaf cordia (Cordia parvifolia) is covered with tiny white flowers in spring and fall. It is native to the Chihuahuan and Sonoran deserts.

A Christmas cactus is not an arid desert plant; it’s a tropical plant. It likes moist soil, but it doesn’t like being over-watered. Your plant might also benefit from being put into a slightly ...

Inga and Werner Opitz had given up on their flowering cactus. It hadn’t bloomed in 16 years. “We were so upset,” said Inga, 89. “We were ready to throw it out.” The north Everett couple ...

Thirty miles north of Amman, Jordan, some 100 acres of bright green grass grew eight inches high. Around it lay dusty desert supporting a few tough shrubs. Soldiers of the Arab Legion last week ...

Christmas cactuses bloom in winter, when the days grow cool and short. While low light levels trigger flowering, fertilizing Christmas cactus at the right time and in the right way is key for ...

WHEN you think of spring flowering plants, cactus is probably not at the top of the list. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices. Rewards. Subscribe. Sign In. Read Today's Paper; My account.