Indoor Plant Care

Growing wandering jews is easy. Learn all you need to know about water, sun, soil, flowers, fertilizer, and more in this wandering jew plant care guide.

Taking tradescantia pallida (purple heart) cuttings is a great way to save money while extending your succulent garden. Try this easy free guide.

Growing Tradescantias is easy, and you will find the plants to be quite resilient. They typically grow in moist, well-drained, and acidic...

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Start tab labels Description Light/Soil/Water Hardiness Start tab content Purple Heart (Tradescantia Pallida) - A compact slowly spreading evergreen perennial to 10 inches tall by about 2 feet wide with succulent herbaceous purple stems bearing clasping elliptic leaves that are narrowed at the base and tip that are olive green suffused with purple on the upper surface and bright purple below with long sliver hairs along the leaf margins and stems. The interesting new leaves emerge in…

Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida) is an amazing plant! Learn how to grow and propagate this purple leaved beauty. Great plant for indoors and outdoors!

Getting holiday cacti to flower the next year can be tricky. This is where the importance of Christmas cactus feeding comes into play. This article has tips for fertilizing Christmas cactus at just the right time to ensure your plant blooms.

What Fertilizer Is Best for a Christmas Cactus?. Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera spp.) is a flowering succulent that blooms at the time of the winter holidays in the United States. These tropical plants, which grow outdoors only in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 and 11, are popular gifts. ...

The Christmas cactus, (chlumbergera bridesii or Schlumbergera truncata), is actually not a cactus at all, but a member of the succulent family. Reigning from the tropics, this succulent needs specific and attentive care in order to bloom during Christmas time. Learn how to care for Christmas cactus in this easy to follow gardening guide and you'll have a beautiful, blooming plant just in time for the holidays! Christmas Cactus Care: #1. Keep in a Dark Place For your Christmas cactus to…

My “Heirloom” Cactus When my grandparents moved out of their farmhouse last year, I came into possession of my grandma’s sprawling but sadly neglected Christmas cactus. She does n…

If a stem of your mature Christmas cactus is getting woody, it doesn’t mean that anything is amiss. That means that there is no reason to try fixing a Christmas cactus with woody stems. Click here for more information about woody Christmas cactus.

The main difference between Thanksgiving, Christmas Cactus, and Easter Cactus is the time of bloom. As their common names suggest, a...

If you mention the Christmas cactus to friends, you’re likely to hear stories of people who’ve had them for decades, but have never been able to get them to bloom at all, let alone near their namesake holiday. And you can’t blame them, because care for this plant can be a bit confusing. With the right conditions, though, it can be a beautiful houseplant that gets passed down for generations.

Is your Christmas Cactus determined to bloom in November? You may have a Thanksgiving Cactus masquerading as a Christmas Cactus.

A beautiful holiday plant (botanically known as Schlumbergera or Zygocactus), the Christmas Cactus unsurprisingly blooms at Christmas and also sometimes around Easter time if cared for properly. A month prior to Christmas you will be able...

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Christmas cactus stay turtle-green all summer long, but just before the holidays, they burst into an amazing display of brilliant blossoms that can last for months. You can take steps to help your Christmas cactus bloom, but not every piece of advice you hear will actually prove useful.

Learn how to make christmas cactus bloom at christmas or in holiday season by following these tips.

With a little TLC, it'll bloom all holiday season long.

The Christmas cactus is a beautiful houseplant, and you can propagate Christmas cactus plants from a healthy parent plant to share with others or to give yourself more plants to display. It's a relatively easy process that involves rooting the cutting in a medium before repotting the new growth.

If you catch the disease early, you may be able to save it. Remove the Christmas Cactus from the container immediately. Trim away affected...

Christmas cactus plants ( Schlumbergera bridgesii ) are epiphytes that grow naturally in trees in Brazil. They absorb moisture and nutrients from debris that gets caught in the tree branches. Commonly grown as houseplants, they can also be grown outdoors in pots in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 to 11, as long as they are brought indoors if the weather gets too cold. They can survive temperatures down to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, but their stems will be severely damaged.

A beautiful holiday plant (botanically known as Schlumbergera or Zygocactus), the Christmas Cactus unsurprisingly blooms at Christmas and also sometimes around Easter time if cared for properly. A month prior to Christmas you will be able...

Christmas cactus plants ( Schlumbergera bridgesii ) are epiphytes that grow naturally in trees in Brazil. They absorb moisture and nutrients from debris that gets caught in the tree branches. Commonly grown as houseplants, they can also be grown outdoors in pots in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 to 11, as long as they are brought indoors if the weather gets too cold. They can survive temperatures down to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, but their stems will be severely damaged.

Got a Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter cactus? These care tips will have your plant producing beautiful flowers for years to come. #holidaycactus #plantcaretips #empressofdirt

You've been caring for it all year and now that it?s time to expect winter blooms, you find the leathery leaves wilted and limp on your Christmas cactus. Why? Find out in this article and fix your limp Christmas cactus.

The panda plant, or Kalanchoe tomentosa, is a unique-looking and simple succulent to care for...so add it to your collection!

Learn exactly how to fertilize phalaenopsis orchids correctly and grow more beautiful blooms and healthier plants. My top orchid fertilizing tips.

Do you have a Pothos vine? Check out this post on Pothos Vine Care and learn about light requirements, water requirements, and overall Pothos care tips!

Plants from the Fittonia genus, also known as nerve plants because of the bright leaf veins, are popular houseplant choices because of their gorgeous appearance. It’s hard not to fall…

The Fittonia plant (nerve plant) a lovely houseplant, deep green leaves, decorative veining, grows well in terrariums, hanging baskets, desk