When the holiday season approaches, I always start to check my cacti for buds—it’s an exciting time of the year! I love my cacti even as the green houseplants they are most of the year. But I’m not going to lie and say I wouldn’t want them to bloom every year, and for as long […]
When to Put Christmas Cactus in Dark Shade
If you want to make sure your Christmas cactus blooms this year, you’ve got to understand one thing: light matters, and so does darkness. The whole blooming process is triggered by a balance between light exposure and total darkness. So, the “dark shade” trick isn’t just some old gardener’s tale—it’s actually part of the plant’s […]