Christmas Cactus and its holiday brethren, the Thanksgiving & Easter Cactus, are some of the most fun indoor succulents to ...

The Christmas cactus is a popular holiday plant offering colorful cheer for the holiday season—with brilliant red, pink, white, or purple flowers in bloom during the wintertime, this hardy succulent ...

No, it's not a standard cactus that's been given a festive makeover, decorated with a string of tinsel, and topped with a crowning star. A Christmas cactus is actually a cheery plant that gets its ...

The Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) is a much-loved festive plant that puts on a spectacular floral display over the holidays. Unlike desert cacti, it hails from the humid tropical forests ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Christmas cactus is a hybrid epiphytic plant, prized for its flat, segmented green stems that ...

Editor's note: This story was initially published on Dec. 20, 2020. Updated in December 2025. Under the right conditions, Christmas cacti are the holiday plants that keep blooming, and not just for ...

If you’re looking for a succulent that’s also quite endearing and fun to have around, then the Bunny Ear Cactus would be the ...

Gardeners, many of you hosted neighbors, friends and family (as did we) during the Thanksgiving holiday. Some family members drove considerable distances and others traveled greater distances, ...

Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are in the plant genus Schlumbergera and are native to tropical rainforests. Schlumbergera truncata is the Thanksgiving cactus. You can tell the difference between the ...