A holiday cactus is a festive treat for gardeners. This easy-care houseplant is the gift that keeps on giving. The post ...

“Guizhou cactus pear isn’t just some fruit,” she says. “It’s a remarkable plant with an outstanding nutritional value.” It contains ten times more vitamin C than kiwi, a 100 times more ...

“We can start growing cactus pear crops in abandoned areas that are marginal and may not be suitable for other crops.” The fruit on the plant can be used by people for jams and ...

Anton Brugger stands in his cactus nursery in Almeria ... But the Iberian peninsula's emblematic prickly pear is absent from Brugger's nursery. The plant that typifies the traditional Spanish ...

Learn from the experts on how best to keep this prickly plant in pristine condition. 1. Provide lots of sunlight It goes ...

The prickly pear cactus has a big network of shallow roots, which can quickly soak up lots of water when it rains. The ocotillo plant only grows leaves after it has rained - as soon as the soil ...

We asked professional hairstylists all about the benefits of prickly pear oil for hair and what products are worth trying.

The spiky plant has been banned ... Opuntia littoralis, or the coastal prickly pear cactus native to Southern California, has 1.5-inch needles as well as smaller glochids—both have “teeth ...

Some people feel threatened by cacti, reluctant to approach and appreciate the strength, endurance and beauty of these succulent stemmed and spine leafed plants. While you can respectfully and protect ...

Many have seen scraggly desiccated corpses of prickly pear cacti while out on a hike or pruning fence lines, but these ...