Joyful and full of life, the ever-so-cheerful Christmas cactus — Schlumbergera — is a houseplant many adore. Its bright ...

If you’d like to propagate your Christmas cactus, take longer stem cuttings that are three to five stem segments long.

Give Christmas cactus lots of indirect light year-round, and don't allow the soil to dry out too much once flower buds form.

They could stay underground for a few more months. But, when tricked into growing, "the hyacinth is one of the flowers you can have at Christmas," said Matthieu Velé, head of the horticultural ...