Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Water plants when the top inch of soil is dry and begin feeding with a balanced (20-10-20) fertilizer at half strength starting about three to four weeks after transplanting into containers.
With most plants, you'll want to water them more often during the summer than during the winter, but the Christmas cactus is an exception because of its bloom season.
Cut back on watering after your holiday cactus stops flowering, which is generally late winter for Thanksgiving and Christmas cactus plants and early spring for Easter cactus. Allow the top 3-4 ...
[6] [3] Its seeds are 2–3 millimeters by 1.5–2 millimeters. [3] When ripe the fruit dries out and splits open to release the seeds. [4] When not in flower this species is very difficult to distinguish from other species of cactus, such as Pelecyphora vivipara (beehive cactus) another high elevation cactus.
Echinocereus triglochidiatus is a species of hedgehog cactus known by several common names, including kingcup cactus, claret cup cactus, red-flowered hedgehog cactus and Mojave mound cactus. This cactus is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it is a resident of varied habitats from low desert to rocky slopes ...
Cereus are shrubby or treelike, often attaining great heights (C. hexagonus, C. lamprospermus, C. trigonodendron up to 15 metres or 49 feet). Most stems are angled or distinctly ribbed, ribs 3–14 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long, usually well developed and have large areoles, usually bearing spines.
Keep plants cool (around 50 degrees) following their blooming period. Water them to keep the soil just barely moist, and be sure to withhold fertilizer. When new growth begins, use the following ...
Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually growing to a cylindrical shape, with spiny ribs ...