Mistletoe Cactus

Growing a mistletoe plant indoors will require a small potted tree for the seeds to latch onto. If you just get flowers but no berries, your plant is male. Check their preferred host trees for caches of the berries.Of course, you will also need a host...

Overall, this doesn't harm the tree a great deal unless there are many mistletoe plants on it. It is a parasitic plant that draws the host tree's carbohydrates into itself. Orchard owners know how to get rid of mistletoe in order to increase crop production.

There are readily available lists of toxic plants for people, dogs and cats and these lists are repeated over and over again on the internet and in magazines.But as a veterinarian I am usually less interested in whether something is called toxic versus...

“The correct mistletoe etiquette is for the man to remove one berry when he kisses a woman. Its history as a kissing plant also includes the Norse myth of Baldur, god of summer, son of Frigga goddess of fertility who was killed by a spear made of mistletoe.

This article will introduce the reader to just a few of the dozens of such weird plants. These plants are basically leafless shrubs and trees and make for unique landscape and potted specimens.

There is plenty of time to intervene should the cladodes appear flattened and wrinkled. There are several plant species that are called Christmas cacti, but the true Christmas cactus is the plant discussed below, Schlumbergera x buckleyi, a hybrid of...

Take cuttings and let the severed end callus for a few days. This cactus is found in Florida, Mexico and Brazil. The plant is most often found indoors and may simply be mounted on a piece of bark like an.

Also I will cover how to grow and care for your cactus so that you too can have a piece of flowering history. This article is aimed to show the reader the difference in a true Christmas cactus and other holiday cacti.

My daughter, in keeping with her new sense of independence as a college student, picked out a small strange plant labeled 'perennial' that neither of us recognized, a short succulent with green leaves, a single straight stem and one small purple bloom.

The deeper flower color contrasts so well with other lighter colored Christmas Cactus varieties. This larger flowered variety of Christmas Cactus has rich lavender flowers.

Drooping habit of this plant makes it a good selection for spring hanging baskets.

Includes 1 each of Easter, Lavender, Rare Yellow, Tangerine and White Christmas Cactuses.

We are offering our overstock of houseplants for an amazingly low price! We don't know which of our wonderful varieties we will have surplus supply of in our greenhouses this year, but we know you'll enjoy the surprise when it arrives! It may be flowering...

Blossoms appear early in December and continue through January. Snow white blossoms and shiny holly green leaves -- the perfect holiday centerpiece.

This Christmas Cactus Collection includes 2 Lavender and 2 Rare Yellow cactus varieties. Lavender is a large flower variety with rich lavender blooms. Blooms December through February.

Includes 1 each of Golden Christmas Cactus, Red Easter Cactus, Twilight Tangerine Christmas Cactus and White Christmas Cactus.

The complexity of each flower color is really gorgeous. The Twilight Tangerine Cactus is a delicate combination of peach and orange pastels.

Collection includes 1 each of Lavender, White and Twilight Tangerine Christmas Cactus.

The Christmas Yellow Cactus has charming yellow, jewel-like blossoms appear in December and often bloom through February. This rare Christmas Cactus is a real break-through. Very hard to find.

While it is not illegal to attempt to cultivate the native American mistletoes, the practice is not encouragedAside from its value as a Christmas decoration, opinions of the American mistletoe are mixed.

Sometimes we forget (at least I do) that they also can be great flowering plants. Cactus are great plants, for both pot and landscape cultivation. The following article is mostly a pictorial of some of the more impressive cactus flowers.

For those who don't know what I am talking about, this article is for you. There are many plants that either look like cacti or are called cacti, but are NOT cacti. And now, after seeing so many comments and questions about 'cacti' that actually aren't...

In the Crassula family (Crassulaceae) there are a lot of plants that mimic other plants leading to endless confusion by gardeners, growers and even botanical gardens.Echeverias are one of the most popular and beautiful pot and landscape plants in this...

You can almost see the linear plane of tissue growing out each side, when it SHOULD be growing from a central location radially.But when a mutation occurs in this apical meristem, often a linear row of meristematic cells develop creating a growth pattern...

Also, the economic aspects of cochineal dye, which is derived from cochineal insects that feed on the plant, were of great interest. The second flush of flowers then produced the fleshier fruits that bring a higher price at the market.developed many cultivars...

This article is an introduction to some of the more unusual-looking cacti that some might not at first identify as cacti. Cactus come in all shapes and varieties though some do not look like typical cacti, or even like cacti at all.

From the very earliest cultures we find that the rose was associated with divinity. Monks called the shamrock, alleluia. Historically there are some golden plants. Thanks to my friend, Melody."Plant lore, legends and lyrics" by Richard Folkard, printed...