The Needlepoint Badge can only be earned in the Mesa biome, a sandy, desert-like region introduced in the latest PEAK update. While exploring the Mesa biome, you’ll spot cacti of various sizes, but it ...

Christmas cactuses will grow the ‘most prolific blooms’ when watered with 1 item It turns out it is not only easy to care for a Christmas cactus, but you only need one simple item to get it to ...

Christmas cactuses are not only easy and reliable to rebloom, but the plant will get larger and more spectacular each year. These wonderful, long-lived plants are even sometimes passed down from ...

Cactuses carry out essential functions at night. That’s when they open their stomata, or pores, and carry out a gas exchange in which they take in the carbon dioxide they use to photosynthesize ...

Cactuses are native only to the Americas, having evolved 60 million years ago when upward-pushing mountains transformed the then-lush tropical climate of the western Americas to desert. With thick ...

Cactuses and other succulents are as varied in their needs as different types of landscape trees and shrubs. We can’t help but think of a cactus as just a cactus, but they are not all the same ...

Q: I recently bought a 40-year-old home surrounded with cactuses, some common and some exotic. With much effort, I rehomed all of these big boys. But the front yard has an awesome focal-point, a ...

Cactuses, like other succulents, perform their respiration at night in order to conserve water. This means their stomata or pores remain closed during the day and then open at night when the ...

Hands off the cactuses Protected symbol: The cactus, particularly the majestic saguaro, has long been a symbol of the West. So if you’re in Arizona, don’t even think about digging one up.