Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at [email protected]. I have a night blooming cereus that is several years old and that has ...

Can you give me some info about growing a night-blooming cereus? At what time of year do they usually bloom? Is there anything I can do to encourage blooming? What do you recommend about exposure to ...

Night-blooming cereus is a catch-all term describing several types of cacti that only bloom at night (usually only for a single night). The word "cereus" means it is a cactus. Most types of ...

I recently had the honor of being invited to what sounded like a “serious” little party. Actually, it was a “cereus” party, named for a night-blooming cactus. This party was called at the spur of the ...

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When it keeps raining, it is hard to imagine dry times, but winter in Kona likely means some dry days ahead. Cacti are always good go-to plants for dry times, but some cactus family members are a ...

Once a year, the night-blooming cereus wows us with white, palm-sized flowers that blossom at dusk and wilt before sunrise. And we love her. Also known as Peniocereus greggi var. transmontanus or ...