Cacti and Succulents: Care Guides & Growing Advice

Succulents and Cacti plants have become increasingly popular due to their ease-of-care, unique shapes and colors, and small size.
Century plant (Agave americana)
How to Grow a Century Plant
Hen and chicks plant with red tips.
21 Plants to Grow in the Yard for a Desert Look
White night blooming cereus flower with pink outer petals.
10 Types of Night Blooming Cereus You Have to Grow
Slipper plant (Euphorbia lomelii) in bloom
How to Grow Slipper Plants
Sedum kamtschaticum ‘Variegatum’ plant with small oval leaves on stems with tiny pink flowers
Flowering Low-Maintenance Succulents for Your Yard
Mexican firecracker succulent with fuzzy rosette like leaves surrounded by small pebbles in square pot
How to Grow and Care for Mexican Firecrackers
Tree houseleek with black leaves.
Use These 8 Black Succulents to Create a Moody Oasis in Your Yard
Jelly bean succulent plant in white ceramic pot on decorated surface
How to Grow and Care for Jelly Bean Succulents
Several types of echeveria on a white table
10 Most Popular Types of Echeveria
echeveria succulents
How to Grow Echeveria Succulents
ghost plant succulents
Resilient Ghost Plants Are Trendsetters
aloe plant
14 Unusual Aloe Types You Can Grow
dwarf jade plant
Dwarf Jade Is a Succulent House Plant with Low Watering Needs
closeup of hens and chicks succulents
Hens and Chicks Plant: The "Always Live" Plant
closeup of a jade plant
Tips for Helping Your Jade Plants to Thrive
closeup of a haworthia succulent
How to Grow Haworthia
Desert rose plant with bright and light pink flowers on succulent stem with light green leaves
Follow This Easy Guide to Grow Beautiful Desert Rose Plants
healthy succulents
This Is How to Grow Healthy Succulent Plants
A ruby ball cactus
How to Care and Grow Ruby Ball Cactus (Moon Cactus)
potted prickly pear cactus
How to Grow and Care for Prickly Pear
string of pearls plants
Curio Rowleyanus: Growing String of Pearls Succulents
closeup of aeonium plants
Growing and Caring for Aeonium Plants
Crassula plant
Learn How to Grow and Care for Jades and Other Crassula Plants
succulent container garden overhead shot
How to Grow Healthy Succulents
Christmas cactus
Learn How to Get Your Holiday Cactus to Bloom
flapjack succulent
Flapjack Succulent Plant Profile
tiger jaws succulents
How to Grow Tiger Jaws Succulent Indoors
Six Echeveria 'Topsy Turvy' succulent plants.
11 Extraordinary Succulent Plants You Can Grow
angel wings cactus
Cactus Houseplants for Sunny Spaces
Euphorbia succulent for outdoors closeup
13 Low-Maintenance Succulents to Grow in Your Garden
flowering cholla cactus
Outdoor Cactus for a Range of Climates
cacti and succulents
Do You Know the Difference Between Cacti and Succulents?
pencil cactus by a window
How to Grow the Pencil Cactus
closeup of living stones plants
How to Grow Living Stones
gasteria succulent on a tray
How to Grow and Care for Gasteria
donkey's tail succulent
Growing Donkey's Tail Succulents (Burro's Tail)
various Pilosocereus Cacti in pots
Learn How to Grow Your Pilosocereus Cacti Successfully
closeup of a cactus
Indoor Cactus Plant Profile
parodia cactus
Learn How to Grow and Care for Ball Cactus
potted rat tail cactus
Taking Care of a Rat Tail Cactus
senecio plant
How to Grow Succulent Senecio Plants
large agave plant
How to Grow and Care for Agave
euphorbia plants
How to Grow Euphorbia
sedum plants with pink blooms
How to Grow Sedum
Prickly pear cacti
Growing and Caring for a Prickly Pear Cactus
Hens and chicks succulent with green leaves and pink tips clustered together
Growing Charming Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum)
A large, mature Dog Tail Cactus winding around a tree
Dog Tail Cactus Plant Profile
chocolate soldier plant
Chocolate Soldier Plant Profile
crinkle leaf plant
How to Grow Crinkle Leaf Plants
Succulent with rounded red and green leaves surrounded by companion plants in garden
What to Plant in Your Succulent Garden
Coral aloe in soil with thick, wide leaves edged in pink
How to Grow and Care for Coral Aloe
Jewel aloe succulent with jagged teeth on triangular leaves surrounded by rocks
How to Grow and Care for Jewel Aloe
Yucca baccata plant with tall spiky leaves in a fan-like shape
Yucca Baccata Plant Profile
Huernia zebrina in bloom
Huernia zebrina (Lifesaver Plant) Profile
A flatlay concept depicts succulent cuttings, terracotta pots, and pruning shears on a brown deck.
How to Plant Succulent Cuttings
closeup of a powder puff cactus
Learn How to Grow a Showy Powder Puff Cacti Plant
A large owl eyes succulent bloom in an orange pot.
How to Grow Owl Eyes (Huernia zebrina) Succulents
closeup of an aloe vera houseplant
How to Grow and Care for Aloe Vera
Multiple rosette-like succulents clustered in orange pot
Discover Unique and Creative Succulent Container Ideas for Your Garden
closeup of a baseball plant
This Low-Maintenance Succulent May Become Your Favorite Houseplant
topsy debbie succulent
How to Grow Topsy Debbi (Lilac Spoons)
hens and chicks succulents growing in a container
It's Easy to Grow Hens and Chicks in Pots
varieties of succulents
9 Most Popular Succulent Varieties
Jade succulent with yellow-green leaves with red tips growing over clay pot closeup
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Grow Healthy Succulents