Artificial Christmas trees can take on a look ... the new branches as well as the tree’s surrounding branches to help incorporate the stems. Just as the ornaments that decorate your tree can ...

Q: Why do some of my Christmas cactuses develop a woody stem that eventually rots and falls off? We don’t overwater them. A couple of them will develop the woody stems. I usually break them off ...

When you prune, you encourage it to make more branches—which means ... To prune a Christmas cactus for propagating, only cut off as many stems as you plant to propagate. Use clean, sharp pruners ...