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Cactus is trendy! All the Cactus-Based Products You Have to Try Now

Shayne Rodriguez Thompson
The world is starting to tell us something our ancestors already knew — cactus is a really useful and versatile plant! A wide variety of cacti are native to Latin America, and Indigenous people traditionally utilized them for many things...
Culture

DIY Gardening: Caring for Fairy Castle Cacti

Eliza Navarro
Experts can’t agree on the scientific names of this cactus. Is it Acanthocereus tetragonus, or Cereus hildmannianus? Is its subspecies uruguayanus, or monstrose? Most people simply prefer its whimsical common name: Fairy Castle cactus. Bright green ‘spires’ and ‘turrets’ rise...