Tough places call for tough plants. For seaside gardens where the plants are bathed in salty air and windswept, choose salt tolerant cacti and succulents.

Good garden design is the result of proper planning. It doesn´t happen by magic.

Here are some gift ideas for mothers who are interested in cacti and succulents.

Good or bad, insects are here to stay with some of them attacking cacti and succulents.

The prickly pear is familiar to many gardeners. Though these may be more common in the Southwest, they also occur in the East.

Several cheery weeks of unfurling magnificient blooms are what you´ll get from the Easter cactus as well as the other types used for the other holidays.

Anyone with a serious interest in plants of the American Southwest will definitely want a copy of "Sonoran Desert Plants-An Ecological Atlas."

Moss rose, a native of Brazil, has a lot to offer. Also known as sun rose, rose moss, portulaca, and purslane, this has vivid flowers in various colors.

"Cactus" by Elisabeth Marke was published by Barron´s Educational Series.

For 2006, cacti and succulent lovers can expect to find many wonderful new varieties available in garden centers and nurseries.