Most of us who have a night-blooming cereus also have a long-term love affair with the plant that graces us with sweet-smelling blooms for only one short summer night. Over the years when I write ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was an all-nighter for Ben Johnson — and we're not talking about waiting for votes to come in. On the night of Oct. 24, the night-blooming cereus put on a show at his Baton Rouge home. “That was ...

My mother has always been an avid gardener and plant lover. She tours gardens while on vacation — perhaps a tropical botanic garden in Hawaii or the formal gardens of stately homes in England. She ...

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 ...

“And so for nights // we waited, hoping to see // the heavy bud // break into flower.” —Robert Hayden, “The Night-Blooming Cereus” The first two times it bloomed I missed it. Twice, I returned home ...

After collecting newspapers from the driveway the other morning, I was almost back inside when I spotted some news of my own. At the edge of the porch, our night-blooming cereus had offered its first ...

The flower blooms at midnight only once a year, and I promised myself I wouldn’t miss it this time. Every night for a week I checked a pair of palm trees near Payne Park in downtown Sarasota that are ...

The night-blooming cereus, aka Selenicereus grandiflorus, is a flowering, climbing cactus common in tropical areas, where it’s treasured for its fragrant and fleeting beauty. (Flowers bloom just once ...