Flowers on pitaya cactus (Photo by Ronald Chong) My first exposure to dragon fruit was through David Silber, founder of Papaya Tree Nursery in Granada Hills. Silber’s plant was vining its way ...

Also known as dragon fruit cactus or pitahaya, the plant is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. Known for its bright pink, leathery skin with thorn-like fins, dragon fruit is ...

It looks spiky, but in a nice, cool way, versus the more prickly cactus spike variety ... Get your on-trend dragon tree from this Tampa, Florida-based plant shop, or pick it up locally—either ...

Newer plants benefit from regular fertilizing ... If given the right care, a dragon fruit cactus can live for 20 years. There are many dragon fruit cultivars but only four species, three in ...

While you may not initially equate “cactus” with “edible ... but keep mulch away from the base of the plant to avoid introducing fungi and rot. The dragon fruit grown in Fairchild ...

Several species in the Hylocereus genus of the cactus family produce lovely flowers and delicious fruit. Commonly known as dragon fruit, these plants can be grown as an ornamental plant as well as ...

Cactus-like, it has 2-inch-thick, spiny-ridged stems that are often triangular in cross-section. And yes: The plant’s primal appearance does somehow evoke dragon bones. This succulent is a fast ...