Imagine a cactus that grows rapidly in ordinary garden soil and whose luscious fruit sells at the supermarket for $4.99 per pound. Would you want to try to grow that cactus? I recently wrote about ...

It’s about time you considered growing dragon fruit, also known as pitaya. Dragon fruit is native to the Central American and South American tropics, but I have seen it growing in the San Fernando ...

Do you like expanding your palate as much as you like expanding your houseplant collection? If so, then Trader Joe’s has a new offering that will do both for you at the same time. Trader Joe’s ...

In this video, I showcase a yellow dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, as part of my annual update on my ongoing dragon fruit projects. Pitaya is the fruit of various cactus species found in southern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A dragon fruit plant growing in a home garden with plant care 101 graphic overlay. Like the mythical creature for which it is ...

Germinating and growing time-lapse of a pitahaya cactus from a store-bought dragon fruit. We first extracted dragon fruit's seeds and soaked them in water for 12 days. Then, we picked one seedling to ...

The flavor is a fixture on drink menus. But competition from abroad has South Florida growers rethinking their commitment to a once-lucrative crop that requires a lot of investment and care.

RAMONA, Calif. — This weekend a Dragon Fruit farm in the East County is welcoming the public to experience its unique tasting fruit as well as meet their sheep and llamas. In this Zevely Zone, I ...