At the edge of the porch, our night-blooming cereus had offered its first bloom of the year. Maybe you already know about the night-blooming cereus, a cactus that usually lives up to its name by ...

Night gladiolus, also known as sword lily, is a tall plant with a spicy-sweet scent. Unlike many night bloomers, some of these plants produce dark flowers in burgundy, deep blue, and deep purple hues.

It’s one of quite a number of cacti, also known by the generic common name of “Night-Blooming Cereus.” The Queen of the Night ...

According to the New York Times, the writer Eudora Welty, from Jackson, MS, started a group called the Night Blooming Cereus Club in the 1930s, with the motto, “Don’t take it cereus.