GV Gardeners: Keeping your Christmas Cactus happy
Its most common name is Christmas Cactus, but it is also called Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, and even Easter Cactus. Much depends on when the Epiphyllum, Schlumbergera bridgesii bursts into
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Its most common name is Christmas Cactus, but it is also called Thanksgiving Cactus, Holiday Cactus, and even Easter Cactus. Much depends on when the Epiphyllum, Schlumbergera bridgesii bursts into
The schlumbergera, also known as a Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter cactus, are hugely popular around this time of the year and after the holidays.
As October prepares to say goodbye and November is welcomed into the fold, our decorations continue from simply fall statements to celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. As both holidays draw
'Tis the season of wacky weather with wicked winds! Just last week, there were two days on which record-high temperatures were set. Then, there was this week, with its mix of sub-freezing temperatures, rain, a bit of occasional snow, and the wicked winds that brought down a few trees and numerous branches, and caused power outages. My plans to plant peas, the first outdoor crop I sow in spring, were blown away in Mondayâs gale-force winds. The weather is not the only thing that is wacky. Our Thanksgiving cactus canât make up its mind as to what it really is. It first bloomed around ...
GREG REYNOLDS / CONTRIBUTORLeafy mistletoe in a tree in Alabama. KATIE OAKES / CONTRIBUTORNorfolk Island Pine. KATIE OAKES / CONTRIBUTORNorfolk Island Pine branch. KATIE OAKES / CONTRIBUTORA cream colored poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). KATIE OAKES / CONTRIBUTORA Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera truncata). KATIE OAKES / CONTRIBUTORThe actual flowers of the poinsettia plant are small and yellow in the center of the colored bracts. Â Itâs that magical time of year when the temperatures drop, the trees are bare and the snow swirls. Common indoor decorations this time of year includ...