Poinsettia care
One of the traditional and most popular holiday flowers is the Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). The delicate, yet dazzling flowers (bracts) range from huge bushes to miniatures plants and come in assorted colors that are sure…
Mistletoe
Under the Mistletoe A festive Christmas holiday decoration is the Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens) which represents fertility, life, romance and peace. The Druids believed it was a sacred plant that would bring good health and luck….
Christmas Cactus
CHRISTMAS CACTUS One of the more popular flowering plants around the holidays is the Schlumbergera bridgesii better known as the Christmas cactus. It offers a profusion of tubular flowers that bloom for two to four…
Seasonal Plant Tips
Feb/March Tired of winter? Try forcing some spring blooming branches indoors. Flowering trees and shrubs such as crabapples, forsythia, lilac, magnolia, pussy willows, redbud, quince, wisteria and fruit trees can be encouraged to bloom indoors. Easter…
Reblooming Poinsettia
Instead of discarding your poinsettia after the Holiday season, take on the challenge of re-blooming it for the next year. Here’s what you need to do. Maintain and water the plant indoors from March to May. Once…
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