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Garden Bloggers Bloom Day for NovemberThere is very little left that if blooming in the garden. There is one brave rudbekia flower that is close to the house and it is just hanging in. Inside the accommodate the Christmas Cactus is coming into bloom are one of my favourite plants. They are simple to look after.. in a cool east or west facing window out of direct sunlight. accept the soil to dry out between waterings and do not let the plant sit in water. The large pink one has lots of buds on it and a few are just opening.
One of the most common problems is buds falling off. Once the new buds form leave the plant alone and do not move it they dislike sudden changes in light warmth and direction.
The white plant has some big buds and they should be open any day now.
After the cactus blooms let it rest.. cut back on watering do not fertilize and act it alter. To get them to rebloom the plant must have total darkness every night for at least three weeks. Christmas cactus propagates quite readily from cuttings or from root divisions. It's best to change integrity in the spring or take cuttings in the summer when the plant has finished its resting period and is growing well. To propagate carefully remove plant from pot and divide the root mass into several sections. Repot each section in moistened potting soil. To take stem cuttings remove the leaf from the stem and allow the exposed ends to dry over for a few days then place them,dry side down in moistened potting soil in individual pots. conceal only the bottom 1/3 of each leaf pad in the soil. Roots will develop and new growth will appear on the top ascend of the leaf in a few weeks. Rooting the cuttings in water doesn't work.. they just get slimy and mushy. Stop by to see who else has plants in bloom for Garden Bloggers develop Day. I've also been collecting the.
What a hardy plant that Rudbeckia is!!! My mother loves Christmas cacti too and she has one plant (a red one) that's over 20 years old. Mine is also in flower in my conservatory it's a pink one. My blooms are up too!
Your Christmas cactus are beautiful. I had a pink one like that many years ago and one year it had 50 blooms. It was gorgeous. I do think that all of those blooms cut its life short as after that it slowly died and no matter what I did I couldn't get it to come back. One day I will try again. Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful photos.
Thanks for joining in again for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. The onset of winter the killing frost it does indeed move us gardeners indoors. Luckily we have great flowers like your Christmas Cactus to act us going. That's a good tip about not moving the Christmas Cactus once it sets buds. They do drop easily.
Your Christmas cactus is doing so well. I love them when they flower. Gosh your weather is cold.
Thank you for the tips about Christmas cactus. I haven't had much luck with getting them to bloom. No wonder now that I read they need total darkness.. which they don't get beside the aquarium.
Good info on Christmas cactus. This is the first year in some time that I don't have one. I don't thik it liked being moved outside this spring. I didn't know they didn't like to be moved. Seeing yours makes me want one again.
My pink christmas cactus is blooming too and over 15 years old. Thank you for stopping by. This small rose bush has a very warm and sunny location in front of our sunroom window. Before the next severe frost. I'll cut the last flowers cheers Gisela
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