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Thanksgiving Cactus (Holiday Cactus, Christmas Cactus) ... [... more]
University of Arkansas Home & Garden |
Selecting Alternative Holiday Plants
Perhaps the most durable flowering potted plants available this time of year are the kalanchoe and Christmas cactus. Kalanchoes like it warm and dry; if you tend to forget to water your plants, this is the best ... [... more]
University of Illinois Extension |
Can I Plant Poinsettia And Christmas Cacti Outside?
The Christmas cactus has no leaves to drop. The plant consists of flattened stems that look like leaves. This plant is dormant in the fall before flowering and will be ready to resume growth soon after flowering. ... [... more]
New Mexico State University |
August
Force Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus into bloom. Give the plant fifteen hours of darkness from, for example, 6 pm to 9 am for about eight weeks. Flower will not form if night temperatures are above 70 degrees F. ... [... more]
University of Illinois Extension |
Gardening In The Month Of September
Begin conditioning your Poinsettias and Christmas cactus to get them ready for the upcoming holiday season. Both of these plants are short day plants. Although they will eventually bloom, if you want the plants in bloom in time for the holidays ... [... more]
The Garden Helper |
Holiday Cacti
Holiday cacti are distinguished from each other by their leaf margins. Christmas cactus are identified from other blooming holiday cactus by their rounded or scalloped leaf margins. Thanksgiving and Easter cacti have ... [... more]
University of Illinois Solutions |
Growing Requirements For Jungle And Desert Cacti
Many of our most popular cacti are jungle species. Take the holiday cactus, such as the Thanksgiving cactus, the Christmas cactus, and the Easter cactus. Some of these are hybrids with the parents being jungle ... [... more]
Bella Online |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2008 Gardening Calendar
 Pretty - But sparse on gardening information I was hoping for more gardening by the moon phases type information. I thought it would contain a gardening guide (like in the almanac) but in calendar form... you know, things like best days to weed, sow ... [... more]
$7.99
Amazon.com |
Pancho the Burro Planter Sculpture
We had our artist resculpt this classically campy 1950's retro work of garden art to make it even better! Designed to accept your 4" clay pots, he's cast Pancho in 15 lbs. of quality designer resin and realistically hand-painted him in earthy tones ... [... more]
$98.95
Design Toscano at SHOP.COM |
Love to Quilt: Petal by Petal : Appli-Bond Flowers (Love ...
Create realistic 3-D flowers using award-winning quilter Joan Shay's new innovative technique, Appli-bond. Now construct flowers, with their many intricate petals, that you thought too difficult to make before. Appli-bond is the fusing of two layers of ... [... more]
$14.95
Amazon.com |
All About Christmas. History, Traditions, Carols, ...
The illustrated book gives historical and cultural background of Christmas. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Who is Mrs. Claus? How to make an apple pie What are the lyrics of "O ... [... more]
$5.99
Amazon.com |
Holiday Cactus
Christmas cactus and Thanksgiving and Easter cacti are each different varieties that bloom during those holidays. Their gorgeous blooms are a great pick-me-up during winter months, and they're easy to grow. ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
