Christmas cactus are another holiday plant that we get calls about at this time of the year. Allen Smith says the Christmas cactus is a houseplant that can double as a holiday decoration.
These low maintenance, easy to care for plants can provide beautiful blooms for many years with a minimum of care, but the [...]

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Every holiday season I get a call or two asking whether poinsettias are available as cut flowers. Fresh flower suppliers in our area don’t carry them, probably because it’s cheaper to just buy a plant or two and cut the flowers off yourself. If you do want to do this, there is one secret that [...]

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When most people think of poinsettias, the traditional red poinsettia plant usually comes to mind. But you may not know that many new varieties of poinsettias are now being commercially produced, everything from the favorite red, to peach, white, pink, speckled and bi-colored.
Meet the Poinsettias of 2009
Powell Gardens grows all its poinsettias from [...]

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