PoinstettiaIf you don’t have plants in the house but do intend on buying a few, here is a list of the most popular Christmas plants that will probably be on sale. I’ve mentioned a few details so you can get the best value from them once you bring them home.
Azalea: Water carefully –keep the compost moist at all times, keep cool, a hall or porch is ideal as long as the temperature is constant. Keep in bright, indirect sunlight. Can be put outside when the threat of frost has gone
Christmas cactus: Water sparingly-don’t let the compost dry out. They don’t like it too hot. The plants should flower for about six weeks. Don’t move the plant once the buds have formed as they could drop off with the shock of it all. Will get bigger and better for next year with a bit or care.
Cyclamen: These plants do best if kept cool and kept in porches and conservatories. They tend to wilt in central heating, if they do dry out, stand the pot in tepid water and leave to soak. After the compost has soaked up the water shake off the excess water, hopefully the plant will recover. After flowering allow the corm, (the bulb bit in the middle) to dry out then store until late summer. Re-pot again in fresh compost and start watering.Poinsettia: Again don’t over water; keep at a cool room temperature out of draughts. They should flower for twelve weeks and even more if the leaves are sprayed with water and the pots are put on a pebble tray to increase humidity. Put the plants in bright light to keep the plant colour. The plant can be over wintered by following a strict regime of light and dark for an eight-week period (14 hour darkness then ten hours of daylight) starting next September. The time this will take it would pay you to buy a new one!
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