White Lily Dreams – A Growing Blog
Plants, Gardens, and Babies
What’s your favorite houseplant?Posted by Sarah O. on February 16, 2010
Someone recently asked about the best place to buy houseplants, and the easiest to grow, and I started wondering what your favorite houseplants were.
My Thanksgiving cactus is my favorite.
I love it, it’s beautiful, and it doesn’t take a lot of work to keep alive.
I bought it at a craft show for local churches for $5.
It [...]
Thanksgiving Cactus – 2nd BloomPosted by Sarah O. on April 10, 2009
The Thanksgiving Cactus is blooming again.
I’m really excited, because I’ve been wanting an Easter Cactus since I found out that there was an Easter Cactus.
Only half of the plant bloomed at Thanksgiving, so I think the other half is blooming now.
Either way, I think it’s pretty cool.
Have your Holiday Cacti ever bloomed twice?
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Pink and White Thanksgiving Cactus BloomPosted by Sarah O. on November 17, 2008
The blooms on the Thanksgiving Cactus are finally starting to open.
There are a few buds on the side that didn’t have any buds on it last week, but not many.
It’s easy to forget how beautiful the blooms are when you haven’t seen them in so long.
I’ve been looking around when I visit shops with flowers [...]
It’s not a Christmas Cactus – it’s a Thanksgiving CactusPosted by Sarah O. on November 6, 2008
Yup – I’m just realizing why my “Christmas” cactus is starting to bloom.
I get the University of Minnesota Extensions newsletter, and when I saw the heading “Holiday Cactus” I just thought they didn’t want to say Christmas anymore.
But when I read it, I realized there are Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter Cacti.
I had no idea.
I have [...]
