We had our first snow last week. That’s a little early for Toronto, especially to have snow that actually stayed on the ground for a few days.
I was taken by surprise by the early snow and it made me realize that we’d better get the Christmas lights out and start decorating the house before […]
I have two cactus like plants. One is a Thanksgiving Cactus and the other is of the same species, Schlumbergera, and is known as a Christmas Cactus.
General care for plants of the Schlumbergera species is to give them moderate to bright light in the Spring and Summer months. Lighting depends upon exactly which […]
Well, Christmas is over, and for those of us that celebrate boxing day, well that’s over too. Did anyone receive any garden related gifts this year? Pruners? Garden tools, plant seeds, winter blooming bulbs or a nice houseplant? Maybe you got some software for your computer so that you […]
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This is a photo of my Thanksgiving Cactus.
Naturally it didn’t bloom for our early Canadian Thanksgiving. Nope, it’s named for the American Thanksgiving obviously. Each year without fail my Thanksgiving cactus starts blooming like crazy.
Most people would call this a Christmas Cactus because they don’t realize that there are actually three types of Schlumbergera. There […]
