{"id":10276,"date":"2017-12-24T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=10276"},"modified":"2017-12-22T14:01:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:01:50","slug":"deck-the-halls-with-these-ten-festive-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2017\/12\/24\/deck-the-halls-with-these-ten-festive-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Deck The Halls With These Ten Festive Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celebrate the holiday with these live plants,\u00a0some of which you receive as gifts. These houseplants can stand alone or complement\u00a0the festive holiday decor:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Poinsettia.<\/strong> No other houseplant captures the Christmas spirit more than poinsettias.<\/li>\n
  2. Thanksgiving\/Christmas Cacti\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>(Schlumbergera bridesii<\/em> or S. truncata<\/em>) –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>these easy to care for\u00a0dependable\u00a0<\/strong>flowering\u00a0cacti (they’re really succulents)\u00a0come in red, pink or white colored blooms.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Amaryllis <\/strong>is a bulbous plant that blooms in winter season or program to flower in any season.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Large flowers available in vibrant reds, orange tones, pinks,\u00a0 snowy white, or\u00a0bicolors.\n

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      Amaryllis + daffodils<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Norfolk Island Pine. <\/strong>Mini-Christmas trees have become a holiday staple at garden centers. Indoors, they may grow up to 12 feet in height. They can spend summers outdoors under the shade of a shade tree.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Kalanchoes <\/strong>are true succulents, so do not overwater and allow excellent soil drainage. They\u00a0bear lovely foliage and long lasting flowers that\u00a0come in red, orange, pink, purple, yellow, white and just recently bi-colored varieties.<\/li>\n
        2. Cyclamen- <\/strong>their lovely mottled, heart-shaped leaves and red, pink, or white flowers will beautify spaces in\u00a0your home or in protected outdoor areas where nightly temperatures\u00a0do\u00a0not drop below 37\u00a0\u00b0F.<\/strong><\/li>\n
        3. Bromeliads – <\/strong>one of the easiest house plants to grow. They don’t ask for much light. Mist the air around them several days per week. Flowers are very showy and young plants (pups) form that become the “grandchildren” of\u00a0your plant.<\/li>\n
        4. Tillandsias – <\/strong><\/strong>which are\u00a0bromeliad relatives are\u00a0frequently\u00a0sold as “Air Plants” because plants don’t have roots and are not potbound. All plant(s) ask for is a daily misting or weekly one hour soaking\u00a0in the sink or bucket of water.<\/li>\n
        5. Sedums<\/strong> – available in pots or planted in changeable frames\u00a0suitable for wall hanging either for room interiors or outdoors (hardy types).<\/li>\n
        6. Paperwhites –<\/strong>\u00a0 miniature white daffodil blooms are highly fragrant. Simply give plenty them of water, and you’ will be rewarded with 4 weeks of beautiful winter white blooms<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          During the spring-summer seasons feed most plants (not tillandsias) monthly with a weak solution of Miracle -Gro or an equivalent product. Otherwise, water plants weekly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Celebrate the holiday with these live plants,\u00a0some of which you receive as gifts. These houseplants can stand alone or complement\u00a0the festive holiday decor:     Poinsettia. No other houseplant captures the Christmas spirit more than poinsettias. Thanksgiving\/Christmas Cacti\u00a0(Schlumbergera bridesii or S. truncata) –\u00a0\u00a0these easy to care for\u00a0dependable\u00a0flowering\u00a0cacti (they’re really succulents)\u00a0come in red, pink or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1293,871,707,1226,842,1037,1455,665,1289,1358,1096,202,843,1196,847,1060,1059,729,777,1363,1456,113,708,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10410,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10276\/revisions\/10410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}