Comments on: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 2009

By: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day January 2010 — Cold Climate Gardening — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:56:13 +0000

[...] Christmas cactus that provided a bloom this time last year dropped its one and only blossom a couple of days [...]

By: A Tale of Two Flowers: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day February 2009 — Cold Climate Gardening

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:04:45 +0000

[...] started blooming. I had thought this was a Thanksgiving cactus, and expected it to bloom before my other one if it was going to bloom at all, so this was a complete [...]

By: Cher B

Cher B — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:46:18 +0000

I sure miss the topics on here and have this linked into my favorite Yahoo page. We do plant swap meets, and also swap plants and seeds by mail. Share plant knowledge and have fun helping new gardeners get a start. Last Saturday I went to a community garden and donated some plants and tomato cages. It was great meeting everyone and seeing what goals they had for their community garden. Cher B’s last blog post..train

By: Cherrie Brunner

Cherrie Brunner — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:47:51 +0000

I had alot of geraniums one year so decided to dig them up and set them all in a long trough planter and put them in the cellar. They stayed there till after Christmas where upon clearing out the holiday decorations, I decided to bring up the pink and red geraniums. I gave them a fresh shot of soil and watered them well. After a few days they began to come alive and the somewhat green plants started to grow new leaves. So at about this time last year, I gave them a shot of violet food and within a few days they started producing more buds. By mid February I had a garden box full of blooming flowers. I even impressed myself! I did have to turn the box each day to keep them from getting bent over, but they seemed to do well in a window getting southwest sun in the afternoon.
This year I left them in the basement, as I got engrossed with basketmaking this season, and writing too many emails! lol.

By: kerri

kerri — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:50:52 +0000

Kathy, your one little Christmas Cactus bloom is a bright spot on this snowy winter’s day. Mine was doing well until I brought it home from a Sunday church service, where it did a wonderful job of decorating the sanctuary. It was much too cold outdoors for it I think (even though we covered it), and the flowers and many buds didn’t last very long afterward.
I wish I had a hyacinth blooming right now. Something brightly colored!

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:12:58 +0000

Thanks so much for stopping by, Jan. Next time I hope you’ll share your own blooms, too.

By: Jan(ThanksFor2Day)

Jan(ThanksFor2Day) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:56:46 +0000

I’ve just come over from someone’s (?)– can’t remember–blog (I’m getting senile, I think:)…and just wanted to say hi. I have tried to participate in GBBD and should have, this month too…but felt inadequate to the task, I think;( I had paperwhites and parsley that I’d grown. But I’ve been seeing them everywhere so I thought they were no big deal…and I just didn’t participate at all. Now I wish I had. Oh well…I’m trying to go around and visit some who went to the trouble to post. I like your pink christmas cactus bloom–even though it’s gone now–I hope you enjoyed it while you had it;)

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:45:18 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Dreamybee. That last Christmas cactus flower has dropped, and if the snowdrops have ventured forth from the earth, there is far too much snow covering them to know about it. My brother lives in Hawaii, too. I hear you can grow a mean poinsettia there.

By: Dreamybee

Dreamybee — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:54:00 +0000

I love Christmas cacti! I had a beautiful one from my grandma when I lived in NE, but I had to give up all my plants when we moved to HI. I gave it to my cousin, and I think she gave it to my aunt, so it has almost gone full circle!

Maybe by the time this final bloom gives up the ghost, you will be able to find some snowdrops peeking out. Hang in there little flower!

By: eliz

eliz — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:54:15 +0000

I think fresh flowers count too. Not everyone wants to mess with indoor plants, as much as I love them. I do love my 3 christmas cacti too, which are pretty much done, as yours is.

Yet, for what they provide, I think houseplants are worthwhile. Their problems are exaggerated.