Property News · December 11, 2016

Gardens: Christmas pot plants


There’s more to it than poinsettias: think jasmine, citrus, cyclamen and azaleasI am going to just come out and admit it, I love poinsettias. I love everything about them. I know they are virtually impossible to grow. I know they are currently in the doldrums of horticultural fashion – “a crime against good taste”, most of my gardening colleagues tell me. Yet to me the childhood memories I associate with their scarlet, holly-shaped bracts get me every time: an instant flashback to my uncle Joe’s barbeque turkey and unwrapping presents beneath a plastic tree when I was a kid in tropical Singapore.However, as a seasonal winter houseplant in the rather more chilly UK, there are many often overlooked options that just might offer newbies a more practical, maybe even rewarding, alternative. In fact, any of the traditional Christmas favourites, from cyclamen and azaleas to hippeastrums and Christmas cacti will be easier to grow. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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