{"id":37731,"date":"2016-12-11T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-christmas-pot-plants\/"},"modified":"2016-12-11T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T06:02:38","slug":"gardens-christmas-pot-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-christmas-pot-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: Christmas pot plants"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThere\u2019s 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 \u2013 \u201ca crime against good taste\u201d, 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\u2019s 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…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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