Gardening
Related: About this forumI think I mentioned this last year.........my Thanksgiving cactus is blooming again.....
It's February, and I've got 4 - 5 blossoms on it. So nice to see flowers in the dead of winter, or the polar vortex as we just experienced. It's beautiful. and she's in a southern espoused window. She's been there for the last 3 years and is doing just fantastic. Keeps me sane.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)Its a massive plant
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)and mine is only about 6 years old. I bought two plants, gave one to my Sister In Law, and I kept one. Hers died about 2 years ago, and mine is thriving. I hate to even say, I normally have a dead thumb, but this cactus is just thriving. I'M SO HAPPY.
curlyred
(1,879 posts)I just call them holiday cacti. One bloomed at Thanksgiving, another the week after Christmas and looks like the two new ones are aiming for Easter.
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)WhiteTara
(30,159 posts)most the year with a little liquid flowering fertilizer couple times a year. Mine bloom almost all year round. I do love seeing flowers in the winter too. It makes it more bearable.
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)WhiteTara
(30,159 posts)they'll get pretty big this summer when I put them in bigger pots outside.
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)I never knew that???
WhiteTara
(30,159 posts)I found out they grow to be TREES! They are a zone 12 plant that grows many feet high. My entire life, I thought they were just these little plants at Christmas! Funny.
IcyPeas
(22,621 posts)I am propagating a few succulent leaves at the moment and one of them is getting a baby plant already.
It's such a nice surprise when things flower or new pups pop up.
Thanksgiving cactus are supposedly easy to propagate:
https://www.joyusgarden.com/how-to-propagate-christmas-cactus-holiday-thanksgiving-by-stem-cuttings-with-1-easy-twist/
a kennedy
(32,073 posts)I did have to laugh tho.....gave my Sister In Law, for thanksgiving the same thanksgiving plant I have. Hers Died, and mine is thriving. And I love my S-I-L but this really makes feel, feel great. I send her photos every thanksgiving of MY thanksgiving cactus even tho were at her home for thanksgiving dinner. She is so great, she does the cooking, and I send her photos of the thanksgiving cactus she used to have. Love her.