Christmas Cactus Blooms

My plant room

Last year, you may recall my story of buying some sad, decrepit, left-outside-to-die-in-the-cold Christmas cactus at Lowe's. I'd always wanted Christmas cactus; my dad grew huge ones, and brought them into the living room to place them before the hearth when they were in full bloom each December.  I had no idea how to grow them. I just knew I wanted to try.

Those sad, shriveled up, halfway dead Christmas cacti not only made a comeback...they bloomed!  Here are pictures of my two beauties, a hot pink one and a peach tinted white that's just stunning.  They grace my plant room in the back of the house and I love nothing better than to sit in my comfortable chair, gazing at them with the woods and vegetable garden as the backdrop.

What a nice, garden-y way to start the Christmas season!