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Christmas cactus They present a burst of vivid colour and a touch of the tropics to windowsills throughout the worst of the winter climate, with flowers emerging from their branching and a rc h i n g stems. Depart them on your own, watering occasionally, don''t turn the plants on your windowsill or the buds may well drop. Also, sidestep placing them in draughts or cold temperatures - trying to keep hybrids above 15C (59F) to hold their color.

The Schlumbergera truncata, its technical title, comes in shades of white, pink, red and purple and is ordinarily acquired from backyard centres in bud and blooms around mid November and late January - dependent on the assortment. For very good flowering present prolonged nights of uninterrupted darkness - which would mean no synthetic light - in autumn. Just prior to flowering, the plants would be wise to be kept awesome and dryish until eventually the flower buds kind.