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Gardening

a kennedy

(32,895 posts) Tue Feb 5, 2019, 09:57 PM Feb 2019

I think I mentioned this last year.........my Thanksgiving cactus is blooming again..... [View all]

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.

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I think I mentioned this last year.........my Thanksgiving cactus is blooming again..... [View all] a kennedy Feb 2019 OP

I've got a couple blooms on my 15 year old Thanksgiving cactus redstateblues Feb 2019 #1

So happy it does bloom again, in the Spring when I need some joy. a kennedy Feb 2019 #2

I have several curlyred Feb 2019 #3

You must be so happy with all those blossoms. a kennedy Feb 2019 #4

You can keep your cactus blooming WhiteTara Feb 2019 #5

I love the blooms......especially since we just dug out of a huge snow storm. a kennedy Feb 2019 #6

I still have my poinsettias growing too. WhiteTara Feb 2019 #7

Wow.......that's great, and poinsettias grow in the summer?? a kennedy Feb 2019 #8

Can you imagine my surprise when WhiteTara Feb 2019 #9

have you tried to propagate it? IcyPeas Feb 2019 #10

No, don't really have the space, but love my plant....... a kennedy Feb 2019 #11