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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.\u00a0 I had no idea how to grow them. I just knew I wanted to try.<\/p>\n

Those sad, shriveled up, halfway dead Christmas cacti not only made a comeback…they bloomed!\u00a0 Here are pictures of my two beauties, a hot pink one and a peach tinted white that’s just stunning.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

What a nice, garden-y way to start the Christmas season!<\/p>\n

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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.\u00a0 I had no idea…<\/p>\n

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