Trying to Propagate Christmas Cactus

Not just any Christmas Cactus but plant cuttings from my mother’s Christmas Cactus. Although my mother passed 25 years ago, her Christmas Cactus is thriving in Albany. Thanks E for cutting the pieces! And thanks to my sister for mailing the cuttings. They made it to Pittsburgh just fine.

I dried them off and let them sit a day as it said they’d be less likely to rot

I looked at YouTube and Google and there’s the water method and the dirt method.

I’m trying both.

Stay tuned. Hopefully there will be many plant children.

Schlumbergera is the Latin name

Here’s how to care for the Christmas Cactus

Special Succulent Soil
At night
My gardening friend said to break them off so they are shorter. Can’t try to root and also grow up simultaneously

Summer Garden on the Longest Day

Iris with setting sun illuminating a petal

 Achillea is a group of flowering plants, often called yarrows
Kniphofia uvaria
tritomeatorch lily, or red hot poker
Oak Leaf Hydrangea
Lavender

Silver Ghost Lacebark Pine and Big Bugs

At The Dawes Arboretum Newark, Ohio.

Silver Ghost Lacebark Pine
Three Big Ants and Roy

Shades of Green

A few shades of green from my garden
Hostas with a stripe of white
Raindrops in Redbud leaves
From the Park
Farm Market
Driveway

Basil Plant Shadow through the Chair

Tillandsias in a Snowman

Tillandsias is an air plant, this one, named Frosty Jack, was found at Trader Joe’s today. He came home with Laura and is now residing in the kitchen window.

Wordless Wednesday

Lenten Roses in bloom
these plants are from my friend Joan’s Garden

Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus) is not a rose; it’s a perennial hybrid hellebore belonging to the buttercup family

Rose of Sharon, Unfurled

“One plant commonly called “rose of Sharon” in the US is Hibiscus syriacus…….”

It’s not really a rose at all

There are Biblical Origins but scholars can’t agree

After the rain

Snake Plant has Other Names

Like Mother-in-Law’s Tongue! Ouch.

Doesn’t sound attractive does it?

Maybe it’s because it’s so long or sharp like a sword and could make cutting remarks? Important to remember to hold one’s tongue and not speak on occasions where your advice isn’t wanted.

I’ve seen a lot of these plants lately.

Dracaena trifasciata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to tropical West Africa from Nigeria east to the Congo. It is most commonly known as the snake plant, Saint George’s sword, mother-in-law’s tongue, and viper’s bowstring hemp, among other names. Wikipedia

Seen in Lenox Massachusetts at Lenox Coffee
Columbus Ohio
Seen in windows in Columbus

Snake Plant Benefits link to full article on benefits

How to propagate a Snake Plant (5 ways)

Garden Textures Collection

And some bark.