Use a bloom booster at half the recommended ratio. Here is one quick trick to making your Christmas Cactus bloom. Christmas Cactus is normally an indoor decoration plant. It likes temperatures right at about 70°. Re-pot into a larger container as this will help them bloom and thrive. It’s best to re-pot each year after it stops blooming, normally in late spring. They come in pink, white, Fuschia pink, and bright red. The Christmas Cactus will get long and leggy…growth is about 2-3 ft. The Christmas Catus Plant Christmas Cactus It is a slow grower but will eventually grow to about 3ft. Use it in a small pot and place one on each side of your front doorway entrance. Is another desert plant that blooms about its tenth year of growth. View of agave victoriae reginae is a small species of succulent flowering perennial plant grown on the ground noted for its streaks of white on sculptured geometrical leavesĪ good drought-tolerant Agave with curled-up leaves that gives it that special look. It will grow to about one foot tall and a foot and a half in width.
You can also use it in a rock garden and or a small succulent garden. Use it as a standalone specimen or plant it in a nice small decorative pot. It forms a tall spike densely packed with reddish-purple flowers. It will produce a bloom once it is well established usually in its tenth year or so. Nice small desert cactus for a small yard. Small Agave with Miss Huff Lantanas The Queen Victoria Cactus (Agave victoria-reginae) Do NOT overwater but many desert plants require different watering schedules.Here is a pic of what mealybugs and scale insects look like.Check for Mealybugs and Scale Insects at least once per month.Use cactus juice instead of regular fertilizers.Ask the garden salesman what type of care they need before purchasing them.Here are a few tips to help you ensure nice healthy desert plants. Owners tend to neglect them because they are low water and rarely need fertilizer.
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Most will require little water and will tolerate full hot sun…perfect for those small hot places that are bare.ĭesert plants are susceptible to mealybugs and other insects. These small cactus plants are great for a small Xeriscape landscape design.
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