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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Holiday Plant Care: Poinsettia/Christmas Cactus/Norfolk Pine Care

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Christmas and the holiday season are coming! Which “festive” plants should you grow and how can you help them stay alive? For many people, nothing makes the holidays lovelier than getting a beautiful poinsettia or holiday cactus during this time. But there’s absolutely nothing worse than seeing the holiday plant that you fell in love with just wither before your very eyes because they need a different care than you’re used to. So today we’ll talk about how to care for classic holiday plants with horticultural expert Farid Khalil from Mahoney's Garden Center.


In this episode, we learn:

  • [04:32] Who is Farid Khalil from Mahoney’s Garden Center?
  • [08:04] What do the holidays look like at Mahoney's?
  • [10:20] What is a poinsettia and how do you care for it?
  • [14:48] Give your plants the light they deserve this winter with Soltech Grow Lights!
  • [16:12] Pre-order Square Foot Gardening, 4th Edition now and get new plans, tips, and updates!
  • [19:21] How to care for poinsettias successfully?
  • [25:52] Are poinsettias toxic to pets and children?
  • [27:24] What are some poinsettia alternatives?
  • [30:04] Repot your holiday plants with Espoma Organic’s premium quality products!
  • [31:20] Why Cyclamen is a nice holiday plant
  • [32:51] How Cyclamen become associated with Christmas
  • [34:39] How should you care for Cyclamen?
  • [38:35] Christmas cactus vs easter cactus
  • [40:20] How to care for a Christmas cactus
  • [44:19] How to care for a Norfolk Island Pine
  • [49:30] Why Lemon cypress is a good holiday plant
  • [51:46] Get to know about Mahoney's Garden Center!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

If you look closely, plants play a surprisingly large role in most holiday festivities,

0:05.5

from the iconic Christmas trees that we know to point cedias, mistletoe, even herbs used in holiday

0:11.2

meals. Plants are the heart of many celebrations. And whether they symbolize peace, abundance,

0:16.9

or renewal, our greenery brings so much more than decoration to our lives and to our holidays.

0:22.3

So in today's episode, we're diving into how you can care for holiday plants.

0:26.2

Keep them thriving through your holiday season and beyond.

0:36.6

Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants successfully,

0:41.8

but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy in our lives by doing so.

0:48.2

I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author of Growing Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness,

0:54.6

speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend.

0:58.6

On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care, gardening tutorials,

1:03.4

and wellness through the lens of plants.

1:05.7

Plant care is self-care on growing joy.

1:18.8

Hello, plant friends. If you're a new listener here, welcome. I'm Maria. I am here to help you care for plants successfully and grow joy in your life. And if you're a returning listener,

1:23.3

welcome home. Welcome back. What an honor to be a part of your plant-parent journey and to celebrate the holidays with you with plants.

1:30.3

There's nothing more delightful in the holiday season than receiving a Poinsettia or an amaryllus bulb or a holiday cactus, maybe getting a cutting of a holiday cactus from a friend, an heirloom plant.

1:41.2

But there is also nothing more depressing than watching that plant

1:44.6

wither in front of you because these holiday plants do require sometimes different care than we're

1:50.4

used to. So today we're dedicating an episode to all of the holiday plants that you know,

1:54.7

the poinsettia, the holiday cactus, Christmas tree alternatives, and poinsettia alternatives

2:00.6

for those who might want to

2:01.6

spice their lives up with something new for holiday decor. Before we dive in, I just want to thank

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