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Christmas cactus

February 8th, 2008 by Brianna

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Our Christmas cactus is blooming for the first time. It got the dormant period it needed to bloom totally by neglect; I left it outside on the front porch during the cold weather, and I forgot to water it.

Posted in houseplants

4 Responses

  1. kate
    February 9th, 2008 at 5:51 am CST

    Hi Brianna,

    Welcome to the world of garden blogging. You are lucky to live in Austin where there is a great garden blogging community!

  2. Dee/reddirtramblings
    February 9th, 2008 at 2:18 pm CST

    Brianna, welcome to the garden blogging world. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Your Christmas cactus is very pretty.~~Dee

  3. Brianna
    February 10th, 2008 at 2:44 am CST

    Hi Kate,

    Austin’s a great place, and I’m looking forward to getting to know the gardening community here better. Thanks for the comment :)

  4. Brianna
    February 10th, 2008 at 2:49 am CST

    Thanks for welcoming me, Dee. Glad you liked the cactus photo :)

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Seeds is about my experiences with gardening and nature in Austin, Texas. Austin lies in the Blackland Prairie ecological region of Texas. My family's house and garden are located in North Austin; the soil here is sticky black clay.

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