Christmas Cactus (Christmas Cactus)

Member Name: penelopep

Product:	Christmas Cactus
Date:	27/08/09 (21 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very Colourful

Disadvantages: Need right amount of water

The christmas cactus also sometimes seen as the easter cactus in some retailers.
This is not really a cactus in fact more of a light succullent type of plant with thick fleshy leaves that store a lot of water and the petals of the flowers themselves are also quite watery.
The plants can be found at almost every retailer from your local supermarket to garden centre and are sold in the masses around both christmas and easter.
Costing around three pounds for a small plant they are a good value plant as they are not too difficult to look after and they will flower a couple of times a year and if looked after will keep growing and last for many years.
The plants tend to sit at around 10 inches tall and the same wide the leaves give an arching shape and look great in a decorative pot as a little house plant.
The flowers come in all colours including red, pink, white and orange with many variations on these.
They are great bright vivid colourful plants that brighten any room and always look great. With a whole plant covering of blooms when they flower.
To look after the christmas cactus does not take too much work. It likes somewhere with good light although will be happy enough in a less sunny spot for a little while but it will need to be put back near a window after a couple of weeks.
They tend to need watering around about once every couple of weeks but this does vary from plant to plant so check and see how yours is doing check the soil before watering as excess water can rot the roots and not enough will stunt the plants flowering and growth.
The plant should be fed regularly to improve flowering.
Ideal as a window plant.

Summary: A great little plant