Caring for Holiday Gift Plants
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Read the transcriptDon't throw that poinsettia away! Many homeowners mistakenly think holiday gift plants like poinsettias, holiday cactus and kalanchoe aren't worth keeping once their blooms have faded. With a little care, your holiday plant could be around for next Christmas.
UF/IFAS Sites
UF/IFAS Publications
- Caring for Flowering Holiday Plants (PDF)
- Caring for Your Holiday Cactus (PDF)
- Caring for Your Holiday Plants (PDF)
- Caring for Your Poinsettias (PDF)
- Extending Holiday Plants Beyond the Holiday Season (PDF)
- How to Care for Holiday Plants (PDF)
- Keeping Poinsettias Colorful with Proper Care (PDF)
- Plant Profile: Snowball Euphorbia (PDF)
- Poinsettias for Florida, Inside and Out
Other Sites
- Care of Holiday Plants--Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Care of Holiday Plants--Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Dept of Horticulture (PDF)
- Care of Holiday Plants--University of Vermont Extension
- Get it Growing: Holiday Plant Care--LSU AgCenter
- Holiday Plant Care--University of Illinois Extension
- Keep Those Holiday Plants--Penn State Cooperative Extension Adams County
- Living with Holiday Plants--West Virginia University Extension Service (PDF)
- With Care, Holiday Plants Can Bloom Again--University of Wisconsin Extension
