Caring for Holiday Gift Plants

Don'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

• Colorful Christmas Cactus Care
• Preserving Your Poinsettia

UF/IFAS Publications

• Caring for Your Holiday Cactus (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)

Also on Gardening in a Minute

• Alternative Holiday Plants
• Amaryllis
• Buying Plants as Gifts
• Christmas Cactus
• Poinsettias

Other Sites

• Care of Fresh Flowers and Holiday Plants--Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
• Care of Holiday Plants--Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Consumer Poinsettia Care--Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)
• Get It Growing: Holiday Plant Care--eXtension.org
• Holiday Plant Care--University of Illinois Extension
• Keep Holiday Plants Blooming--Penn State Cooperative Extension Adams County
• Living with Holiday Plants--West Virginia University Extension Service (PDF)
• Poinsettia Care--Iowa State University Extension (PDF)