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So you’ve received or purchased a gift plant for the holidays. Whether it is a poinsettia, Christmas cactus, paperwhite (narcissus), orchid, topiary or a variety of Christmas tree, appropriate care is important in order to keep plants alive and healthy.
For all of the plants listed above, a constant temperature will assure a greater degree of success in keeping them alive and thriving into the new year. Most potted plants mentioned above fall into the tropical category, or tend to be most happy in a warmer environment. They prefer to be kept within a constant temperature range, somewhere between 68 and 78 degrees. They do quite well indoors with indirect light, possibly in a room with a southern or western window and with good air circulation.
Poinsettias and cactus do well if watered when their soil feels dry, generally once a week. Orchids should also be watered once a week. All of these plants should be watered in a place where they can drain, and then...
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