Top 8 Christmas houseplants and flowers for you

What is the best Christmas gift for a plant lover? It's a lovely green friend in a flowerpot! Today I would like to show you excellent houseplants and flowers for Christmas. 

Top 8 Christmas houseplants for you

Poinsettia (a Christmas star plant)

 1. A Christmas star (Poinsettia). 

This charming plant is a wonderful natural decoration in a pot. A Christmas star care is not very difficult. However this "winter" houseplant is a southerner. Poinsettia's motherland is Mexico and Central America. Therefore a Christmas star doesn't stand cold. It prefers room temperature. Also a red "flower" of the plant is a perianth, indeed. Poinsetia's flowers are small and ordinary (however testes differ). Please, don't throw out the plant after blossom fading. A Christmas star can flower in next year. 

A Christmas cactus

 2. A Christmas cactus or a Thanksgiving cactus (Schlumbergera). 

As you know, this popular splendid plant blooms in winter. Sometime it may flower on Christmas eve. Therefore the succulent called a Christmas cactus. Schlumbergera is a real cactus. Nevertheless it likes a regular watering. Also this green person adores spraying. A Thanksgiving cactus prefers a moisture because Schlumbergera's habitat is tropical rainforests.

A Lucky shamrock

3. A Lucky shamrock (Oxalis).

The unpretentious and beautiful plant is an amazing Christmas gift. A Lucky shamrock is a natural clock in a pot. This green person opens the leaves in the morning and closes theirs in the evening. Also the plant closes its green (or violet!) richness if light is too bright.

A Winter cherry

4. A Winter cherry or a Jerusalem cherry (Solanum).

The main decoration of this gorgeous houseplant is colorful berries. Usually they ripen in winter. Therefore Solanum also known as a Winter cherry. Unfortunately a Christmas cherry's berries are toxic. I don't recommend to eat it.

A ivy

 5. A ivy (Hedera helix).


It's a traditional Christmas houseplant. You can buy the plant with dark green or variegated leaves. A ivy care is very easy. The green friend prefers cool but may grow at room temperature. Also Hedera helix likes regular watering and spraying.

Coelogyne cristata

6. Coelogyne cristata.

Usually this amazing orchid blooms in winter. It's plant for hanging baskets. The flowers look like white Christmas garlands. Coelogyne cristata isn't a capricious orchid. The "winter orchid" care isn't difficult even for a beginner. 

A Christmas pepper

 
7. A Christmas pepper (Capsicum).

There is an another one traditional natural Christmas decoration. This pepper isn't for salades. The fruits are inedible. A Christmas pepper is a very unpretentious and gorgeous houseplant.

A Christmas tree

 8. A Christmas tree.

Certainly, our Christmas favourite is a Christmas tree. A conifer's odor is a scent of winter holidays for me. We can grow a Christmas tree in a pot. How to realize it, I wrote in one of my posts above.




I wish you a Merry Christmas!