Christmas Cactus - Schlumbergera Red House Plant - Christmas Plants and Flowers, Winter Flowering Plants for Gifts, Easy Care Houseplants with Red Flowers (13cm Pot, 20-30cm)

• CHARACTERISTICS: Easy to grow, winter flowering plants boasting lush green succulent stems with a trailing habit. Bright red trumpet-shaped flowers emerge from pink buds in early winter, lasting throughout the season.
• GROWTH AND SPREAD: These real plants have an ultimate height of up to 30cm and spread of up to 60cm.
• CARE AND MAINTENANCE: Place your Christmas Cactus in a bright spot out of direct sunlight and mist regularly to mimic a humid environment. Water when the top 2-3cm of soil feels dry, allowing excess water to drain freely away. Reduce watering during the winter. Before and after flowering, move the house plant to a cooler spot for around 8 weeks and water sparingly. Doing this encourages more flower buds to form. Avoid moving the Christmas Cactus plants while they are budding.
• PERIOD OF INTEREST: These indoor plants offer foliage interest all year round and flowers from November to January.

Whether you’re looking for a fabulous Christmas gift for the person who has everything or simply fancy brightening up your own home over the greyest months of the year, you can’t go far wrong with a Christmas Cactus house plant. Christmas Cactus plants are succulent plants with long, flat stems acting as foliage, providing interest all year round. From November these stems are decorated with pink buds that open out into dainty red flowers that last throughout the winter months. Also known by the botanical name Schlumbergera, these real plants stand out among other Christmas plants and flowers due to being so easy to care for. They tolerate weeks of neglect, looking their best again after watering. For the best show of flowers, keep the plant in a warm room out of direct sunlight during the summer and winter months. From autumn, and again after flowering, move the plant to a cooler spot and water more sparingly. Doing this helps encourage more flower buds to form. Despite being succulent plants, these tropical plants are native to rainforests and so prefer a more humid environment. This quirk makes them excellent bathroom plants, but you can mimic their natural habitat by misting a few times a week or sitting the pot on top of some pebbles in water. Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.