Are you already decorating your home for the Christmas season? Consider some affordable and beautiful Christmas flowers that produce magnificent blooms!
Christmas not only calls for beautifully decorated Christmas trees and matching decorations, but also for naturally flowering houseplants in the living area. This means any corner or window sill can be decorated with a vibrant splash of color to add even more splendor to the most contemplative time of the year. Such potted flowers can complement the Christmas decorations as well as enrich the room air with scents and oxygen. Here are 7 of the most common types of plants that you can use to create comfort in your living space for the holidays.
Add winter blooming and beautiful Christmas flowers as natural elements
Nowadays, houseplants have become an integral part of interior design, with many people looking for easy-care yet delicate versions with flowers. However, most flowering plants go into a dormant phase in late autumn during which they do not produce anything newFoliage and budsform. The development of their root systems also slows during this period. But so that you can defy the gray winter weather with Christmas spirit at home, color and natural accents are essential.
Fortunately, there are enough beautiful Christmas flowers that you can give gifts of green and colorful plant parts during this time. Unlike a variety of other potted flowers, the winter period is a time of intense growth for the following examples. Discover them below to be able to decorate your home in a natural way!
Choose the classic poinsettia or poinsettia
As you can already guess, the Advent star, also known as a poinsettia or poinsettia, is the most common and popular choice. This exotic pot flower has magnificent red flowers that can grow large enough to create impressive color accents. In addition, the Advent star is also suitable as a Christmas gift and can bring joy to everyone you love. Thanks to the combination of dark green plant leaves and bright red flowers, it is always associated with the Christmas holidays.
- When it comes to plant care, you can easily let this species thrive as a houseplant even after the Christmas season.
- For this purposeyou should get the poinsettiaStore in a cool place with diffused lighting until spring.
- Then position it in a sunny area andensure regular watering.
- By the way, these plants also come in other colors such as pink, white and cream.
- However, please also note that this is a poisonous plant species.
Choosing violets as beautiful Christmas flowers
Cyclamen are perennial pot flowers that have a tuberous root system. An equally preferred species that can be grown year-round, violets can produce magnificent blooms from late fall to early spring. Their special feature is that they look like butterflies hanging over oval leaves. Here are some of the special features of this plant species:
- You should not allow the potting soil for the cyclamen to be either too dry or overwatered.
- If you forget to water the flower during the Christmas season, you can save your violets by soaking them in water for about an hour.
- Cyclamen go dormant from May to June and require little plant care during this period. Accordingly, they do not produce any foliage or flowers during these months.
Decorate for Christmas with amaryllis, also known as knight's star
This would be another excellent choice for your Christmas decorations with natural elements. The so-called Ritterstern impresses with extremely beautiful flowers that are similar to those of the lily. Amaryllis are also one of the most popular potted flowers at Christmas. Most florists create suitable conditions for the plant to bloom in December in late summer and early autumn. The Ritterstern is also characterized by large flowers that are available in different shades. It also has a tall stem, and the plant, like the poinsettia, is often chosen as a gift.
- To care for amaryllis, the most important thing is to keep the potting soil moist for at least 6 hours a day.
- Also make sure the plant gets adequate, but indirect, daylight.
- Keep the knight's star in a warm place and water it once a week.
- You can grow amaryllis as both houseplants and garden plants.
Consider another 4 beautiful Christmas flowers
- Wintergreen– This is a plant that is also suitable as a natural Christmas decoration and can be grown indoors or on balconies or terraces. It is an evergreen that produces red berries in winter and white flowers in summer. This means you can create the right Christmas atmosphere indoors or outdoors.
- Ilex– Like mistletoe, Ilex is a species that has been known as a Christmas plant since ancient times. Its red berries can also be used to create atmospheric accents either in the patio or in the living area. Ilex also easily tolerates low temperatures, as well as little light and occasional watering.
- Christmas cactus– This type of plant is considered a Christmas flower because, on the one hand, it blooms at this time and, on the other hand, its flowers look like Christmas decorations on a tree. Its main advantage is thatthe Christmas cactus especiallyis adaptable. Just make sure his potting soil doesn't dry out.
- Japanese camellia– Last but not least, you can opt for some equally exceptionally beautiful Christmas flowers by considering Japanese Camellia. However, this is a slightly more demanding species in terms of plant care. It prefers bright locations with at least twelve hours of indirect light. Additional lighting may therefore be required in winter. In order to grow healthily, the plant also needs a humid indoor climate, which you can easily ensure by occasional spraying and drainage in the flower pot.
