Sale Xmas cactus budding again!

So did you pick up any of those sale Xmas cactus available at home improvement stores a few weeks back?

I did, and typical of me, I didn't think first about where I would put them.

Finding the right spot for any plant is important; most have  little tags that quickly tell you what kind of light and watering requirements they have, although some sale plants don't.

 

If you're not sure what you're buying, ask the sales rep. Then at least you can go home and find instructions online or in a gardening book.

With inside plants, sometimes space is an issue. I've found two good companion plant combinations for small spaces: old-fashioned African violets for years have done well under a ficus (photo).  Another gift Xmas cactus has also done well in that same window exposure so I tucked the sale Xmas cactus in their pots, with saucers, at the base of a corn plant. (photo)

Now three weeks later,  they've perked right up and have already started to bud.

 

Do you have a favorite plant combination?

Charlotte

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PS It's early February and the cactus is not only blooming, but the sale Xmas pot had three different colors: red, pink and white.