5 beautiful plants that bloom for the New Year | ivd.ru

Poinsettia, nightshade, cyclamen and other beautiful plants that will decorate your home for the New Year with beautiful flowers.

1 Poinsettia

This is one of the most striking winter plants that are associated with Christmas. To say that poinsettia blooms exactly would be wrong, because the upper leaves are colored red, not the inflorescences. Nevertheless, the bush looks as if a huge bright red flower has bloomed on it. Poinsettia is suitable as an alternative to the Christmas tree, and as an additional interior decoration. For example, it can be placed on a festive table or a TV stand. The Christmas star (another name for the plant) is not only red: there are white, pink and pale green varieties.

What to do to make the plant bloom

Poinsettia blooms with yellow flowers on the eve of the holiday. If you decide to buy a plant, pay attention that the flowers are bright yellow, this will mean that they have appeared recently and will delight the eye for a long time. It is best to put a pot with a poinsettia in a well-lit place, you can even under direct sunlight. To make the flower feel comfortable, make sure that the air around the planters does not dry out. Otherwise, the usual care is enough to make flowers appear.

2 Amaryllis

Another traditionally Christmas and New Year's flower is amaryllis. As a rule, the plant has white buds with bright crimson veins, but there are also other colors: for example, pink or purple. This plant does not like too much space, so it can be planted in a small pot. At the same time, the bulb should be left 1/3 on the surface so that it sprouts and blooms faster. If you dig it into the ground, it will grow too slowly.

What to do to make the plant bloom

It is best to place the plant on the south side of the house so that it is well lit. But since there is a lot of sunlight coming from the south, it is important to make sure that the soil in the pot does not dry out. It is also impossible to pour amaryllis too much, so that the roots do not begin to rot. With proper care for the New Year and Christmas, it will delight you with bright beautiful colors. A new bulb is planted in mid-November to achieve flowering for the holidays.

3 Christmas cactus (Decembrist)

This Mexican flower got its name for a reason, because it blooms just in time for the New Year. The Christmas cactus can be used as an interior decoration: for example, to decorate a festive table with it to add a zest to the serving.

What to do to make the plant bloom

The Decembrist begins to bloom at the end of November or in December, so in comfortable conditions during the holidays it will just delight with a beautiful view. The cactus is unpretentious, it is easy to take care of it. It is enough to place the planters on a moderately lit windowsill (an oriental one is ideal). Pour the cactus into the tray when it gets dry, about once a week. The flower does not like overheating or strong coolness, the optimal temperature for it is from 16 to 20 degrees. To make the cactus grow better, it can be fertilized twice a month with liquid top dressing. Do not put the pot with the plant next to the battery or where it is too hot.

4 Winter cherry (nightshade)

Nightshade is a whole shrub, which in winter is covered with beautiful round berries resembling cherries. But its fruits are poisonous, so you should not put it in an apartment with children and animals. 

What to do to make the plant bloom

Indoor nightshade blooms regardless of the time of year, this requires only proper care and suitable conditions of maintenance. Although in the case of winter cherries, it is not the inflorescences themselves that are more attractive, but the elegant berries that ripen and stay on the bush until the end of winter. The plant feels best in a well-lit place, but without direct sunlight. The shrub likes a cool temperature at 15 degrees. The soil should be well moistened, but it is impossible to pour the flower, otherwise it may get sick. In general, it is not difficult to take care of nightshade at home.

5 Cyclamen

Cyclamen blooms for as long as 8 months, and part of this period falls just on New Year's Eve. An amazing feature of the plant is that it blooms only in winter, and in summer, on the contrary, it hibernates.

What to do to make the plant bloom

The plant needs enough basic care so that it blooms during the New Year holidays. It must be kept at a temperature no higher than 15 degrees in a place where there are no drafts. Since the plant sleeps in summer, it practically does not need to be watered, but in winter it is important to monitor soil moisture. It is better to pour water not into the pots, but into the pallet  so there is less risk that the roots will rot.

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