tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post33627354245167441..comments2024-01-02T02:31:37.780-05:00Comments on sweetbay: Christmas colorssweetbayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-48061650003549974532015-01-01T10:53:56.713-05:002015-01-01T10:53:56.713-05:00I'm not sure if my cactus is the Thanksgiving ...I'm not sure if my cactus is the Thanksgiving or Christmas type but it bloomed in Nov so it's probably the former. Yours is a beauty! Mine is still quite small. How wonderful to still have some bright leaves in the garden. Mine is a boring dormant blob of blah.Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-27832843592054283222015-01-01T10:04:25.401-05:002015-01-01T10:04:25.401-05:00Thank you everyone! Kathleen I did do Christmas ba...Thank you everyone! Kathleen I did do Christmas baking this year, but the last two years it's been a bit easier because DH told that that the gingersnaps were the favorite. So I make about 800 of those, which took about 5-6 evenings. People really love them. One person took the recipe and won at the State Fair with it! It's a recipe out of Betty Crocker. :)sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-7718489515015929702014-12-30T12:00:15.930-05:002014-12-30T12:00:15.930-05:00I will trade you some real snow for your kind SB!!...I will trade you some real snow for your kind SB!! It already seems like a long time since we've had any color outdoors except for white. Today our high is zero! Looking forward to getting back to freezing!! Hope you had a good Christmas. Did you do all your usual holiday baking?? Wishing you a good 2015 too ~ in the garden and life!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-1183280571516653452014-12-28T11:06:35.751-05:002014-12-28T11:06:35.751-05:00Thanks for distinguishing Thanksgiving from Christ...Thanks for distinguishing Thanksgiving from Christmas cactus. I never knew! Your flashes of red among the silver and gold colors are lovely. I have never been able to successfully grow strawberries. Lucky you; I envy your strawberry shortcake! I wish you the best and happy gardening in 2015!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-18938050630657182452014-12-25T11:30:33.077-05:002014-12-25T11:30:33.077-05:00Merry Christmas Sweetbay!Merry Christmas Sweetbay!Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-35505215807626557702014-12-24T16:07:56.781-05:002014-12-24T16:07:56.781-05:00Wonderful photos...Happiest of holidays to you, to...Wonderful photos...Happiest of holidays to you, too. Gailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-32516228850673709522014-12-24T10:23:45.333-05:002014-12-24T10:23:45.333-05:00Most people call Thanksgiving cactus a Christmas c...Most people call Thanksgiving cactus a Christmas cactus here too, but they typically bloom well before Christmas unless manipulated to bloom later by temperature or hours of darkness. I get the best results in amount of bloom and overall health of the cactus by just leaving them on the porch, so then in our climate Thanksgiving cactus typically blooms between in late Nov. - mid December and the Christmas cactus would typically bloom in January. Except for this year!<br /><br />sweetbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248743114944736346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-56202521794484546782014-12-24T07:34:48.975-05:002014-12-24T07:34:48.975-05:00That is an impressive Christmas cactus, what a siz...That is an impressive Christmas cactus, what a size! By the way, over here in Britain we don’t distinguish between the different types of Schlumbergera, both S. truncata and S. buckleyi are called Christmas cactus as both are flowering from late November to late January.<br />The Christmas colours in your garden are lovely, thanks for sharing your photos. <br />Happy Christmas!HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-24209328498189088202014-12-24T06:37:29.184-05:002014-12-24T06:37:29.184-05:00WOW!!! What wonderful Christmas colors.
That is o...WOW!!! What wonderful Christmas colors.<br /><br />That is one beautiful Christmas cactus too.<br /><br />Have a wonderful joy, peace & love filled Christmas ~ FlowerLadyFlowerLady Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678852154334714784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-51256804368725680222014-12-24T02:50:00.034-05:002014-12-24T02:50:00.034-05:00Beautiful colors of your beautiful world :) Happy...Beautiful colors of your beautiful world :) Happy holidays, dear Sweetbay !!!Dani P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14480088629814543163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-90764180413070780532014-12-24T00:27:23.521-05:002014-12-24T00:27:23.521-05:00The Christmas cactus is spectacular, sweetbay - hu...The Christmas cactus is spectacular, sweetbay - huge and obviously very healthy. Your colder temperatures certainly bring out the color of your foliage. I also have a 'Sunshine Blue' blueberry but neither it nor my 'Bountiful Blue' blueberries are showing anything like the red color of yours.<br /><br />Stay warm and enjoy your holiday!Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3944937432345427996.post-6982596284101278532014-12-23T22:45:24.295-05:002014-12-23T22:45:24.295-05:00Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Mer...Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas and a happy healthy New Year.Bonnie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052974547161586063noreply@blogger.com