For me, an important Christmas ritual is filling the house with seasonal flora: first a real tree from our neighbour's farm, then poinsettias.Christmas cactus looks great if it blooms at the right time. My pink one has a mind of its own but usually shows some seasonal bloom. The amaryllis bulbs I forced indoors are finished, as are the first pots of white narcissus. New pots of those are rooting in the dark, nearly ready to come upstairs and grow their flower shoots. They'll add their fragrance to to post-Christmas winter months.
More organized than usual, I have hyacinths coming indoors too -- the bulbs are already showing green and the fragrant flowers will be blue.
This year brought a bonus: the kaffir lily that stands just inside the front door produced these gorgeous blooms just days ago.
Enjoy your Christmas, with flowers I hope. Back tomorrow with more CanLit authors.
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