1. 5 Popular Plants and Flowers
for Christmas

2. The Christmas holiday is a time of beauty
and cheerfulness and nothing symbolizes
these two qualities as well as flowers.
Several Christmas flowers and plants are
available today which can be sent out to
your loved ones to wish them "Merry XMas!" in a traditional and different style.
Of course you can use all the latest
technologies for sending out wishes within
a few minutes, but for people you care the
most there's no better way to show your
love and care except Christmas flowers.
So in this article we try to take a look at 5
such plants and flowers:

3. Poinsettia:
This is perhaps the most
recognizable flower of
Christmas. Originally they're
green and bright red leaves
but today they're sold in
several patterns and colors.
Originally they grow either in
white, pink or red color, but
today florists dye them in
different colors and even add
sparkles for making them more
visually compelling.
TRANSITIONAL

4. Amaryllis:
Another popular Christmas plant is
Amaryllis. This tall, graceful and
beautiful flower bulb with its
huge trumpet like flowers looks
like a beautiful centerpiece for
the table. Its beauty seems
harking the Christmas holidays.
Basically the red varieties of this
flower are sold for holidays; but
they come in several different
colors from red to white to pink
to orange and also in a wide
variety of patterns like solid,
stripped or speckled.

5. Christmas Cactus:
This is my favorite plant for
Christmas. This special
variety of Cactus blooms
itself at the time of
Christmas. It prefers to
bloom at the time of
Thanksgiving especially. Even
after the Christmas the
lovely flowers of this cactus
hang down from the branches
and feel like the ornaments
of Christmas holidays.

6. Rosemary:
This no-so-popular Christmas
plant is slowly making its
comeback in stores since last
few years. Few centuries ago
this plant used to be the part
of Nativity Story in the
clothes of Jesus. After
sometime Christians started
believing that smelling
Rosemary at Christmas brings
good luck in the life. Today
this plant is sold as a holiday
plant in several countries
around the globe.

7. Christmas Tree:
Without this one no list of
Christmas plants and flowers
can be said complete. This
traditional plant is used as the
centerpiece of a Christmas
celebrating house since the
very beginning of this festival.
Several varieties of this tree
are sold at the time of
Christmas. These varieties
include Douglas fir, Scotch
pine, Norway spruce, Balsam
fir, Blue spruce, Fraser fir,
White pine and White spruce.

8. Sources:
http://www.elegantflowerscanada.ca/Christmas-Flowers
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