Christmas Garden Decoration Ideas...
 

What a difference a few lights make!

Hanging baskets in the garden........
 

responding to homoe's post
 

Hey homoe,

Awww, I am thinking these are yours. Nice, very nice!

I put a multicolor string on a little ugly wild tree last year in my front yard. I think it brought that tree much cheer.

:)

Well actually our's the poinsettia in the hanging basket!

I cannot take credit for it tho, Mary did all of it..

From Portland's Pistils Nursery........
 

By mounting staghorn ferns you can create a piece of the jungle you can hang on your wall.

Choose a specimen in a 4-inch pot. Give it some water and carefully remove most of the soil from its root. Next wrap the fern's exposed roots in a moist sphagnum moss, and cover with a pouch of breathable plastic mesh. Using a staple gun secure the bundle to a cedar board. Staple or use copper nails to cover the plastic-mesh pouch with burlap.

Hang your living art with a simple picture hook and a wire loop.

Garden Editor Mike Irvine Sunset Magazine....
 

As an alternative to Poinsettias try Christmas Cactus. Grow this long-living winter bloomer in bright indirect sunlight. While it's flowering, water and feed weekly with liquid cactus and succulent food.

Oh... cool thread! I love gardening tho it's so much harder here in Texas than California. But... I'm determined to figure something out for my yards! :koolaid:

New kid on the block.....Sunset Magazine
 

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Senecio ficoides skyscraper; a crowd pleasing succulent that's happy indoors or out. In a container this tall upright grower with blue-green foliage reaches 2 to 3 feet without any staking. As a houseplant, it needs bright indirect light or place it in a sunny spot in your garden/yard once the danger of frost has passed. :veggie:

I just made a quick trip to Tractor Supply. If you've never been... it's pretty neat! It's like … a much smaller Home Depot but for farmers and cattle ranchers. There's stuff there you didn't know you needed till you saw it! :koolaid:

I needed some T-BARS (tall metal stakes) to secure this three year old Bur Oak I bought a couple years ago. It's GROWING and now LEANING in a way that makes me nervous. I'll post a picture or two later this week.

Mike Irvine garden editor Sunset Magazine...
 

However if you do have a poinsettia, to keep it thriving after the holidays, place it in a spot that gets bright morning daylight and avoid hot afternoon sun. Keep them slightly moist and away from drafts of hot or cold air

Sunset Magazine.........