There's hope – a flower actually blooming inside the house! My green-thumb gift is with outdoor plants, from tomatoes to tulips.

Christmas in Bloom, When I Could Have Killed It

by Helen Holter December 31, 2016

I flew from Wisconsin back home to Seattle to my tenderly nurtured Christmas bulb in full bloom – truly a Christmas gift. (BTW, “tenderly nurtured” is a joke because I have a bad habit of killing indoor plants.)

There’s hope – a flower actually blooming inside the house! My green-thumb gift is with outdoor plants, from tomatoes to tulips.

The correct name of this Christmas bulb is “amaryllis,” and it survived my care.

Anyone who knows me knows I have a quite a green thumb OUTDOORS and a perfectly lousy one INDOORS. I can give you the name of any Northwest outdoor plant in Latin, but I didn’t even know this Christmas bulb was an amaryllis until someone saw it and told me.

That’s why these Christmas blooms are a Christmas miracle!

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Helen Holter

Immersed in the Northwest's jaw-dropping beauty, technology, and generosity, I live and work at the cutting-edge of digital and broadcast media, sharing with others along the way. An Emmy-winning former TV news journalist in Seattle and Russia, I love Seattle for its "spirit of place," especially in the outdoors, technology, global health, and – yes! – great coffee! Here lives the quirky intersection of old and new, past and future – my home, Seattle. (Click the "About" tab for my personal and professional bios.)

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