Thursday, November 19, 2009

Christmas Cactus

We recently got this christmas cactus from Mom and Dad.  Planted in 1928, it was a gift from Winnie Edmunds, called "Grandma E." She was a neighbor of ours in Wilsonville, Oregon in the early 1970s.


Grandma E was the widow of Fred Edmunds, and they started Edmunds Roses. She has a rose named after her, a tea rose called rosa wini edmunds.  I remember seeing one up at Washington Park.  There is a photo of one (from San Jose) here.

The year this cactus was planted, Calvin Coolidge was the president.

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