However, lovely though they may be, you might want to think about going beyond poinsettias for your holiday flower arrangements this year.

There are a lot of other truly beautiful Christmas flowers!

The traditional Christmas colors of red, white and green can be found in gorgeous abundance on many other plants and flowers besides the well known and much loved poinsettia.

For example, red and white roses make fabulous Christmas flowers, and are favored for holiday weddings, as well as home decorating.

Azaleas make charming Christmas flowers! The red and white varieties sold as blooming potted plants for the holidays are usually Belgian Indicas that will provide abundant blooms for several weeks.

Amaryllis are breathtaking Christmas flowers—tall, stately, elegant and oh-so-beautiful! Huge trumpet shaped blooms on narrow stems make Amaryllis perfect to arrange in the center of an arrangement; with smaller, shorter flowers and/or greenery surrounding them.

White Chrysanthemums combined with red carnations or any other red flowers make for a stunning arrangement of Christmas flowers.

Red and white carnations are charming with ivy and baby’s breath to provide the usual colors of Christmas.

Big red tulips are a holiday favorite when combined with paperwhite narcissus and greenery such as mistletoe or holly with its cheerful red berries!

Caladium are traditionally grown outdoors, but with some care the bulbs can be forced into bloom just in time to brighten your holiday décor. Caladiums are available in many colors, but the beautiful reds, greens and whites…plus the variations of these colors….make enchanting Christmas flowers.

Christmas cacti are showy and always dependable for loads of Christmas flowers. These tropical type plants can live for many, many years with proper care and will burst into bloom for your Yuletide decorating!

Miniature roses make lovely Christmas flowers and lend themselves to decorating your home for the holidays. These plants are usually potted when sold, and you can plant them outside after the holidays for years of pretty flowers in your perennial beds.

Freesia are among the most fragrant of all bulbs, with beautiful white flowers and a scent that is just heavenly. These bulbs can be forced into bloom along with paper whites and tulips for elegant Christmas flowers.

So, do have the old standby poinsettias, but have some fun trying out some other Christmas flowers, too!

Christmas flowers can be fresh cut bouquets or dried arrangements, silk, or potted bulbs and/or plants. Regardless of which types you choose for your decorating, rest assured that they will provide beauty and charm to your décor!

There are endless ways to use Christmas flowers. Here are a few suggestions for decorating your holiday home this season with Christmas flowers:

• Evergreen boughs, either real or artificial, look beautiful when they’re swagged from a mantel with dried roses of deep Christmas red and white liberally entwined among the greenery.
• Big, bountiful bouquets of green holly with bright red berries make a statement all by themselves, but adding a few long stemmed red and white roses or other flowers lends added Christmas cheer and color.
• Potted Poinsettias in festive shades of red, white or pink add some pizzazz to your holiday theme, especially when you wrap the pots in brightly colored foil paper and wrap it all in a great big poufy bow in Christmas colors!
• Baskets and sleds crafted from grapevines or twigs are so festive with Christmas flower arrangements inside! You might add Styrofoam covered with a layer of dried moss as a base, and then add pretty silk Christmas flowers to make your holiday statement.
• Wreaths can add so much to your entrance door or inside on any wall you choose to hang one! You can make a living wreath with dampened sphagnum moss wired to a wreath frame, then fresh cut Christmas flowers and greenery all around for a splash of color.
• Don’t forget your holiday dinner table! Christmas flowers can make any meal a festive affair laden with good cheer. Be sure to use a rather low arrangement, so that you and your guests can see over it during the meal.
• Stair rails and banisters were made to be decorated! These can look ever-so-festive with the addition of some garlands of greenery and pretty red and white Christmas flowers.
• A few pots of Amaryllis with their huge, regal blooms will lend an air of distinction to your Christmas flowers for decorating! They come in a wide range of colors, with red or white being favorites for the holidays.

Decorating with Christmas flowers is a great way for your home to say “Happy Holidays!”

There are many different varieties of Christmas flowers available from florists both online and traditional brick and mortar establishments.

You can find lovely, festive arrangements in a wide range of prices.

For example, you might select a gorgeous bouquet of fresh flowers such as Christmas red and white roses with holly or evergreens as greenery, and perhaps a pretty spray of dainty baby’s breath. This would provide a nice holiday themed flower bouquet in the traditional Christmas colors of red, white and green.

Or, you may choose an arrangement of beautiful, life-like silk flowers that have been expertly crafted to look real. This would be a nice gift if you would like the recipient to be able to enjoy your gift year after year.

Along the lines of gifts that keep on giving are the Christmas cactus plants and regal Amaryllis.

Both of these Christmas flowers will rebloom during the holidays every year if so desired, and come in a wide variety of lovely colors.

The Christmas cactus is an extremely popular flower for the holiday season as it is very low maintenance, requiring only sufficient light, fertilizer and water to put on a show of beautiful blooms every year.

Christmas cactus are also quite easy to propagate, so whoever you gift with one of these popular plants can soon have several from the one plant provided by you.

Amaryllis with their tall, regal, exotic blooms have been perpetual favorites for the Christmas holidays for many years.

Amaryllis grow from large bulbs and often produce up to a dozen huge, tropical type flowers during one blooming season.

These plants, like the Christmas cactus, can be propagated fairly easily by potting up the small “bulblets” that form from year to year, and they are dependable telomeres every year!

Amaryllis come in a flamboyant array of colors.

The variety known as Red Lion, with its huge, trumpet shaped, deep red blooms is one of the perennial picks by many folks for a dash of Christmas color.

There are many other types of Christmas flowers available. You might prefer to send a charming potted Poinsettia, always a favorite among Christmas flowers.

Whatever your choice may be, an arrangement of Christmas flowers will be a gift of beauty, sure to be appreciated by anyone on your list!