Poinsettias are versatile Christmas plants to grow - grow them as houseplants, in container gardens, or even as a Christmas tree alternative plant. If you're feeling dubious about growing ...

Christmas cactus, like poinsettias, are considered short-day plants. They produce leaves when the days are long in the summer and create flower buds as the days grow shorter in the fall.

One of the first things I buy when christmas creeps in is a poinsettia and did you ... and they produce the largest flowers you are ever likely to grow. They are usually sold together with pot ...

They are watered with mist in the greenhouse, which is set at about 70 degrees, until finally they form roots and grow enough to be sold. Though some call the poinsettia the “Christmas flower ...

The name poinsettia caught on later. In the plant’s native growing range of Mexico and Central America, it goes by many names, including flor de Nochebuena (Christmas Eve flower). Poinsettias ...

The foil-wrapped potted plant you grab at a big box store ... According to Mexican lore about how poinsettias became a Christmas flower, a child named Pepita was too poor to bring a gift to ...

Of which, the poinsettia has long been recognized as such a plant, and its color and brilliance help bring Christmas cheer into our hearts and homes. These brightly colored plants are a definite ...

Poinsettia plants are used to adorn stores, are printed on Christmas cards and are seen ... U.S. fails to give credit to the origins of the plant and its long-standing history.

Holiday horticulture tends to revolve around the same handful of plants ... season for flowering.CHRISTMAS CACTUSChristmas cactuses, Schlumbergeras, are another great plant that blooms during ...