Long before the poinsettia ... as the Christmas tree. Today, poinsettias are available in various colors, including red, ...

Think “poinsettia” and you think “Christmas ... Ecke began marketing poinsettias as “The Christmas Flower.” He convinced Hollywood to use them as decorations on seasonal TV specials.

What is the original Christmas flower? It depends on who you ask. I believe almost everyone would answer poinsettia to this question, but it appears there might be alternative answers. Before the ...

People / Amazon (2) Don’t be surprised if you see a pot of unexpected flowers on a lot of Christmas tables this year. The new Lego Icons Poinsettia set is the latest entry in the toy company’s ...

Around this time lots of legends were created and cuetlaxochitl started to be called la flor de la nochebuena (flower of the holy night). Christmas ... The common name, Poinsettia, honors the ...

Producer Rosalva Cuaxospa walks amid her potted poinsettias Dec. 14 in a greenhouse in the San Luis Tlaxialtemalco district of Mexico City. The universal Christmas icon is native to Mexico where ...

In 2002, the U.S. Congress declared December 12th National Poinsettia Day to commemorate Poinsett's death in 1851, mainly overlooking the plant's Aztec heritage. View of Christmas Eve flowers in a ...