This plant is as tall as my house but the top most branches are a bit wind tattered. Here is the lower part in front of a giant philodendron.
Poinsettia blooming
Here is a close up of the flowers. We don't do anything special to get these to flower on time for Christmas, they are native to Mexico and this is their normal flowering time as long as no artifical lights are turned on them at night. No one in our neighborhood has streetlights, so there isn't a problem with lights after natural dark falls.
Now I really have zone envy! Very nice Cala!
Pretty plant Susie. I have seen them growing in the wild in Florida and I also have zone envy.
WOW
A tree.....
its not fair I tell ya.....
We only see these at Christmas time around here and I don't even think those things they sell have roots. Has anyone bought one of those things in a pot and tried to keep them going after Christmas in colder climates? Does it work? My rule of thumb is that if it has pretty paper on it don't buy it because it's probably some florists idea of a pot that is all bloom and no roots. Probably dumb but I've never had much luck keeping one of those alive. I really do like Poinsettia but have never had any luck with them.
Robin
OOps. I meant to also say that Calalily poinsettia is beautiful.
Robin
Just wow!! Zone envy here too!! LOVE that philo also!
calalily please please tell us more about growing your poinsettia. I 'm in zone 9a. do you think if I can grow one if I buy a potted one and then plant inground? very lovely plant. you sure do have a lot of neat stuff, heck of a gardener!
Susie, What a pretty sight. Really brings back memories.
Robin, I have kept poinsettia plants at times.
They do take up a lot of room though.
but ............ When it comes to 'crunch time' that is the plant that gets booted first . When I need room for my brug babies inside ,one poinsetta plant can give me a lot of space when it's gone.
I buy a few every year for a BD preasent to myself. Love the varities to be found.
This display is at a conservatory nearby. Sorry for misleading.
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scooterbug, wait a second...do you mean you have a poinsettia bed???wow!!! My eyes aren't so good, so I cant tell whether these are potted or inground. very beautiful. blows my mind. More comments, please.
Visited Mitchell Park Conservatory in Milwaukee, WI last year.
aka The Domes . 3 huge conservatory domes, a great place to spend a winter afternoon ...... ahhhhhhh ...... breathe ...... luv it.
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/411839/
Just about ready to go again.
[The poinsettias are potted for seasonal display].
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Scooter, I broke down and bought one today. That picture is so beautiful I just had to give it a shot. It will never get that big here but just the idea that it could be so pretty makes me want to try.
Robin
It's beautiful! I'm so happy you can enjoy warm temps. year round.
EEEKKKK****** after reading this and seeing the pictures I searched my house for my two that I winter over every year. Sadly, I found them. I forgot to bring them in. GRRRRRR.
What a wonderful, timely picture!!
Judy
Oh Kristi, too sad!
Susie, we have some tall trees of them he e also but I never seem to be able to grow them outside. Post a pic of your whole back yard. I do not think I have seen one yet.
Kell here is one I took yesterday. It is the back corner of the yard. I'll try to remember to take more pics of the whole yard this weekend.
It looks beautiiful! And all that planting space. Please do take more!
It looks just great there Susie!
Thanks guys! We have had so much wind the last week and it rained again last night. I'm never going to get my lawn mowed, it's going to be a hay field! The poinsettia survived the wind pretty good, the upper branches are a bit tattered, but the lower part was sheltered by the house, the giant philo and a yucca tree.
vossner -
Many years ago we lived in L.A. There was a handsome, gnarly old Poinsettia in the yard in a house across from us. Its trunk may have been 18" - I am not sure - and it was about 15-20 feet tall. I do not think it bloomed. Don't know the zone in L.A., but you are probably as warm or warmer. Also - I can't remember how, but I got straight cuttings of poinsettia about 5 or 6 feet long - and stuck them in the ground for bean poles. They all rooted! Here in 7a, I usually pot up my poinsettias after Christmas, or in the early spring. As long as they do not get too wet, they grow on nicely. Usually, I do something to neglect them, but I do have one now about 30" tall. The leaves are not big and deep green like calalily's, but they look fine in the cool greenhouse. A colleague had one with stunted, 2" leaves years ago, that he kept in his office, with branches about 3 or 4 feet tall. It was "different"!
Peter
Poinsettia are extremely poisonous to humans and animals if consumed!!!!! Not recommended for indoors if you have dogs or cats. Or put them up on a plant stand where they can't get to the plant. Always water potted indoor plants with luke warm water.
Mark
Actually that's a myth. They are not poisonous, but contain sap(latex) that can cause allergic reactions. I have cats and dogs and we grew poinsettias by the thousands and the cats and dogs were also in the greenhouse and none ever got sick from the flowers.Here is a great link http://oror.essortment.com/arepoinsettias_rfpo.htm If you eat the flowers from 500 poinsettias, you will get sick!
Thanks for the updated information. I work in a retail greenhouse and we have always told the customer that they where poisonous. We sell between 250-300 plants a a year. Thanks to you and the internet now I know that it is not true. Thanks! I love to learn new things.
Mark
Our cat used to always munch on the leaves of poinsettias. She lived to be 20.