Tuesday, 14 December 2021

The Poinsettia

Baby Jesus among poinsettias.

Three Christmas Flowers are very popular at this time of the year, and this is a little information on each of them, shared with you over the next three days:

The Poinsettia - (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a culturally and commercially important plant species of the diverse family that is indigenous to Mexico and Central America. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant into the United States in 1825. He found out that the Aztecs were sing the flower for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. Every year in the US, approximately 70 million poinsettias of many cultivated varieties are sold in a six-week period. There are a few varieties apart from the popular red and white ones: jingle bells, tinted, cream, pink, marbled and peppermint. The plants require abundant light and watering every 4 to 5 days. In my chapel they have survived way beyond Easter, and if you keep them in the light they will flower again, and grow colored leaves by Christmas time.

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