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Sanbaz asked if i had a pic of my poinsettia which i had for 5 years or more. it grew so big and every year i repotted it to a bigger pot……. We gave it the nickname of Miss Plant…….. after my sons headmistress from years ago…….. sadly it got to big and a bit straggly so i put it outside ….. and didnt ever bring it in again…… it flowered every year when the days drew in………… found a couple of pics which were taken in my old house………… has anyone else had one grow this big………………

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Oh that's great Hollyeves, really great !

Delonix posted a picture last week of full grown ones that grow in his region and they're massive.
Yours is the biggest i've seen over here :-)

9 Dec, 2009

 

wow ive never seen one so big, it was lovely hollyeves ;o) thanx for showing me , nominated for house plants to

9 Dec, 2009

 

Thanks Hollyeves, Please tell me is it best to water from the bottom ?.....

9 Dec, 2009

 

That's enormous! :-)))

9 Dec, 2009

uma
Uma
 

It's just huge!
Oh, You are lucky - Santa has already visited your home! :) Or... is it Santa's house? LOL

9 Dec, 2009

amy
Amy
 

No .. Never seen one that big before , thats stunning !

9 Dec, 2009

 

Hi Hollyeves.Our small one from last year did not die off,so nurtured it throughtout the year and gave it 14 hours darkness since October.Has rewarded us with lovley red bracts in time for Christmas ! Hope to bring it on again next year ! Has put on a couple of inches height but nothing like yours.Its lovely.!

9 Dec, 2009

 

thats great hollyeves and well done to BB

9 Dec, 2009

 

Thanks Sbg !

9 Dec, 2009

 

I have not been able to keep one over myself but there is a little cafe here in town that has a solarium type garden room for eating in..it is very different in that it has a space to the sides for planting into the earth against the wall...there have been poinsetta's climbing around in there around the wood stove for as long as I have been around...they are vine like and grow along the wall...I have always looked for them when ever I have gone in..next time I go there.....I will have to take my camera..it has been a long while..I hope they are still there. Could be a while so don't be holding your breath....

9 Dec, 2009

 

Hi all thanks for all your comments....
Louise1....... Thanks...
sanbaz... your welcome
lincslass...... i used to leave it to dry right out and then water it from the bottom.....
Sprtiz....... : O )
Uma...... this was taken a few years ago...
Amy... Thanksssssss
BB.......well done hope yours keeps on growing.........
seaburngirl... Thankssssss
catfinch..... yes do take some pics......

10 Dec, 2009

 

OMG! I've never seen anything like it! (isn't that an old song)?! lol
Its absolutely wonderful!

10 Dec, 2009

 

Wow - wonderful to see!

10 Dec, 2009

 

Wow what a size...

11 Dec, 2009

 

Thanksssssss Busylizzy, Geniusscuffy, Clarice............

12 Dec, 2009

 

I've never seen one that big, but my mother had one once that kept it's red colour from Christmas until the following August.

12 Dec, 2009

 

Thanks Holly.......

12 Dec, 2009

 

Lovely plant lincslass...
Fancy having a go at keeping one i just got for the wife. any ideas ?? do they grow in the garden all year and have a couple of weeks darkness by the sound of it ??

13 Dec, 2009

 

Mine kept going Hywel..........so i just kept repoting it every year......
your welcome Lincslass.....

Its my plant Mushybanna.... lol.............. they will keep indoors , but keep away from to much heat or the leaves will drop..... later in the year you can repot to a bigger pot......... to get the bracts... the red flowers , you have to reduce the daylight hours a bit each day .... i used to keep mine in the diningroom and so the light was not on all the time.. it liked it in there...... i dont think its suitable 4 the garden.... but you could put the pot out in the summer.....Holly

13 Dec, 2009

 

Thanks Holly
Sorry got confused with who's plant i was on

14 Dec, 2009

 

: O )

14 Dec, 2009

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