Poinsettia on living room table 2009-12-22 001

Wonderfully scorching red! These really are a joy though hard to get another year of color unless they are outdoors. This will repeat only with a well controlled month in fall of less than 12 hours light. In naturalized areas, that is just called winter. :-)

Yes, I agree, GT, but I had one plant in Spain that flowered every year for 5 or 6 years. Obviously the bracts were nowhere as big as shop bought ones but just the challenge of getting it to flower year after year was good enough for me!

Unfortunately most of the leaves have fallen off now & a lot of the bracts have shrivelled & died. :-( Though there are still a lot of them on the plant.

Sorry to hear, though I've heard great success stsories of them reviving. Give it a dry side time of rest and try watering again in spring. See what happens.

I will try to keep it for another year. I had no problems with the plant I had in Spain.