Euphorbia pulcherrima - Christmas Plants, Poinsettia

Wow, that Poinsettia is tall. They grow outdoors here and tall but no THAT tall!!!

Inside for us!! ;0((

Pretty pic Delonix :o)

Alexandramou:

Yes, they grow very tall here in California. The tallest one I ever saw was growing by a mall in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was close to 30ft/10m tall (and had a thick trunk). Unfortunately, it was cut down about 15 years ago. :>(

Theoldgunner:

For most of the U.S. they need to be grown indoors, also.

Terratoonie:

Thanks! :>)

Both would be houseplants here, Delonix, and I'd be lucky to get either to survive more than 3 months, lol.
Gr8 pic! :-)

Wonderful!

David:

Thanks! Both should be relatively easy to grow with enough bright light. :>)

Very nice Delonix!
I've never managed to get one to live beyond Christmas at home in France (no central heating!).

This is the problem, Delonix - lack of bright sunlight. So why, here, is the Poinsettia so widely sold as a Christmas time plant gift, at the height of bleak mid winter?????

Have also thought, Karen that the central heating, turned up high, and very dry, helps finish them off, too?

I suspect you are right, David...I've seen them growing wild in the interior of Reunion Island where it is warm and humid all the time. For me, I think it was going from woodburner on (boiling) to woodburner off (near freezing)!

David:

The reason why they're sold very widely at Christmas...is because they bloom around Christmas. lol! :>)

I know they're pretty difficult to grow indoor here, also. This is why virtually everyone goes them outdoors in the ground. :>)

Can relate to this well, Karen. Vivid memories of my own childhood asthma, going between different types of heating and their humidity levels as we moved home. Only an open coal fire kept my airways happy, lol! Have long outgrown this, happily. :-) But, why should plants be any different?

Well, Del, I know this, of course, lol! But we do not have the outdoor option here. I almost despair seeing ranks of these beautiful blooms in supermarkets, everywhere I look, now, knowing that the cash registers will be playing "Jingle Bells", but that the poor plants are doomed. :-(

So true David...............