Poinsettias in town at Christmas .

Looks beautiful. Not something that can be done en masse here Klahanie-frost. My variegated wilted. I wouldn't want to see huge planting of that-a.
Do you know what that huge trunk belongs to? Ficus? One of those pea pod making trees?

Yes, ficus Stan. Not sure about the scientific name if it. There is a row of them.

Wow! It looks like some places here.

Lovely show. We had 2 poinsettias given to us and they didn't do very well on the kitchen windowsill, kept losing their leaves, so I moved them into the conservatory where there is more light and it's cooler in there and they seem to be doing well at the moment.

Mine die inside very quickly too, Linda. I never replant them and probably overwater them .

Even the experts admit the Poinsettia's are touchy plants. Need a rest here,more water there..Outdoors in mild climates I bet most die..the ones that last a winter or two are the ones to last.

There are plenty of beautiful huge Poinsettias ( Euphorbia pulcherrima) around here, Stan. They are doing very well in the ground. They are native to Mexico. Almost every garden has them . They cut them to the ground in late January/early February. Some of them look like small trees or big shrubs (15-20 ft) We have one smallish one in this garden too and in last year's garden we had 2.
I posted a photo of one couple years ago. It is still there in the same location looking gorgeous.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/282237-poinsettia-euphorbia-pulcherrima/member/klahanie

Stan:

I know there's many Poinsettias in the Bay Area. I've seen so many. It's an easy plant in the ground...indoors it hates the conditions.

The largest one I've ever seen (in the Bay
Area) was located next to the Sears building on the east side of the building's entrance. It had a very tall, straight trunk over 20 feet. All the growth was on the top like a tree. It had must have been planted in the early 70's because it had a thick trunk. Unfortunately, it was cut down sometime in the mid 80's. Oh, how I wish we had digital cameras back then!

Southland mall? That's where I took photos of the Corymbia citriodora. In those days, (the 50's)they tried more variety.

Now,Ginko everywhere around town. Dull.

Yes, it was at Southland Mall. Sorry! :>)

Southland Mall wasn't opened until 1964. They used to have many more palms...then many were cut down down for some unknown reason. That's Hayward for you. LOL!

I used to call Hayward the anti-palm city of the SF Bay Area. The City Counselor members were so against them. This is one of the reasons why I moved out of Hayward and to Fremont and then to San Diego. It was such a shame because Hayward has such a good climate for growing so many species of palms.

You remember what they said? "Hayward looks too much like Los Angeles" was the gist of it.
Sure,thats like me looking too much like Robert Redford- in his prime!

Yes, I've heard that saying. LOL!

What most of these people didn't realize is that some of the first palms in the state were planted in the SF Bay Area.