Poinsettias are one plant that does not keep well usually they dont keep from one year to the next. I have never kept one so long usually they die off by September. Well this plant has not only survived the year but has turned colour and given us red flower brackets.
Poinsettia originally come from the Canary Islands, and they need from July 12 hours darkness and 12 hours daylight, in equal amounts, thats what they do in commercial greenhouses to ensure they are red, white or pink for christmas.
Did this plant get that well no, in the very hot weather I took him off the windowsill and put him in the shade of the spare bedroom, when the weather cooled down he went back on the craft room windowsill. Watering was when I when to water him.
At the moment he's on the fireplace in our lounge so we can enjoy him once again. No doubt he will be back in the craft room when he finished flowering.
Margaret
Thats one very healthy plant Margaret, really lucky to keep so long and so beautiful, lets hope it carries on, how wonderful would it be if this time next year your writing about it again...enjoy.xx
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ReplyDeleteYour poinsettia looks beautiful Margaret, I've never managed to keep one alive past January!
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Well done to you for keeping it going! A neighbour of mine here has a poinsettia in a pot, but I'm more used to it as a small tree. It grows well in Zimbabwe, out in the garden.
ReplyDeleteThat’s great Margaret....well done. I think the secret is not over watering them. I have managed in Cyprus to keep one alive but not as successfully as you have.
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