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Author Garden: Poinsettias Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       The History of Poinsettias, Care and Growing Requirements http://www.thegardenhelper.com/Poinsettias.htm Poinsettias in the garden... http://www.thegardenhelper.com/poinsettiaoutdoors.html * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 67.75.234.132 weezie13 Compost Queen! Member # 772 posted                       That's a pretty combination!!!! Weezie * * * * Weezie Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. - Bible - Hebrews 13:2 http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/ Plants: 29299 | From: N.Y. | Registered: Apr 2003  |  Seeded: 24.54.84.188 PeppermintLily45 Garden Pro! Member # 1071 posted                       Bill that is such a pretty picture. I have a question about Poinsettas....Are they poisonous? I heard they were and then I have heard they were not....HELP Tam * * * * Plants: 4012 | From: TX | Registered: Jun 2003  |  Seeded: 152.163.252.161 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       According to the US Army, Poinsettias "When touched, causes irritant dermatitis. If ingested, may cause gastritis." http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/PLANT.HTM#index * * * * Plants: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Seeded: 67.75.236.253 loz guest posted                 I always heard they were bad to touch.....I had some a few years ago in my apartment and I was excited about getting them, and guess what...they died.....I was reading the page you posted on care and I think that it was just to drafty in my apartment.....that's probably why they died....Maybe I'll try my hand at them again this year...... Seeded: 63.49.143.159 jc2weho Heaven's Gardener Member # 1554 posted                       When I was a little girl my grandmother grew the best pointsettia plants. They were all outside, some as tall as 10 feet. She would cut them back each year, and boy would they regrow in tall! To keep the sap from getting on her skin when she went to arrange them, she would put the cut ends in the burner of the gas range. This would seal them off. jc2weho * * * * Plants: 409 | From: Los Angeles - Hollywood Hills | Registered: Oct 2003  |  Seeded: 63.205.40.24 gardengal Super Gardener Member # 1403 posted                       I happened to be at Lowes this weekend and they had poinsettias in 4" pots for $.50! The reason they were so cheap was because they were near death. So sad... I might have to go back and attempt to rescue some of them. They were all wilted and losing their leaves. I'm not sure if I can save them, but I'll try! * * * * Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Plants: 766 | From: The real OC in sunny So. Cal. | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 216.114.206.2 hdsporty97 Dream Gardener Member # 1070 posted                       I saw some poinsettas at a Walmart this past weekend and they had really different flowers on them. They almost resembled a rose. The petals were bunched up and there was a lot of petasl per flower. There were very pretty. I was 2 hours away from home with a couple more stops to make and it was very cold out so I had to pass on them. Now I want to go back and get one! * * * * Life isn't a box of chocolates...It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today migth burn your @$$ tomorrow! Plants: 435 | From: Iroquois, SD | Registered: Jun 2003  |  Seeded: 24.220.73.147 gardengal Super Gardener Member # 1403 posted                       I saw those same type at Home Depot...can't remember their name right now. But they are very pretty and different looking. * * * * Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Plants: 766 | From: The real OC in sunny So. Cal. | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 216.114.206.2 njoynit Garden Pro! Member # 1345 posted                       neighbors girl has homework in spanish class on the history of this plant...well I did her homework but she had to look at the files and compose the homework.is over 50 hybrids available.the plant was discovered growing in a crack in the guys greenhouse legend goes back to christmas eve ages& eons ago a girl pepito had no gift to give the christ child so her cuz had her pick weeds along a road and when she went to present him with the humble gift they bloomed and were called Flores de Noche Bunea_flowers of the Holy Night I really hope this brings her grade up a noche shes at a 54 right now,but since she chatted with a guy that don't speak english her intrest in class is going up..you see he's cute& she can't understand him unless my hubby is at home so she is studying more I've seen thses plants grown in corpus christi TX when was going to school there....outdoors....8 ft tall at least.makes those lil ones not look so hot when ya see um huge like that * * * * I will age ungracefully until I become an old woman in a small garden..doing whatever the Hell I want! http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit03 http://community.webshots.com/user/njoynit http://photos.yahoo.com/njoynit03 Plants: 2209 | From: SE TX`in the yard somewhere most likely | Registered: Jul 2003  |  Seeded: 66.90.172.118 gardengal Super Gardener Member # 1403 posted                       Bill, I noticed in the article you have in the Garden Helper about poinsettias outdoors you stated that they love heat, but in the other article just about the history of poinsettias, you said they won't tolerate temps above 80*. Should I just keep my poinsettias inside since we will definitely get above 80* in the summer? I know 80* is warm but we definitely get hotter here in the desert of LA. What do you think would be best? Please me. Thanks!! * * * * Women and cats will do as they please. Men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Plants: 766 | From: The real OC in sunny So. Cal. | Registered: Aug 2003  |  Seeded: 216.114.206.2 rue anemone Super Gardener Member # 1744 posted                       That is a beautiful picture. In the midwest we do not have the luxury of these growing outside year around. One year I tried to save my Christmas poinsetta to have it bloom a second year. I was faithful in following all the directions. Even the part about making sure it had just the right amount of darkness and sunlight by using a paper bag to cover the plant for complete darkness and taking it off for light. Well it did bloom a second time but the flower and decorative leaves were so small I need a magnifying glass to see them!!! * * * * Plants: 679 | From: IN | Registered: Dec 2003  |  Seeded: 67.29.216.114

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