Poinsettia

Never bothered to look these up. Can't believe they grow this tall. I heard they grow like weeds in the warmer climates. Wow so tall.

 

Having just bought two of these plants I wanted to know where is the best place to put them and how often do you water them, some of the other ones in the centre had leaves dropping

 

I can't help you here Nathan as mine live outdoors and go to their natural size ... mine is 3 meters at the moment. I have a yellow one (a friend gave it to me last year) in a pot which has survived outdoors all year and is now just starting to colour, still in it's pot and not in the ground like my red one.

Mine are neglected because they are basically in their natural habitat. In the meantime I shall post a few more pics of mine as they develop before Christmas. :thumb:

Maybe someone will come along and tell you how to maintain them there ... good luck.

 

Just a couple of more pics as the Poinsettia heralds in December ...

A lower branch peeking through the Lantana ...



A closeup of that one lower down ...



It must be about 3 meters tall but is not as bushy this year as last ... must have been bad pruning on my part ....

 

Lovely pictures LoL. I was just looking at some today - but they are about 2.9 meters shorter than yours :D

I remember the correspondance a year ago about where the flowers were. One of the great things about this board is that it encourages you to learn more about so many different subjects. I must be the only person who is waiting to get a pointsettia AFTER christmas. I want to get someone's throw-out, and put it in the garden after the frosts have gone and just see how big it gets over the summer.

 

Thank you, PeterS. It is the one thing that is looking wonderful here in the Algarve at the moment .... but mine looks quite pathetic to others .... perhaps I pruned it not quite right this past year?

Yes, I too remember that conversation last year (and it may be further up in this thread?) because I did not know which were the flowers ... they are very similar to Bougainvilleas actually.

I wish I could help you with keeping one over winter but I can't ... they just naturally do so here. Although, I've had the thought that perhaps if one was planted in the warmest, most protected position in the garden and left to it's own devices it would survive as the roots actually survive frost ... just a thought!

I have a ctrine yellow one (a gift last year) that has also survived and is just starting to colour so I shall take a photo of it over the coming weeks and post here also.

 

Hello Peter I have a few of these plants so if you want at a later date just pm your details and you can have one of mine and let me know how you get on
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Photos of the Poinsettia this afternoon ...











It is about 3 meters tall now and straggly and fighting for the light with one of the Jacarandas and is coming out of the middle of a Lantana ... we had dug the original one up but it refuses to go away.

I can't even take a picture from the deck now as the Jacaranda obscures it ... and if I move over I am in direct line with the sun so this is the best I can do ...






Hope you like for the Holiday Season ....

 

Its lovely to see them growing as they should Lol instead of stunted in a tiny pot. They look great!! 02

 

I've just gone over this whole thread, Sis, since we were talking about Poinsettias last evening on the phone.

I don't have much luck with them, but I did buy one two weeks ago. Actually, it did well until several days ago when I forgot about it (I blame it on Christmas :D) - yesterday I discovered crispy leaves around it. It doesn't look so nice any more.

I agree with you all about the red ones looking the best, natural. I think the coloured and/or mottled ones look ghastly, and the glittered ones are the crowing horror.

 

Great pics Lol. Never realised that poinsettias were related to Euphorbias. I've heard they grow in the hedgerows in France like weeds too.

 

I have never had luck keeping them. They do say they don't like the dryness of central heating. I bought one for my mother many years ago. She kept it for years. She didn't have central heating but it sat at a north facing window and did very nicely. I think you have to keep them in darkness for 12 hours or something from September to get them to bloom. Mum never did and it bloomed quite happily.

 

I have just been given a Christmas leftover poinsettia by a neighbour as I wanted to put it out into the garden over the summer and see what it does. Its tiny now, but any bets on how big it could grow in a Yorkshire summer rather than a Potuguese one. :D

 

If the last two summers are anything to go by I would say about 2":D

 

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Sorry Peter xxxxx


PS The Salvias are up and going .... all three .... :gnthb: