If you remember my Poinsettias from last year, you don't need to
click here to see how it looked like last Christmas and after Christmas. I kept it since then, it got 1 month dormancy period end of March and here it is! Tadadam! No special tricks applied - it turns red free willingly. No cartons to put on it, no closet to stick it for the night. Nothing. Only water and sunlight in the day.
Isn't it beautiful? Isn't it wort to be kept and taken care after Christmas?
This is Blooming Friday, so
hop over to Katarina and have a look what's blooming today in different countries.
If you would like to
overwinter your Poinsettia check here how to do it.
I think I like the simplicity of this second year bloom more than the more larger flowers of the first. Carol
ReplyDeleteJust lovely! I have never heard that they can survive so long time. I will read your instruction now - thanks!
ReplyDeleteI planted two in my gardens late spring, they are very large now and the bracts are turning red!!
ReplyDeleteYour poinsettia looks good. I have never kept one after Christmas, but a neighbor has. I think it must be four years old now, and it still puts out nice "flowers".
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Always Growing
I have tended to throw them out after flowering as I thought they were difficult to keep if you wanted flowers the following year. You have obviously got the east answer!
ReplyDeleteIt is beautiful! You just have it when it comes to flowers and gardens!
ReplyDeleteHi Ewa! How very interesting! I had no idea they could be kept and still turn red! How clever of you!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Ewa...Pointsettias have never been my strong point, try as I might. xv
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! I haven't been so successful with poinsettias. The leaves always fall off! Any ideaas?
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother had one that grew as tall as her house in Flordia!!
dibear, ponsettias always drop leaves in Jan/Feb, because they get into dormancy period. After one month you need to start to water them, change the soil and they will be just fine for next Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting and commenting,
They are so lovely to look, the second time around; especially that you didn't do tricks on them. Maybe you also like to hear about the fable of Poinsettia.
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