Speaking of pollinators, butterflies love the flowers of poinsettia. If you live in a warmer climate (no frosts or freezes at all), plant your poinsettias outside to draw butterflies to your garden.

Poinsettia and mistletoe – are two very different plants that have gained popularity as decorations for the holidays. The poinsettia, one of the most popular winter holiday flowers are a ...

Two very distinct plants – poinsettias and mistletoe – have gained popularity as holiday decorations. Because of its vivid red, pink, and white hues, the poinsettia, one of the most popular ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The part of the poinsettia plant that we admire -- those bright red or pink or white flowers that are everywhere during the holidays -- they are not really flowers. The tops ...

Poinsettia plants are used to adorn stores, are printed on Christmas cards and are seen as the traditional Christmas flower. Their history begins with Indigenous communities from Latin America but ...

Americans were mesmerized by the crimson-colored plants, which early sellers hawked as cut flowers that they called Mexican flame flower or painted leaf. The name poinsettia caught on later.

poinsettias are one of the most popular potted plants in the U.S. What we call the poinsettia is native to Mexico and was called Cuetlaxochitl by the Aztecs. The Aztecs used its sap to cure fever ...

But now, nearly 200 years after the plant with the bright crimson leaves was introduced in the U.S., attention is once again turning to the poinsettia’s origins and the checkered history of its ...