0 a tropical plant with groups of bright red leaves that look like flowers
1 a Central American plant with groups of bright red leaves that look like flowers
This resulted in significantly lower mortality of whitefly following exposure to entomopathogenic nematodes on poinsettia than on the other plants tested (including cucumber and chrysanthemum).
It has been successfully used in bedding plant production, potted plants, and poinsettia stock plants.
This misconception was spread by a 1919 urban legend of a two-year-old child dying after consuming a poinsettia leaf.
Certain cultivars of azalea, poinsettia, begonia, impatiens, ferns, palms and succulents may also be sensitive.
A poinsettia left to grow on its own will naturally take an open, somewhat weedy look.
They produced a fuller, more compact plant by grafting two varieties of poinsettia together.
The flowers of the poinsettia are unassuming and do not attract pollinators.
Fertilize the poinsettia if you keep it past the holiday season.
