Poinsettia - Flores de Noche Buena

It’s hard to believe it’s nearly 2020! Another year come and gone and I just don’t know where it went or how it got past me that quickly. I don’t know if I’ve been that busy or if maybe it’s just old age. Could be a combination of both, I guess. This week I was thinking about poinsettias. Of course, I’m writing this just before Christmas. Mind you, the poinsettias I remember from my youth are nothing like those we buy in the stores here. In Florida, where I grew up, poinsettia plants were often grown outside year-round and sometimes even used as a hedge. My mother, not a gardener by any means,...