How and when did Poinsettias become such a big part of Christmas?
July 28th, 2006 by debbysibert
The tradition of displaying poinsettias on the hearth at Christmastime
Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was then the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, imported the first poinsettia plant from Mexico in 1828. According to Encyclopedia Britannica:
In warm climates, the poinsettia grows outdoors as a winter-flowering
leggy shrub about 3 metres (10 feet) high; as a potted plant in
northern areas it rarely grows beyond 1 meter. What […]
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