All year long there’s hardly a poinsettia to be found, and then suddenly the holiday season rolls around and POOF these bright red plants are showing up in homes and offices all over the country.
Where do they all come from? Well, Mexico and Central America, actually. (And you thought that was a rhetorical question.) They are native to that part of the world and were first introduced to the United States by a minister named Joel Roberts Poinsett, who also gave the plants their common name.
We celebrate poinsettias each year on the day of Poinsett’s death, December 12th. If you haven’t already jumped on the poinsettia bandwagon this year, take today to buy one for yourself or a friend for a little flowerpot-full of festive fun.
Source: Ultimate Holiday site
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