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Holiday Flowers and Greenery

Holiday Flowers and Greenery

November 8, 2023

Get ready to sleigh the holiday season with some botanic brilliance! Poinsettias, paper whites, amaryllis and even houseplants are a few of the festive plants that’ll add a pop of color to your home. Our top-secret intel on the best holiday plants will have you...
Plants Tips: Poinsettias

Plants Tips: Poinsettias

November 16, 2022

Bracts are the red flower-like petals you might find on a poinsettia, but they are specialized leaves. Look closely at the center of the bracts, and you will see small flowers. Poinsettias are in the Euphorbia family related to succulent euphorbias. Poinsettias thrive...
Poinsettias | A Holiday Icon

Poinsettias | A Holiday Icon

December 8, 2020

The holidays aren’t complete without a poinsettia in the mix. This popular plant has gained so much notoriety that it has it’s own holiday–National Poinsettia Day is celebrated on the 12th of December. In 2019, roughly 35 million poinsettias were sold in the U.S. and...
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