Crazy Poinsettia
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 1:54 pm
I planted one of these a few years ago in my front yard that was a Christmas gift from a lady friend of ours. It was going strong and got to about 3 ft. tall and about the same in diameter when we had several days of below freezing weather that killed it---or so I thought.
Fast forward several months after I cut it back all the way to the ground and I decided to simply pull the plant, but noticed new growth emerging from the area and decided to leave it to see what it would do. Well, that was 18 months ago and that plant is now over 5 ft. tall and a good 6 ft. in diameter with very thick growth of about 30 or so stems coming from the ground. The former potted house plant is now a large shrub in my front yard. If we don't have a hard freeze a few times this year, I hate to think what it will look like this time next year. Not complaining mind you, just amazed at how big it has gotten. I recently looked up poinsettias and saw where in the wild and under favorable conditions, they can get to be 8-10 ft. tall. Now I'm curious just how big this thing will get.
Fast forward several months after I cut it back all the way to the ground and I decided to simply pull the plant, but noticed new growth emerging from the area and decided to leave it to see what it would do. Well, that was 18 months ago and that plant is now over 5 ft. tall and a good 6 ft. in diameter with very thick growth of about 30 or so stems coming from the ground. The former potted house plant is now a large shrub in my front yard. If we don't have a hard freeze a few times this year, I hate to think what it will look like this time next year. Not complaining mind you, just amazed at how big it has gotten. I recently looked up poinsettias and saw where in the wild and under favorable conditions, they can get to be 8-10 ft. tall. Now I'm curious just how big this thing will get.