Tue, Nov 24 2009
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Poinsettias work in gardens, too By Molly DayThe 6 1/2-inch pots have two plants per container and there will be 12 blooms. This size is the most popular for home coffee tables.
Eight-inch pots contain three plants, planted close together to create a taller display. This height is often used around a fireplace when it is not burning. Hanging baskets are 10 inches in diameter and will have 20 blooms. How they are grown In the middle of August when most gardeners are sipping iced tea, Carson received 4,000 poinsettia plant cuttings. When they arrived, their root ball was about as big around as a ball-point pen. “All poinsettias are hybrids grown from cuttings,” Carson said. “Each variety has different growing characteristics that I’ve learned over the past 25 years.” For example, a cloudy spell will impact when the bracts become colorful. August and September heat, an October hard freeze and insect migrations, all have to be worked around. Carson keeps both growing houses controlled with fans and heaters to keep the poinsettias at their required 75-degree daytime and 64-degree nighttime temperatures. Carson said he has learned from experience how many of each color to grow. By the way, poinsettias are not poisonous. A few individuals have an allergic rash after touching the sap inside the stems of all Euphorbias. 
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