Are you loving your holiday poinsettia to death?
If these sentinels of the holidays are part of your decor, you may have found they’re a bit high maintenance. Without just the right care those big, shiny, bushy leaves (officially called bracts) can droop or drop off — not the right message for the season, for sure.
Denver Botanic Gardens Horticulturist Nick Giaquinto says the problem is often simple: people over-water their poinsettia.
“Let the poinsettia tell you what it needs,” he says. Most often, the plant doesn’t need water until its soil is dry. Another common error? Putting the plant in the dark, or in direct sunlight. Poinsettias, he says, want indirect light to keep them happy.
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