Saved from last year

[mothhawk]

"‹Last year's poinsettia is getting ready for this year's celebration!

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[burnie]

Well done, mine always died lol..................I'm no house plant gardener.

[nickdub]

One of my poinsettias from last year made it through the Summer. It is still out in the poly tunnel, so I am hoping last night's frost here did not bump it off. I'll go and get it a bit later and see how it looks. Nowhere near as good as yours is my guess :-)

[peanut]

My mum has had a couple of Poinsettias for at least 8 years. They live in a cool bedroom in an East facing window. No idea how she keeps them so healthy.

[Ms-T]

Very nice , Mothhawk

[ameno]

Mine always die, too, but my uncle has one he has kept alive for 3 years now. It's never flowered again, but it has plenty of healthy green leaves.

[mothhawk]

No tips really. It has sat there in the window (north facing) since last Christmas, mostly ignored, watered when I thought about it but left fairly dry all the time.

The way to get it to flower is to give it a proper nights sleep every day from the end of September onwards. It likes a full 10 - 12 hours of darkness.