
A Poinsettia is not just for Christmas
02.12.2014Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
Top tips for keeping that much loved Christmas plant alive. We've tested a plant sensor and mixed it up with some good old gardening knowledge...
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by Natasha Starkell | 10.12.2013 | christmas , xmas , x-mas , tree , alternative | 0 comments | Rating: 0 votes
It’s funny how in general, we don’t question Christmas traditions. The Christmas tree, for example - 8 million Christmas trees are sold every year in Britain. But as houseplants go, they’re incredibly impractical. For a start, they’re TREES. They’re normally very big. Furniture has to be rearranged, and house pets have to be kept clear. The needles drop and make a huge mess. And they invariably die very quickly, leaving the council to pick up a phenomenal number of dead trees with their already busy post-Christmas waste collection.
The poinsettia’s another example of a Christmas plant that we don’t question. But the association of poinsettias with Christmas was originally commercial. In the early 1900s, an enterprising man called Paul Ecke sent free poinsettias to television stations in America to display on air from Thanksgiving to Christmas. His sales tactic worked and even now, the Ecke Ranch has a 70% share of the poinsettia market in the US and a 50% market share worldwide.
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So this year, consider breaking away from tradition and choose an original Christmas selection. Here are some ideas of plants that will make an impact:
Credit Main Photo: Photo credit: Nina Matthews Photography / CC BY
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