It's Wildflower Wednesday here on the Blog and it is also Christmas Eve if you celebrate. Today's wildflower is not native to Kansas but is very Prevalent in pots during the Christmas Season. The plant grows wild in Central America and Mexico. The red leaves are not the flower, the flower is the small yellow centers that develop. The red leaves are actually Bracts as well and not true leaves. Natural colors for Poinsettias are red, pink and white or mottled colors of these. The other colors you may see, like blue, the petals have been dyed.
They can last a long time too
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