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How to grow POINSETTIAS

hristmas just wouldn’t be complete without a poinsettia. Most people are familiar with the red plants, but breeding has produced many different shades and bi-colours, from peach to deep maroon, cinnamon, pink, yellow, apricot and white. Modern varieties also vary in size, habit and leaf shape, with leaf textures from soft velvet to ripples and furled edges. Poinsettias can be fussy plants and without the right conditions and care, they will start

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