Poinsettia Care Guide ❤️🌿 // Garden Answer 

The poinsettias you have are beautiful. I still need to get some. Thanks for all the tips.

I’m officially overwhelmed, but I’ll still try to keep my poinsettia alive. Wish me luck.

Laura, I am from Trinidad and my grandmother had them growing in her front yard. It was about 6 ft tall and when we were little we got excited cause the reds leaves meant that Christmas was coming! Merry Christmas!

Just came back from a trip to Mexico. I saw several homes with Poinsettia TREES in their home patios! They were about 6 ft tall and fully bloomed. I never thought they would grow that tall or look that beautiful. Thanks for your tips!

In the house i grew up in Cuba we had a poinsettia tree. My great grandfather planted it. Over there we know them as “matas de pascua”. The patio looked so beautiful this time of the year because of this tree. Im going to take your advices and plant the store bought one my mom gave me last week. Thanks

Now I know why my poinsettias always die. I have done everything wrong!! Glad to get some great instruction.

I buy or receive them every year..it was awhile before I even knew they rebloomed once I found out I tried & was unsuccessful..I'm going to follow your tips..I have one & it's March & so far so good..👍😊

Poinsettia: Diva of the plant world.

Thank you for this video. I just got a bunch for $1.98 Home Depot and I am propagating some branches but plan on keeping them year-round. I am planning on covering them maybe with thick black trash bags instead of moving them. I really want them to turn into little mini trees. One of them has the branch cut and it looks like old wood on the bottom so I am very hopeful for that one. I’m just trying my best not to overwater. I added a lot of perlite just in case.

Thanks for the detailed care info. I had NO idea how much maintenance is required 🤯 I'm wishing myself luck 🤞🏽

My mom and I have a lovely poinsettia that has miraculously stayed alive for two Christmases.. we will adopt some more tips to help Plant flourish even more

In México we call them Noche Buenas 😃

Daaang!!! I never knew that they needed that much attention!! Wow...it takes a lot to keep them beautiful. Thanks for the info, Laura.

Laura worked at garden centre for 10 years also she worked at the vet's clinic for 5 and half years. Also she makes really good RU-vid videos. Also she has a beautiful baby. Wow! 👍👍😀😇

Oh my goodness a lot of work! Great information Laura! Thank you! Hugs to the 3 of you from Atlanta. 💜🌲⛄🐧

I thank you for these instructions on how to keep my big poinsettia I just won looking great thru out the holidays.

When you said about just not letting even a sliver of light to touch the plant during the rest perion i realised why half of my pkant is not much colored up while the rest is pretty advanced. It a dact that we have a light in the verandah right above the plant, a part of it remains shaded but the rest is is in light l night long since i put up the light every night. 😅thank you for rhe lovely guide. My plant is doing fantabulous ! It is more than 4 ft high(no kidding), right next to our verandah . And my mom loves it soo soo much. Merry Christmas! 😍😘

Last year my Father in Law gave me one like the small one in the front of your shot. I planted in the garden and it is now a beautiful hip high bush. That’s Florida for you.:)

Great video! I knew that getting them to bloom again is a lot of work, but worth it. If you just want it to keep growing without the red foilage just don't keep it in the dark. I had one last year and forgot to water it just once and it died. I'm going to try again this year because they are such a pretty plant. Thank you Laura for all the info on how to care for these beautiful plants. See you in the next video.

Thank you so much for all the info on how to maintain these plants to have them re-bloom again!

Awesome Video! I never realized that much care went into getting them to bloom again. Thank you!

I just bought a huge one at Costco n I love it! What a beautiful plant

Excellent presentation! And you are an excellent teacher! You covered everything anyone needs to know about poinsettias. Thanks!

You have presented the best video on Poinsettia care here on RU-vid.

Thank you so much for all the information!! I have never tried to keep a poinsettia but do enjoy their beautiful color for the short time I have one. Nice video for my coffee morning!

Thanks! Loved the tips on picking the best poinsettia .

I was wondering why my poinsettia didn’t redden! Thanks Laura!

Now I understand why the 8 poinsettias I bought last month died last week. The person in the big box store told me they only needed to be watered once before Christmas. I'll know better for next year. Thank you for the information!

Thank you so much for the video! My fiancee gave me a Poinsetta, and I want to maintain it looking great and do my best to have it rebloom the following year. Hard work, and it's worth it to keep one of my sweetheart's gifts alive!

Going to try to keep mine and care for them !! Keeping this video in mind for later !!! Thanks you !!!!

Thank you so much for the section on how to get them to re bloom it was so interesting and if love to give it a try!!!! Merry Christmas y'all!!!!!

So information-packed! All of your videos are full of good info - thank you! Happy holidays to you and your family. Stay safe and healthy.

I hope I receive one this year for Christmas. I’m going to challenge myself to use these steps for me it would be a great accomplishment and a challenge. Thanks for the video

These tips are so helpful. Thanks Laura!

Merry Christmas and thank you for the information. I think I will stick with the silk version for my holidays. LOL!

Happy holidays!

I'm in Canada and my poinsettia turned red all on her own in November. She was sitting in a north facing window all year. I was so happy I didnt need to fuss with putting her in a closet. I guess it just the type of light further north gets that helped trigger the change.

I just trimmed and reported mine as I listened to the video. I like the challenge of regrowing it, this ones my first

I was gifted 3 year round poinsettias; Love love love this thank you.

Holy moly I had heard that they were super high maintenance plants, & by golly I heard right. I'm lucky enough to keep my succulents alive... Yes succulents. Haha Thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all of you at Garden Answers!!!!! May God bless your new year!

I adore poinsettias! My parents are from México and they are very popular during Christmas! My mom has some in pots and always wonders why they never turn red, thanks for the tips! We will grow ours right next year :)

Yeeees! Thank you for making this. They always die on me😱

great video! loved the info on the year round care, I had a neighbor in Los Angeles that planted hers outside and grew a big bush :)

Thanks Laura! Was just gifted one and was wondering how to take care of it!! This is very helpful. 👍🏾😀

Thank you for mentioning the sliver of light. I haven't seen any other mention of it. I'm going to try to keep mine for as long as possible!

Thank you for the information. I may have to try this, it will be a challenge to get it to rebloom. I never knew you could put them outside in Summer. That would be very helpful.

I got a new variety this year called Green with Envy. Its colored leaves are really bright chartreuse green. I have a dwarf variety that I've had for about six years. I never give it a dark period and yet it re-reds every year. In the summer, I prune it and put it outside in a filtered sun area.

Who knew!?? 😯 Sounds like a fun challenge! I have always loved poinsettia! Great info 👍

I planted my poinsettia out in the garden for the past 2 years. It grows into the most beautiful lush plant during the summer. I bring it in and winter it over but have not tried getting it to bloom again. Thanks for the tips. I’m putting it on my calendar right now to try this next fall.

Thank you for the video very informative, I learned a lot. And the plants are beautiful. 💜💜💜

I still remember my childhood in Mexico when they bloom it smells beautiful

Thank you everything I always wanted to know 😆🌺

Best info on RU-vid!

Thank you for the pronunciation info! That's why i was watching poinsettia videos. I pronounce it without the "i".

I have so so many if your vids saved for care. You are my go to for everything plant You go into enough detail its fascinating but not to much its confusing which. Well layed out and helpful

Thanks for the tips! Might be fun to try to rebloom. I remember seeing a 3’ poinsettia shrub in Naples Fl. Spectacular but we are zone 6. Too chilly 🥶 here!

Thank you Laura.

Loved your explanation, i will follow your tips 👍

They are so much hard work.

Awesome video Laura, great tips

This is just in time. I just received one as a gift.

Thanks Laura, poinsettias are alot of work. Since I live in south Texas I've started sticking mine outside in the garden and they do well. I only have to cover them up during cold spells and they survive. I've also seen them grow here 10 or more feet high and red to boot, go figure! Great info you gave very helpful.

Thank you for the information.

Thank you for this video ! Very helpful ❤️

You are amazing I like how you can give a lot of useful information and cover all kind of questions that we are thinking about in a short time and wonderful way Thanks a lot 🌹🌹🌹

This is a wonderful video.I just wish I’d seen it a couple weeks ago. I’m new to your channel and I absolutely love it.

So helpful!

Thanks again and MERRY CHRISTMAS🎄

Wonderful video, Laura @GardenAnswer. We always replant ours outside here in Florida. Now I know how to keep them from getting so leggy 😀

Well Done! I truly enjoyed your video. I'm a Newby when it comes to gardening period... Thank You!

Oh My! Interesting but now I know why they are Seasonal! Great info! thanks!

Just saw- GREAT video !! BEST explanation by far 👍😃 THANK YOU!!! Hi from Ohio 🌺

it has the i in the pronunciation. I live in Greenville Sc and that is where the original hot houses were set up by John Roberts Poinsett. He was ambassador to Mexico by President Madison. We have a famous hotel that is beautiful called the Poinsett Hotel. So it may be regional for pronunciation but the correct way to pronounce it is to make it 4 syllables and have that i in there.

Thanks for the tip i just bought one the leaf are already falling because i put next the window and it is very cold yesterday we had snow here in europe thanks Laura 👌🤗

Thank you 4 your informative tips.

That is interesting and a lot of work! I feel like just buying another one!

I just found the one and only positive of living in a country with a boiling hot Christmas (Australia) and that is the Poinsettia would love it 😆

Thanku for such inspirational words for Poinsettia care

I kept mine barely alive enough to plant out in a front container and it got HUGE outside and did great all summer, ti was too big to bring in and overwinter it. So just got 4 new ones for Christmas to plant out again in the spring.

Good morning! Thank you for this video. I didn't buy a poinsettia this year but now wish I would have. Lol. I think I will go get one tonight though...thanks for the inspiration. ❤

I needed this!

Beautiful plants.

Charming & cute flowers. It's @ Christmas flower.

The dark treatment sounds similar to what you so for a Christmas cactus? Also glad to hear they're not THAT toxic. I never bought them because I have cats!

I love that one with varigated leaves

Always enjoy your lovely, helpful videos!! I did the darkness technique with a box this year. I did get good color on the tops of all branches in about a month starting in Oct & ending in early Nov. And I was really good about 12 hours of darkness or more - making sure that it had at least 6 hours of light. But I was very sloppy about my cover & uncover times. Maybe I was just lucky - but it wasn't as regimented as I thought - but yes - still time consuming. After wanting to do the process for so long - glad I did it. But I did break two branches - it got too big for the box & I should have cut it back before. And unfortunately it has lost most of it's lower leaves by now - but I don't think it is a water problem - I suspect a spider mite problem - which I just coated it with a homemade horticultural oil blend. Unless, you think that me doing the darkness for a month instead of 2 would cause lower leaf drop? I would appreciate any comments from you regarding this & how you cope with spider mites & if you ever had them on Poinsettias. But in any case MERRY CHRISTMAS, & wish MANY BLESSINGS FOR YOU & YOUR FAMILY IN 2019!!

Thank You for sharing … ♥️♥️♥️

I love your poinsettias there so pretty

Great information

Wow Laura☀️☀️☀️. Great timing with all this good information. I bought 3 beautiful poinsettias yesterday- you may have helped me save them….at least thru the holiday… keeping them year round…. Sounds like way too much work 😳. Your poinsettias looked beautiful 😎

re: watering....my mom in law always said to take the sleeves off, and place them all in the bathtub full of water...that we should be watering from the bottom/roots versus the top!

Awe, i wish i would have seen this last year! I had a big beautiful plant that did well thru the holidays til fall. Then it died. Now i know why! I love your videos, thx for sharing

One of my favorite plants in the winter. 💖 I have kept a poinsettia all year , I will tell you it got huge.. But, now I have a cat who loves to eat all plant life so it scares me he will eat it now 😰 so I can only admire its beauty at far 😢. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. 🎅🎄

I would really like to see a houseplants tour video at Christmas time❤🙌

That’s a hilarious crazy fall requirement of the short days! Ha! Lots of work indeed!

Merci pour les trucs thanks for the tips ! :)

Wow interesting thanks!

These three shades complete the house and it is completely lighted nicely.

So much information. Thank you! During the winter time when you keep the plant in darkness, do you water and fertilize?

Thanks so much for your wonderful knowledge. I buy them every year and they end up losing all the beautiful leaves before Christmas Day. Now I know what to do for next year. Merry Christmas 🎄