'Following the right care, a poinsettia can last for two to three months in its full festive glory,' agrees Jo Lambell, ...

Perennials. Tall slipper plant (Pedilanthus bracteatus) is a highly drought-tolerant selection from Mexica whose bracts are ...

This enables the bracts to show as red, pink or white depending on the variety. The plant will begin its time in darkness around September 21, the fall equinox.

Colored bracts help draw pollinators to the diminutive flowers, which might otherwise go unnoticed. Follow these tips for growing paperwhite flowers indoors. Poinsettias Don’t Like Cold Weather.

Not everyone has a suitable site in their homes for a poinsettia to fully colour its bracts (leaf-like structures) following 10 weeks of 10-hour days. The actual flowers are the tiny yellow, berry ...

Its bracts "bloom" May-December on new wood. Heavy pruning, lack of water and fertilizer low in nitrogen encourage blooming. Here are the most frequently asked questions about bougainvillea with ...

See the vibrant bracts on the great bougainvillea bonsai now on display in the Dorothy M. Davis Showhouse during the bonsai show at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. — Barbara Arnold ...

Reproductive stems, encased in dried bracts and sepals, mature early the following spring and upon anthesis, flowers become fragrant (like baking cloves) and are pollinated by Bombus spp. Fruit ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials. Tall slipper plant (Pedilanthus bracteatus) is a highly drought-tolerant selection from Mexica whose bracts are suggestive of Dorothy’s ...