Paul Ecke Sr. developed the first poinsettia plants that could be grown indoors in grow pots. He began selling them at roadside stands in Hollywood, California.

24 нояб. 2021 г. · The original Nahuatl name for the plant we call “poinsettia” is cuetlaxochitl (kwet-la-sho-she), cultivated by the Aztecs long before the ...

14 дек. 2020 г. · Poinsettias were introduced to the United States by Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first appointed U.S. ambassador to Mexico. In 1825 while visiting ...

12 дек. 2019 г. · Poinsett sent poinsettias to friends in other states, too, including John Bartram in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Bartram is believed to be the ...

Poinsettias were first introduced into the United States in 1825 by Joel Robert Poinsett. While serving as the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, he had occasion ...

22 дек. 2022 г. · It was there, in the 1820s, that Poinsett first “discovered” the native Mexican plant, known then by locals as “cuetlaxochitl.” Enamored with ...

20 дек. 2023 г. · The name comes from the amateur botanist and statesman Joel Roberts Poinsett, who happened upon the plant in 1828 during his tenure as the first ...

7 нояб. 2024 г. · However, the reason Poinsettias became so popular was Paul Ecke's inventiveness. Ecke, who lived in California, discovered a technique that ...

“Euphorbia pulcherrima” has an extraordinarily long history behind it: the Aztecs in Central America already knew and revered the plant.