Please ID this plant/shrub/tree

13 years ago

I saw this on another site and I'd love to get an id so I can try to purchase one. Here's the link that was posted:

http://i742.photobucket.com/albums/xx69/jaker2009/FLOWER.png

This plant was photographed in Florida, but the photo was taken from a distance. The leaves appear to be wilted and that it was originally a large shrub or small tree that was cut off and re-sprouted branches.

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gardenguru1950
13 years ago
Looks like Euphorbia pulcherrima, POINSETTIA. Probably a double-flowered form.

General culture for them is to cut them back to hard nubbins each winter to encourage plenty of those long, new stems that produce the flowers.

Joe
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
13 years ago
If a poinsettia, it most likely looks wilted in response to the very cold temperatures a lot of Florida (and other parts of the southeast) have experienced recently. This is a semitropical plant and not tolerant of cold temperatures. If grown outdoors, it needs a pretty much frost-free environment in order to thrive - won't make it in zone 8 and only just marginally hardy in zone 9.
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gardenguru1950

gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)

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