Poinsettia plants are used to adorn stores, are printed on Christmas cards and are seen as the traditional Christmas flower. Their history begins with Indigenous communities from Latin America but is ...

Think “poinsettia” and you think “Christmas,” right? Well, think again. At the time of the first Christmas, the closest poinsettia to the little town of Bethlehem was 8,000 miles away, clinging to ...

If Christmas stylesetters were asked to name the most celebrated seasonal flower, most would readily pinpoint the poinsettia. The hardy, pointy-leafed blooming plant often festoons Charleston mantels ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Like Christmas trees, ...