Poinsettias at Behnke’s Largo growing location, November 20,2004 In our prime growing days, Behnke’s sold around 55,000 poinsettias a year, most of which we grew ourselves. This photo is part of one of the three greenhouses we had at Largo,…
It’s the quintessential Christmas plant. But how to do you keep it looking perky and beautiful as the day you bought it all season long? Follow these tips!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Behnke’s. Our Christmas shop is beautifully decorated, the first set of Christmas trees and greens have arrived and the greenhouses are filling up with Poinsettias, Cyclamen and Christmas Cactus. Our…
Happy National Poinsettia Day, everyone! And to honor the occasion, how about some poinsettia news and tips on their care? In news, poinsettias last longer today than ever before, thanks to the introduction of new hybrid varieties. New varieties in…
Let’s say you just received a poinsettia as a gift, or bought a couple for decoration around the house, and you don’t know much about them. How should you take care of it? Or them. Temperature They are tropical plants,…
For many people, Christmas decorating is not complete without a beautiful poinsettia from Behnke Nurseries. Over the years, Behnke’s has literally sold millions of poinsettias, but, where did “wild” poinsettias come from in the first place? To trace the…
Let’s say you just received a poinsettia as a gift, or bought a couple for decoration around the house, and you don’t know much about them. How should you take care of it. Or them.
For many people, Christmas decorating is not complete without a beautiful poinsettia from Behnke Nurseries. In the nearly 40 years that Behnke Nurseries has grown poinsettias, we have grown and sold over a million plants. Our poinsettias are grown at…