| "Percy, the puny poinsettia hanging his gloom in dismay. If they had just kept him "wetta" he'd be a houseplant today. Folks like the other plants "betta" now he's alone on the shelf. Even a plant with no Uncle or Aunt shouldn't spend Christmas day by himself!" ~~Excerpt from the song "Percy the Puny Poinsettia" as sung by "Elmo & Patsy" |
DID YOU KNOW... That the Poinsettia plant was brought to the United States in 1825 from Mexico's�first Ambassador, Joel R. Poinsett who was a practicing botanist who cultivated them in his South Carolina greenhouse who distributed them to botanical gardens among the East Coast? |
