If Christmas stylesetters were asked to name the most celebrated seasonal flower, most would readily pinpoint the poinsettia.

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 ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Poinsettias, the number one selling potted plant in the United States, are a familiar sight around the holidays, but did you know the flower shares a special connection to the ...

Producer Rosalva Cuaxospa walks amid her potted poinsettias Dec. 14 in a greenhouse in the San Luis Tlaxialtemalco district of Mexico City. The universal Christmas icon is native to Mexico where the ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Like Christmas trees, Santa and reindeer, the poinsettia has long been a ubiquitous symbol of the holiday season in the U.S. and across Europe. But now, nearly 200 years after ...