Of hundreds of articles I’ve written for the San Diego Union-Tribune, this one is my all-time favorite. Above: A wild poinsettia. (Photo by Bruce Leander, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.) It was a Quasimodo of a plant. Even so, Franz Fruehwirth was intrigued by the gangly poinsettia he saw growing in a sunny corner of [...]
That poinsettia you bought? Here’s the back story.
December 9, 2011 – Posted in: Garden Adventures