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Euphorbia punicea is a species of euphorb commonly known as Jamaican poinsettia. It was first described by Olof Peter Swartz in his Nova genera et species plantarum seu prodromus. [2] It grows as a bush or tree three to five meters (10–16 ft) tall, and sometimes much taller. [3] The false flower is in fact a cyathium surrounded by large ...
It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836, [8] derived from Joel Roberts Poinsett, a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico. [9] Possibly as early as 1826, Poinsett began sending poinsettias from Mexico back to his greenhouses in South Carolina. [10] Prior to poinsettia, it was known as "Mexican flame flower" or ...
Poinsettia is a subgenus deriving from the genus Euphorbia, and is endemic to North America. It contains around 24 species , most famously E. pulcherrima , the poinsettia which grows wild in the mountains on the Pacific slope of Mexico .
A crocheted doily in use Queen Elizabeth II holds a doily-wrapped posy. Macarons on a paper doily A doily (also doiley , doilie , doyly , or doyley ) is an ornamental mat, typically made of paper or fabric, and variously used for protecting surfaces or binding flowers, in food service presentation, or as a clothing ornamentation, as well as a ...
Warszewiczia coccinea (or chaconia, wild poinsettia, pastora del monte and pride of Trinidad and Tobago) is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago. It is also found throughout Central America and the West Indies southward to Bolivia.
A horizontal espalier Free-standing espaliered fruit trees (step-over) at Standen, West Sussex.The trees are used to create a fruit border or low hedge.. Espalier (/ ɪ ˈ s p æ l ɪər / or / ɪ ˈ s p æ l i. eɪ /) is the horticultural and ancient agricultural practice of controlling woody plant growth for the production of fruit, by pruning and tying branches to a frame.
Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees. The first Christmas tree farm was established in 1901, but most consumers continued to obtain their trees from forests until the 1930s and 1940s.
The idea of a tree of life arose from ancient notions of a ladder-like progression from lower into higher forms of life (such as in the Great Chain of Being).Early representations of "branching" phylogenetic trees include a "paleontological chart" showing the geological relationships among plants and animals in the book Elementary Geology, by Edward Hitchcock (first edition: 1840).