When people think about traditional flowers for Christmas, they picture an image of a pot of red poinsettias. During the Christmas holiday season, you are likely to encounter this Christmas plant everywhere you go, from the artificial displays in department store windows, to the real plant scattered throughout people’s homes. This plant with its brilliant red flowers is the ultimate Christmas foliage.
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The problem with poinsettias is that they can be toxic if ingested by people or pets. While most adults don’t go around eating plants, cats, dogs and children are especially susceptible to this hazard because they are naturally curious about their surroundings. I’ve seen kids eat anything from money to dust balls on the floor, so thinking that they won’t eat a plant is a little unlikely. As for cats, it is sometimes impossible for a curious feline to pass up a brightly colored flower.
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But because the poinsettia is a Christmas flower, putting it outside, away from your guests and pets in your home who might be tempted to ingest it is not an option. If you have small children and pets, it is probably best to go with an artificial poinsettia plant or at least try to place them out of reach.
Though poinsettias are traditionally red in color, there are now hybrids that also come in white. This color is not traditionally thought of as a Christmas flower, but looks nice when you have a large display of poinsettias and want to mix some different colored blooms in with the common red variety. I have seen beautiful displays of poinsettias in my local mall at Christmas time that incorporate both the red and white variety of the flowering plant to create a gorgeous display of Christmas blooms.
When you think of winter flowers, not many variations come to mind. After all, flowers are more of a spring thing. This is probably why the traditional Christmas flower is not pastel, but instead a rich red color that is deep and muted, like winter itself. When the heavy snow falls, and the air is cold and dark, the plants that come to mind in this kind of environment are not delicate like lilies and roses. Instead, like the mums of fall, the poinsettia, with its hearty composition and heavy leaves, live on in our minds as the perfect Christmas flower.
