{"id":131930,"date":"2017-11-22T08:29:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T13:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=131930"},"modified":"2017-11-22T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:29:19","slug":"uconn-collections-poinsettias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2017\/11\/uconn-collections-poinsettias\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Collections: Poinsettias"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the holidays approach, UConn\u2019s Floriculture greenhouses fill with hundreds of brightly colored poinsettias sold to faculty, staff, and community. The deep red ones are the most popular, but you\u2019ll find as many as 90 varieties. For the past 20 years, the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources has served as a trial site, growing new breeds for a season to test a plant\u2019s hardiness and popularity with consumers. A fave is retired horticulturalist Robert Shabot\u2019s \u201cCinnamon Stick<\/a>,\u201d with light-gold leaves and pink and red specks.<\/p>\n

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