The story of the poinsettia

As legend has it a young girl named Pepita was traveling to her village to visit the. Native to Central America the poinsettia has long and interesting history.

The poinsettia is thought to have come to the United States by a man named Joel Roberts Poinsett in the early 1800s.

The story of the poinsettia. The poinsettia is thought to have come to the United States by a man named Joel Roberts Poinsett in the early 1800s. He was a botanist and statesman discovered them while serving as the first US Minister to Mexico. He was fascinated with the plant that bloomed near Christmas and brought them back to his greenhouses in South Carolina.

There he began growing the. The long strange tale of the Poinsettia Cuetlaxochitl. The origin of the Poinsettia.

For us to begin we have to go all the way back to the 14 th century Mexico. Pepita and the Poinsettia. As legend has it a young girl named Pepita was traveling to her village to visit the.

The namesake of the. Legend of the Poinsettia A charming story is told of Pepita a poor Mexican girl who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve Services Holy Mass. As Pepita walked slowly to the chapel with her cousin Pedro her heart was filled with sadness rather than joy.

All About The Legend of the Poinsettia In Mexico the poinsettia is called flor de la Nochebuena flower of the Holy Night. At Christmastime the flower blooms and flourishes with exquisite red stars lighting up the countryside. Tomie dePaola retells the Mexican legend of how the poinsettia came to be through one little girls unselfish gift.

Home Reflections The Story of the Poinsettia. Native to Central America the poinsettia has long and interesting history. The plant flourished in Southern Mexico and was used by the Aztecs for decorative and practical purposes.

They extracted a purplish dye for use in textiles made cosmetics from the plants bracts and used its milky white sap to treat fevers. Poinsettias are the best-selling potted flowering plant in the United States. Red poinsettias are a traditional part of Christmas celebrations which is why almost all of them are sold in the winter.

Lucida is heartbroken because she has nothing beautiful to bring to the Christmas procession. An old woman convinces her that anything she brings baby Jesus. The Legend of the Poinsettia is a story about a little girl named Lucida who is growing up in the mountains of Mexico with her family.

As Christmastime approached the priest of their church cam up to Lucidas mother and asks her to weave a new blanket for the Baby Jesus in the Christmas procession. Lucindas mother agreed gladly and included that her daughter will help her. One day right before.

The poinsettia is named for Joel Roberts Poinsett from South Carolina. In 1825 President John Quincy Adams appointed him as the United States first minister to Mexico. Poinsett had an interest in.

This is The Story of the Poinsettia by Dickman Farms on Vimeo the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Reading of The Legend of the Pointsettia by Tomie dePaola. The poinsettia flowers we typically see in shop displays are native to Central Mexico and a member of the Euphorbiaceae or Spurge family.

It was introduced to the United States by botanist and diplomat Joel Robert Poinsett the first US. Ambassador to Mexico who noticed the plant blooming in the region and brought it back to South Carolina. 113013-Oklahoma Gardening Host Kim Toscano visits with Dr.

Bruce Dunn for a look into the history and future of the common Christmas holiday plant the. According to legend the poinsettias association with Christmas began in 16th-century Mexico where a little girltoo poor to buy a giftgathered weeds from the roadside and placed them in front of a church altar. They eventually produced lovely red leaves alongside the green ones and the poinsettia plant was on its way to becoming a Christmas tradition.

Below are two stories about the poinsettia plant often associated with Christmas. It involved two great travellers. One is about a female botanical artist called Berthe Hoola van Nooten - who created the image you see above - along with a number of others which were published in her book about the flowers fruit and leaves of Java.