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sunil
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sunil asked in Home & GardenGarden & Landscape · 7 years ago

has a cold climate hybrid Poinsettia been developed -yet?

I mean---developed-- BY PLANTS--CIENTISTS SO THE POINSETTIA PLANT CAN GROW IN A COLDER OR TEMPERATE CLIMATE-EVEN WHERE YOU GET FROSTS?

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  • sciencegravy
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    No. They are incredibly sensitive to cold. So I suspect frost-hardiness will be impossible.

    I'd like to see frost-hardy basil, and maybe mango, too. But I'm not holding my breath.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    7 years ago

    Yes there are poinsettias that can take very cold temperatures. Tupperware developed them in the 1960s.

    You're welcome

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