{"id":11189,"date":"2018-12-06T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=11189"},"modified":"2018-12-05T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T18:10:03","slug":"outdoor-holiday-decorating-with-poinsettias-and-cyclamens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/12\/06\/outdoor-holiday-decorating-with-poinsettias-and-cyclamens\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Holiday Decorating With Poinsettias and Cyclamens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outdoor planting of hardy cyclamen<\/p><\/div>\n

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Poinsettia in Jacksonville, FL landscape<\/p><\/div>\n

If you live in U.S. hardiness zones 3-7, December weather is ordinarily is too frigid to grow poinsettias and cyclamen outdoors. Southeastern U.S. cities like Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, and northern parts of FL like Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando enjoy mild December temperatures\u00a050\u00a0\u00ba F. lies in zone 8 as well as most of the Dallas TX.<\/p>\n

Whether planted in front of a\u00a0shopping center, a restaurant, or your home, these brightly colored plants should put you\u00a0into the holiday spirit. Poinsettias are native to Mexico (USDA hardiness zones 9 to 11. If poinsettias and cyclamens are planted nearby a building foundation, they often enjoy a micro-environment\u00a0protection of 4-5 \u00ba F.<\/p>\n

Hardy cyclamen (Cyclamen spp.<\/em>) are native to the Mediterranean region and flowers are available in\u00a0 a wide range of white and pink shades. Breeders have developed several plant sizes ranging from small, medium and large.\u00a0Some varieties are fragrant.\u00a0At Black Friday sales around Thanksgiving, poinsettias may sell for less than $2.00 at the big box stores.<\/p>\n

Here are some basic care tips for outdoor care:<\/p>\n

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  • Place\u00a0poinsettias and cyclamens in bright natural light\u00a0to morning only sunlight.<\/li>\n
  • Keep plants away from high winds.<\/li>\n
  • Brightly colored poinsettia bracts should remain fresh if outdoor temperatures do not\u00a0exceed 80 \u00ba F or drop below 50 \u00ba F in\u00a0November and December.<\/li>\n
  • Water\u00a0 plants thoroughly weekly if\u00a0set bare-root in planter beds or every 3-4 days in pots if\u00a0natural rainfall is low. Never leave plants sitting in water over several hours.<\/li>\n
  • Feed plants every 2-3 week with a water soluble fertilizer such as Schultz\u2122 and Miracle-Gro\u2122 at recommended rates for house plants.<\/li>\n
  • Plant quality will begin to decline in early January. You may\u00a0opt to\u00a0discard\u00a0plants or grow them on for their foliage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    If you live in U.S. hardiness zones 3-7, December weather is ordinarily is too frigid to grow poinsettias and cyclamen outdoors. Southeastern U.S. cities like Charleston, SC, Savannah, GA, and northern parts of FL like Jacksonville, Tampa and Orlando enjoy mild December temperatures\u00a050\u00a0\u00ba F. lies in zone 8 as well as most of the Dallas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1455,778,665,1289,774,637,853,843,1196,1060,1059,729,849,777,756,113,708,455,642],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11189"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11210,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions\/11210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}