In a message dated 12/30/2002 11:27:31 PM Mountain Standard Time, NJ-MEMORIES-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Down here people plant them right in the ground and they grow into big, > hearty bushes. > People did the same thing in the San Fernando Valley of California when we lived in that area. We were only a few miles north of there, but the mountains between us and the SFV kept our winter climate too cold for growing poinsettias outdoors. They sure were pretty down around Northridge and Granada Hills, though! Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr