Source: Chad Tucker, MYFOX8, 11/21/20

Nothing about 2020 has been normal for most of us, including poinsettia growers. The Christmas favorite is flowering one to two weeks early this year, and no one knows why. “They may be as desperate as we are wanting some color and beauty around,” said Jim Mitchell with Mitchell’s Nursery. “We’ve talked with other growers as well as NC State, and everyone around us is having that 7-10 day advance on flowering of poinsettias.”

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