"Rolly" > wrote in message
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> I don't mean to be picky, guys, but the red things are not flowers;
> they are leaves. The flowers are small yellow bud-like things of no
> beauty.
>
> When I lived in Los Angeles, I had two poinsettia bushes that were as
> high as the eves of the house. Each plant produced many dozens of red
> leave sets each winter. When the weather was right, some of them would
> last into June. But one year we had a hard freeze, and the plants died.

You're right. But they are awseome!

My wife is wondering how they were used for healing. Any ideas?