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View this post on InstagramThe #poinsettia is connected to #Texashistory. ~ “Do You Know the History of the Poinsettia Flowers?” ~ Joel Roberts Poinsett was appointed the first U.S. Minister to Mexico by #President #JohnQuincyAdams in 1825. He was sent to Mexico to renegotiate the U.S.-Mexico border. His mission failed but while he was in #Mexico he found this beautiful plant near Taxco de Alarcón. He cut its stems and had them sent back to the USA for cultivating. His name was Poinsett. Guess what they named the flower? ~ https://joiedevivre-magazine.blogspot.com/2017/12/do-you-know-history-of-poinsettia.html ~ #flowers #flowerslovers #botany #Christmas #holidays #USMexicohistory #ushistory
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Did not know of the connection.
I was born in December so my mother always told me the flower was associated with my birth month. I thought the Texas connection was very interesting.