TM Turning out a bumper crop of Freedom poinsettias by fine tuning production practices.
Freedom has a number of attributes that make it a hit with growers in North America.
Dark green foliage, deep red bracts, a compact and free branching growth habit and earliness to flower all have impressed growers. Producing these plants, however, requires slightly different cultural methods from those required for other poinsettias. Under ideal conditions Freedom requires little, if any, chemical growth regulator. However, growers in hot, humid regions have found that several applications of growth regulator may be needed. Under natural day length, Freedom initiates flowers 7-10 days earlier than other commercial cultivars.