Or if you prefer, you can let the plant die about mid-February and get a new one for the next holiday season. Poinsettias are native Mexican plants. They love the holiday season because they are short-day plants that require long nights to launch their color change. The colorful bracts of these plants are leaves, not flowers, with the most common bract color being red. The flower buds are the red or green buttons in the center of the bracts that open to a small yellow flower.
Healthy poinsettias have dark green leaves below the bracts and foliage all the way to the base.
Rest of Story Ashley Valley Medical Center improves lab services AVMC has recently opened a new draw station for their laboratory services. Beginning December 1st, patients no longer need to walk all the way through the hospital to register and then go to the lab for blood draws. A small registration and drawing station has been placed in the Medical Office Building right next door to Dr. Hyun and Dr. Sarhatt's offices. This station is available for all patients coming from any of the physician's offices. This has been in the works for several months now, and we are very excited that is has finally come to fruition.