Blue Poinsettias for MareE

[Lulu]

Hey, MareE,,almost your fav color! I like it, but it's strange, seeing a blue pointsettia,,doesn't match anything in my house, but then, neither do the red ones! Wonder how they got it to be blue?

[orchidguy]

They are coloured like the blue phals that are sold, they are continuously when producing bud , watered with a blue food colouring mixed in their water.

[Laura]

Almost cobalt .... very pretty !

.... blue is my fav color ... ( insert smiley )

[fernleaf]

Those blue poinsettias are absolutely stunning! They are much prettier than the faded washed out pale pink ones I saw yesterday. I think I may just attempt to try growing some blue ones also. Dan's explanation of how the blue color is arrived at is quite interesting. I suppose it would work for other flowers as well. It is worth a try anyway. Always thought the blue color was brought on by adding Borax to plants such as hydrangeas, i.e. Nikko Blue. May be wrong though.

[Scrapinthehat]

A few years ago some of my daughter's classmates watered carnations with various colors of food coloring with some interesting results. Seemed fairly easy to do.

[Big Smile]

Those blue poinsettias are absolutely stunning! They are much prettier than the faded washed out pale pink ones I saw yesterday. I think I may just attempt to try growing some blue ones also. Dan's explanation of how the blue color is arrived at is quite interesting. I suppose it would work for other flowers as well. It is worth a try anyway. Always thought the blue color was brought on by adding Borax to plants such as hydrangeas, i.e. Nikko Blue. May be wrong though.

fernleaf, I have never heard of using Borax on plants to change color. "Aluminum Sulfate " is used to change color of Hydrangea but its not good for the soil.

Clara