Poinsettia plant

Abstract

There is disclosed a new variety of Poinsettia Plant characterized by the short growing and compact plant habit, with a uniform and fast rooting habit, self branching plants with production of multiple blooms without pinching off the terminal buds brighter red bracts than the red bracts of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,962, "Annette Hegg", the bract color retaining the brillance much longer when plants are used for home decoration, the production of more and heavier side shoots when grown as a single stem plant which makes them valuable from a commercial standpoint since cuttings are likely to be produced thereby.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of Poinsettia plant, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of short-growing and compact plant habit, uniform and fast rooting habit, a self-branching habit resulting in the production of multiple blooms without pinching off the terminal buds, good green foliage, attractive brighter red bracts than the normal red bracts of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,962, "Annette Hegg", the color of the bracts being more stable and retaining its brilliance much longer when the plants are used for home decoration, and long lasting plant qualities.