Poinsettia plant named R-13

Abstract

A new, red poinsettia plant having the overall beauty of the Eckespoint C-1 Red (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2923) and being especially distinguished by blooming at least two weeks earlier, a characteristic made possible by growing at the lower temperature, 15° to 17° C., of the Annette Hegg line of poinsettias. This variety has abundant foliage of a noticeably darker color than that usually found in common commercial varieties and its bright red, tightly centered and imbricated bracts provide a full and compact display of color above the sharply contrasting foliage when the plant is in full bloom.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinctive red poinsettia cultivar, substantially as herein shown and described, characterized by its bright dark red bract color and its early, eight to ten week, blooming characteristic at a low growing temperature, generally in the range of 15° to 17° C.