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Shortage of poinsettias

MARIE JACKSON CHECKING THIS YEARS CROP OF POINSETTIAS... Shoppers could struggle to find a British poinsettia this year due to a SHORTAGE of the popular red Christmas plant...Families should start buying the flaming red pot plants now as supermarkets and garden centres are likely to run out of home-grown poinsettias...Demand for British poinsettias is always high because the festive flowers are better quality and longer-lasting than those grown on the continent...But many UK farmers have stopped growing the plants because of high heating and growing costs...

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MARIE JACKSON CHECKING THIS YEARS CROP OF POINSETTIAS... Shoppers could struggle to find a British poinsettia this year due to a SHORTAGE of the popular red Christmas plant...Families should start buying the flaming red pot plants now as supermarkets and garden centres are likely to run out of home-grown poinsettias...Demand for British poinsettias is always high because the festive flowers are better quality and longer-lasting than those grown on the continent...But many UK farmers have stopped growing the plants because of high heating and growing costs...