UI students spend semester working with poinsettias

URBANA – University of Illinois students who grew 60 different kinds of poinsettias in class this semester say the experience helped them pick favorites.

They invite area residents to visit the Plant Science Laboratory at 1201 S. Dorner Drive, U, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday to vote for favorites among the burgundy, pink, red, orange, white, speckled, curled and painted cultivars.

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