Here it is within 7 weeks of the end of our growing period already! An emergency health situation has kept me from doing all I wanted this year in the flower beds and gardens but I did get my poinsettias cut back. Two survived. The younger one (1 & 1/2 years old is growing large leaves and is bushier and the 3+ year old plant is growing smaller leaves - but I really hacked it back. They're both sitting in sun on my front porch and very very happy.