CHRISTMAS GREEN

 

The Christmas green

Festively untypical

It’s just a club moss

With creeping stems

Similar to ferns

With erect branches

It has no scarlet hues

Nor star shaped flowers

It’s quite unremarkably

Just another evergreen

CHRISTMAS FLOWER

 

The Christmas flower

Festively untypical

Having poisonous milk

And being tropical

But scarlet petal-like leaves

Make them appear more topical

CHRISTMAS BERRY

 

The Christmas berry

Evergreen and spiny

With flowers of every hue

From white to blue

With abundant berries

Bright red as cherries

CHRISTMAS BUSH

 

The Christmas bush

Is Australian obviously

And isn’t really a bush at all

It’s in fact a shrub or tree

With red flowers for selection

As Christmas decoration

 

CHRISTMAS BEGONIA

 

The Christmas Begonia

The winter-bloomer

Whose large pink flowers

Light up the winter hours

CHRISTMAS CACTUS

 

The Christmas cactus

The winter-bloomer

Its jointed flat segments

Look like experiments

Made by a young boy

With a construction set toy

But the rose-purple flowers

Light up the winter hours

CHRISTMAS FERN

 

Christmas ferns

Abundant and evergreen

With Pinnate leaves

In lance-shaped fronds

Dense clusters of

Featherlike leaflets

In wide display

Decorate the

Christmas landscape

Of North America