• Red accounts for three-fourths of poinsettia sales today, but there are more than 100 varieties, including colors of cream, apricot, and white, according to Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor at University of Vermont.
  • According to the USDA Floriculture Crops report, 35 million pots of poinsettias were sold in 2014, accounting for 19 percent of all flowering potted plant sales.
  • Total poinsettia sales were $146 million.
  • California is the top US state to sell poinsettias, followed by North Carolina, Texas and Florida.