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Poinsettias are beautiful flowers and a Christmas tradition. Poinsettia quality is at an all time high because poinsettias can be shipped directly from the greenhouse to your house quickly to retain high quality and freshness.

These tips will help you buy the best poinsettias for your Christmas holiday season.

This picture is a nearly perfect example of a poinsettia from Bloomdepot.com.
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Red Christmas Poinsettia	Pink Christmas Poinsettia	White Christmas Poinsettia

Buy these Poinsettias:

• Choose a poinsettia plant with dark green foliage down to the soil line.
• Choose poinsettia plants with bracts (modified leaves) that are completely colored.
• The poinsettia should look full, balanced and attractive from all sides.
• The poinsettia plant should be 2 1/2 times taller than the diameter of the container.
• Check the poinsettia's maturity. Check the true flowers which are located at the base of the colored bracts. If the flowers are green or red-tipped and fresh looking the bloom will "hold" longer than if yellow pollen is covering the flowers.

The National Poinsettia Cultivar Trials were established in an effort to bring a thorough body of research and information to poinsettia growers across the country.

The site contains recomendations for growing poinsettia cultivars useful to large commercial growers as well as small specialty growers and home gardeners.

The research is the result of efforts by:

• Universities:
• Purdue University
• University of Florida - Gainesville
• North Carolina State University
• Commercial Site:
• Homewood Nursery, NC
• Commercial Breeders:
• Paul Ecke Ranch
• Oglevee, Ltd.
• Fischer USA
• Selecta First Class
• Dummen

Most gardeners and growers think of poinsettias as a tricky plant to grow. This is because poinsettias are very sensitive to temperature and light variations. If the proper conditions are not met, the blooms will not form properly or wilt prematurely.

If you have a large greenhouse full of poinsettias growing and reflowering can be tricky. However, if you only have a few plants in your home it is easy.

Fortunately, there is plenty of information available on how to control these conditions properly.

The main conditions for growing poinsettias:

• Night temperatures above 50 F.
• Daytime temperatures below 70 F.
• A period of uninterrupted long, dark nights for about 2 months in the fall.

The ideal is to have a temperature of about 69 F all the time.

This is true of growing new plants or to get a plant to reflower in subsequent years.

How to make poinsettias flower or reflower:

• Light your poinsettia plants with grow lights until 2 a.m. until Sept. 25. Then cover with a black cloth from 5 p.m. until 8 a.m. until Oct. 15, followed with natural day lengths.
• Keep the temperature at 69F all the time.

Purdue University Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

The Purdue University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture is a leader in ornamental horticulture research and education.

Consumer publications available include:

• General Horticulture
• Flowers And Houseplants
• Garden And Patio Flowers
• Houseplants
• Flower Arranging
• Fruits And Nuts
• Landscape Management
• Vegetables
• Multimedia Resources

Read more about the Purdue University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.

Homewood Nursery and Garden Center is a large independent garden center in Raleigh, North Carolina providing top quality plants and selection in a beautiful, relaxing environment.

Homewood Nursery and Garden Center is also a sponsor of univeristy research on poinsettia and other garden plants.

Read more about Homewood Nursery and Garden Center.

Dummen Plant Breeders

Dummen is an international breeder of poinsettias and other flowers. The headquarters is in Germany and operates worldwide.

The USA office is in Hilliard, OH.

Dummen is also a major sponsor of university research on plant breeding and growth techniques.

The brand name of their flower varieties is Red Fox.

Dummen produces varieties of the following types of plants:

• Poinsettias
• Pelargonium
• Geranium
• Osteospermum
• New Guinea Impatiens
• Petunias
• Begonias
• Verbenas

Read more about Dummen Plant Breeders.

Selectra First Class is an international plant breeding company with a high technology plant breeding unit called Ornamental Bioscience. Selectra is a leading breeder of poinsettias as well as many other types of flowers.

The Ornamental Bioscience unit was formed in a merger with Mendel Biotechnology. Mendel has discovered ways to control flowering in poinsettias and other flowers that make them easier to grow.

Read more about Selectra First Class Plant Breeders.

Fisher USA is a leading breeder of poinsettias, impatiens and geraniums. They have over 400 varieties of flowers they sell to greenhouse growers all over North America.

Fisher is also a leading sponsor of university research on poinsettias as well as other types of flowers.

Their website has many useful resources for home gardeners as well as professional growers.

Read more about Fischer USA.