In cooperation with: 

 Agricultural Development Division 

1428 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96814-2512, Telephone: (808) 973-9588, FAX: (808) 973-2909

Internet Web Site: http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Hawaii/index.asp 

HAWAII 

POINSETTIAS

FREQUENCY: Annual RELEASED: November 1, 2007 

SMALLER INVENTORY 

ESTIMATED FOR 

2007 HOLIDAY SEASON 

A smaller inventory of poinsettias is 

estimated for the upcoming 2007 holiday 

season according to USDA, NASS, Hawaii 

Field Office. Based on the October 2007 

poinsettia grower survey, inventory is 

pegged at 305,000 pots, down 12 percent 

from the 2006 total. 

Historically, October pot inventory 

represents 95 to 98 percent of total pots set 

and does not take into account culling for 

disease and quality, combining smaller pots 

into hanging baskets, and other factors that 

may affect the actual amount reaching 

markets during the peak holiday season. 

POINSETTIAS: Fall inventory, State of Hawaii, 2003-2007, with comparisons 

Plant inventory October 

Year Pots set Under 

5 inches 

5-6 1⁄2 

inches 

Over 

6 1⁄2 inches 

Hanging 

Baskets Total 

Pots sold 

Number of pots 

2003 376,000 99,000 235,000 33,000 -- 367,000 344,000 

2004 388,000 117,000 227,000 34,000 -- 378,000 327,000 

2005 455,000 115,000 278,000 45,000 -- 438,000 360,000 

2006 358,000 83,000 225,000 37,000 -- 345,000 331,000 

2007 312,000 77,000 204,000 24,000 -- 305,000 NA 

 NA = Not available. 

 -- = Negligible. 

Mark Hudson Robert Miyake and David Mattice

Director Hawaii County 

Steve Gunn 

Deputy Director Naomi Landgraf

Regina Hidano Maui County 

Agricultural Statistician 

Sandy Nakasone June Okamura

Statistical Assistant Honolulu County and Kauai County

Poinsettia Inventory & Quantity Sold, 

State of Hawaii, 1995-2007

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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Thousands

Pots set October Inventory Quantity sold
Survey indications show October 2007 

inventory of pots in the 5-6 1⁄2 inch category 

accounted for the majority of the inventory with 

204,000 pots or 67 percent of the total. Pots 

under 5 inches comprised 25 percent or 77,000 

pots while those in the over 6 1⁄2 inch category 

contributed 8 percent or 24,000 pots. 

Pots grown under saran made up 48 percent of 

2007 season’s inventory. Pots grown under 

glass or glass substitute were 31 percent of the 

total and pots grown under open field 

conditions were 21 percent of the total. 

Red continued to be the most popular color for 

the upcoming season and making up 84 

percent of the inventory. The remaining 16 

percent was divided among white, pink, 

marbled, and other. 

POINSETTIAS: Percent of pots available for sale 

by size, in October, 2003-2007

Year Under 

5 inches

5-6 1⁄2 

inches 

Over 6 1⁄2 

inches 

Hanging

Baskets Total 

2003 27 64 9 -- 100 

2004 31 60 9 -- 100 

2005 26 64 10 -- 100 

2006 24 65 11 -- 100 

2007 25 67 8 -- 100 

 

POINSETTIAS: Percent of flowers grown 

by type of growing area, in October, 2003-2007

Year Saran Glass or glass

Substitute Open field 

2003 50 27 23 

2004 53 21 26 

2005 48 27 25 

2006 58 21 21 

2007 48 31 21 

POINSETTIAS: Percent of flowers grown by color, in October, 2003-2007 

Year Red White Pink Marbled Other 

2003 65 6 2 2 25 

2004 73 2 3 2 20 

2005 74 6 6 5 9 

2006 75 6 6 3 10 

2007 84 4 4 2 6