The Paul Ecke Ranch in California grows over 80 percent of poinsettias in the United States for the wholesale market. Ninety per cent of all the flowering poinsettias in the world got their start at the Paul Ecke Ranch. There are over 100 varieties of poinsettias available. Eighty percent of poinsettias are purchased by women. Eighty percent of people who purchase poinsettias are 40 or older.
Poinsettias are the best selling potted plant in the United States.
Poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant even though most are sold in a 6 week period. Sixty million pots of poinsettias were grown in 1997. The cost of a poinsettia is determined by the number of blooms.