Blooming potted plants are perfect gift items, and they put the finishing touch on any style of home decor. So when new varieties come on the market, growers and retailers alike take note of plants they know are going to make consumers happy. Check out the slideshow to see some of the new blooming potted plants making their debut to the trade this spring.

Poinsettia growers report a strong year in 2014, thanks to a few conditions. Growers were encouraged by high plant quality, enthusiastic shoppers and a stronger, less saturated market for poinsettias throughout the selling season. Seasonal cold at just the right time put consumers in a festive mood to buy early and often, and with no big snowstorms to hold up shipments and a reduction of supply available in the market, the season was strong from start to finish.

Growers had mixed feelings about the 2014 poinsettia season according to Greenhouse Grower’s 2014 Poinsettia Survey. Read about their plans for 2015 and stay up to date on 14 of the newest cyclamen and poinsettia varieties on the market.

The 2014 Dan Schantz Poinsettia trials featured more than 170 poinsettia varieties. Here’s a summary of the event, as well as a 2015 date for your calendar.

Suntory Flowers started to introduce its varieties to sister company Beam Suntory by collaborating on a holiday interiorscape featuring Princettia at Beam Suntory’s offices in Deerfield, Ill., near Chicago.

Poinsettias are showing up in big box store ads, as well as at independent retail stores. Here’s a look at how prices are shaping up for 2014.

Poinsettia trials event at the University of Florida will be held on December 9 in Gainesville, Fla.

The University of New Hampshire will host 2014 Poinsettia Field Trial Open House at its Macfarlane Greenhouses facility on December 4 to 6.

Flowering potted plants are no longer just traditional annual varieties that one buys at the grocery store for a gift. Check out 16 of the newest varieties to hit the market.

Suntory Flowers announces the formation of a new rooting network for Princettia euphorbias. Growers now have a choice of what inputs they would like to receive.

With plants for every use from decorating the kitchen table to gifts to patio containers, breeders are honing […]

The Ohio State University and AmericanHort collaborates on a poinsettia rating project that aims to inform growers about the differences between consumer and grower preferences on new poinsettia cultivars.

Poinsettias are the signature plant of the holiday season. Here are new varieties to consider adding to your […]