At Colorado State University, we conducted poinsettia cultivar evaluations for 10 years. Our last year to conduct a trial was conducted in 2004 with 139 cultivars. (click here to see the report)
For the production year of 2009, we have decided to return to conducting this trial. We have 80 cutlivars that have been submitted to the trial by our cooperators. The cultivars are listed below.
Please consider following the trial through the production season. I will provide periodic updates with photographs. And as always, our thanks go out to our sponsors, including Welby Gardens of Denver who rooted many of the cuttings.
The CSU 2009 Poinsettia Open House date is currently scheduled for Tuesday 1 December 2009 at the W.D. Holley Plant Enironmental Research Center Greenhouses. The address is 630 West Lake Street in Fort Collins. (click here for a map)
Dümmen
| Cultivar | Arrival | Transplant | Season | Height | Pinch |
| Arctic | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Late | Compact | Mid |
| Early Glory | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Euroglory Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Flame | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Infinity Marble | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Infinity Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Infinity White | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Marco Polo | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Pink Cadillac | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Premium Dark | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Premium Early | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Premium Lipstick | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Premium Picaso Dark | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Premium Polar | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Premium Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Viking | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| RF 2416 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| RF 2876 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| RF 3676 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| RF 7024 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| RF 7336 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| RF 7674 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
Paul Ecke Ranch
| Cultivar | Arrival | Transplant | Season | Height | Pinch |
| Advent Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Tall | Mid |
| Classic Pink | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Tall | Late |
| Classic Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Tall | Late |
| Classic White | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Tall | Late |
| Enduring Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Enduring White | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Freedom Early Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Freedom Early White | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Freedom Peppermint | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Ice Punch | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Orange Spice | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Late | Compact | Mid |
| Polar Bear | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Polly’s Pink | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Tall | Late |
| Prestige Early Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Prestige Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Winter Blush | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Tall | Late |
| Winter Rose Early Red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| 1139 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| 1232 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| 1266 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| 7-07 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| 146-06 | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| 39-02B | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
| HC-18B | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Unknown | Unknown | Mid |
Syngenta Flowers
| Cultivar | Arrival | Transplant | Season | Height | Pinch |
| Carousel dark red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Late | Compact | Mid |
| Cinnamon star | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Cortez Burgundy | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Cortez electric fire | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Cortez red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Cortez white | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| DaVinci bicolor | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Mars marble | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Mars pink | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Mars red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Mars white | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Mira red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Mira white | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Novia red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
| Orion early red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Compact | Early |
| Orion red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Silverstar marble | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Silverstar red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Sonora jingle | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Sonora marble | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Sonora red | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Sonora white | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Sonora white glitter | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Topaz | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | | | Mid |
| Whitestar | 6/24/2009 | 6/28/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
Selecta First Class
| Cultivar | Arrival | Transplant | Season | Height | Pinch |
| Christmas Angel Pink | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Christmas Angel White | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Christmas Feelings Cinnamon | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Christmas Feelings Merlot | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Christmas Feelings Pink | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Christmas Feelings Select | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Late | Compact | Mid |
| Christmas Feelings White | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Mid | Compact | Early |
| Merry Christmas Apricot | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Early | Medium | Mid |
| Silent Night | 7/4/2009 | 7/6/2009 | Mid | Medium | Mid |
