Flower 411: December
PRODUCT UPDATES – 11/29/2017
This month in the world of wholesale flowers…
Finished / Not Available
Allium- all types finished except bullet
Anemone Japanese
Calendula
Chamomile yellow daisy- no one grows this anymore
Clematis – local
Cosmos- pinks and whites
Cotinus Blooming
Cotinus Foliage- Dutch only and expensive
Crocosmia Flower
Crocosmia Pods
Delphinium Belladonna Light Pink
Echinops
Eremurus
Fruiting Branches - Blueberry
Fruiting Branch Pomegranate
Ginger Beehive
Grevillea Asplendifolia- Magnolia type
Hellebores - New Zealand
Honey Suckle
Hydrangea lacecap
Hydrangea peegee
Kumquats- restricted movement by the Department of Agriculture
Lace Flower
Leucadendron Jester
Millets
Oregano Kents Beauty and Hopley’s pink
Pampas Grass
Poppy Matilda
Poppy oriental
Poppy Pods
Protea - Protea Blushing Bride
Protea Waratah
Rain Tree pods
Riceflower
Snowberry
Spirea
Stephanotis Vines
Thryptomene/ Calycina- Import
Limited
Agonis
Anemone- import & local
Artichokes all size and colors GAPPING
Birch Victorian
Calicarpa- Beauty Berry
Delphinium Belladonna White
Delphinium hybrid all colors, especially white
Eucalyptus Gunni
Eucalyptus Small leaf (moon lagoon, gumdrop, parvifolia, bonsai)
Freesia Super- local -$$$$
Gardenias
Gomphrena White
Hydrangea - local Limited, mostly antique greens
Nigella
Papyrus Lions Head- advance notice required
Poppy asst Icelandic- import only and extremely limited
Protea King white (SUPER Limited)
Protea white import and local but limited
Strawflower- yellow, bronze/orange, purple only
Available
Alchemilla Mollis - import
Allium-bullit- import only (Dutch)
Amaranthus
Amaryllis - Import
Aster Matsumoto
Astilbe - Import
Banksia – menziesii Local only
Banksia- Coccinea and Formosa- Import only
Bear Grass Super
Birds - local
Bouvardia- very limited locally (no light pink grown in USA)- go import (has all colors)
Brunia Silver
Bupluerum
Campanula - import only $$$$$
Chamomile/ Matricaria/feverfew
Clematis - Dutch only- no White
Cosmos Chocolate
Cotton
Coxcomb - Import
Craspedia - local and import
Cyclamen Blooms - Import
Cymbidium – Large or Mini
Delphinium Bella dark and light blue - limited locally
Dianthus Green trick or Green Ball - local or import
DAHLIAS:
Greenhouse dahlias from our year-round dahlia growers now available. Basic Colors, Burgundy, red, light pink, pink, Hot pink, purple (dark lavender-lagoon), limited orange, White & Café au Lait
Ball Dahlias - are done for the season
Any Ball Dahlias on requisition will be filled with decorative Dahlias
Dogwood branches- (not blooming) - leafless
Godetia- Import $$$$
Gomphrena - all colors still available
Foliages - lots of varieties painted gold and silver
Festival Bush
Freesia local just starting $$$, plenty from Holland
Freesia Super $$$$
Fruited Branch Persimmons
Hyacinth- import
Hyacinth- Muscari blue or white- import
Jasmine vine no flower
Ilex- Red
Ilex - Yellow or Orange- Dutch
Iris
Kalanchoe Local
Kochia - import
Lisianthus – Local or Import- white, purple, pink, yellow
Lisianthus Import only- black, blush, brown, peach
Lily of the valley- import only $$$$
Lunaria
Magnolia-local California and Florida
Millet-green and black upright, green hanging
Orlaya
Ornithogalum- white, yellow, orange- Import
Ornithogalum Arabicum- Import
Passion vine
Pepperberry hanging and upright
Peony- all colors available
Phlox - import
Pieris - Bud-form pieris in good supply, still tight bud, no flowers until January
Privett- black berries
Protea Pink Ice
Pincushion Protea (Leucospermum)
Ranunculus- import- Dutch and Italian
Rose Hips –Red
Scabiosa locally is hit and miss…mostly miss at this point
If you must Scabiosa go Dutch
Scabiosa Pods - Local
Scented Geranium
Southern Smilax
Statice - blue not available for the rest of the year
Stephanotis
Sweet Pea - Dutch
Sunflower - black center, green center, tinted red, chocolate
Trachelium Import
Tulips single, double, lily-shaped, parrot, frilled, French - local and import
Tweedia local or import
Veronica- Local and Import
Viburnum Snowball - Import
Waxflower - local
Xmas Bush-Red
Just Starting
Cottage Yarrow - white - import
Genestra - local and import
Heather White
Flowering Branch-Tulip Magnolia Blossoms
Narcissus/ Paper Whites
Ranunculus Local
Scabiosa - Japan
Sweet Pea - Italy and Japan
Viburnum Tinus