Flower 411: January 2018
We hope you're having a great start to 2018! Here's the current lowdown on product availability going into the New Year from our awesome Purchasing team!
JUST STARTING
Acacia yellow bagged
Blossom forsythia
Blossom quince - pink and white
Hyacinth Local
Pussy willow fantail
Pussy willow whips
Ranunculus Butterfly - Import
Ranunculus - Local
Spirea- Japan only (limited & expensive!)
Sweet Huck deciduous
AVAILABLE
Alchemilla Mollis - import
Allium-bullit- import only (Dutch)
Amaranthus
Amaryllis- Import
Anemone - local
Aster Matsumoto
Astilbe - Import
Astrantia - Import
Banksia – menziesii - Local and some orange
Banksia- Coccinea and Formosa- Import only
Bear Grass Super
Bells- Local - Winter crop- spaced blooms
Birds - local
Blackberries- Import
Bouvardia- very limited locally (no light pink grown in USA) - go import (has all colors)
Bupluerum
Campanula- import only - very expensive!
Chamomile/Matricaria/feverfew
Clematis - Dutch only - no White
Cosmos Chocolate
Cotton
Craspedia - local and import
Cyclamen Blooms - Import
Cymbidium – Large or Mini
Delph bella dark and light blue - expensive
Dianthus Green trick or Green Ball- local or import
Dianthus Gypsy
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 - done for the season
Dogwood branches - flowering- tight bud, no flowers, still tight bud
Dogwood branches- colored wood in red, pink, or green/yellow (not blooming - leafless)
Eremurus - import
Genestra - local and import
Gloriosa short- Dutch
Gloriosa - Long Dutch or Japan
Godetia - Import $$$$
Gomphrena - all colors
Flowering Branch - Tulip Magnolia Blossoms
Foliages - lots of varieties painted gold and silver
Freesia - local just starting $$$ - plenty from Holland
Freesia - Super $$$$
Fruited Branch Persimmons
Gerbera Canada
Heather Hot pink
Heather White
Helleborus - Import
Hyacinth - import or local
Hyacinth- muscari blue or white - import
Hydrangea -import
Jasmine vine no flower
Iris
Jasmine foliage
Kalanchoe - import
Kangaroo Paw - Import
Kochia - import
Larkspur
Lindera Green Berry Branch - Japan
Lisianthus - import
Lily of the valley - import - $$$
Manzanita /natural and sandblasted
Magnolia - local California and Florida
Nandina berried
Orlaya
Ornithogalum - white, yellow, orange- Import
Ornithogalum Arabicum - Import
Passion vine foliage
Pepperberry hanging - has no berries
Pepperberry Upright
Peony - all colors (except Burgundy) available
Phlox - import
Pieris - Bud-form pieris in good supply, still tight bud, no flowers until January
Privett - black berries
Protea pink duke
Protea Pink Ice
Protea queen/ Pinita, Lady Di, Ceres, Andrea
Protea Brenda
Pincushion Protea (Leucospermum) mostly orange, local and Hawaii, import is finished
Ranunculus- import - Dutch, Italian, Japanese
Rose Hips –Red
Scabiosa - Dutch
Scabiosa - Japan $$$
Scabiosa Pods
Scented Geranium
Southern Smilax
Statice
Stephanotis
Sweet Pea - Japan
Sunflower - black center
Sunflower –Mini- Black Center
Trachelium Import
Tulips
Tweedia - local or import
Veronica - Local and Import
Viburnum Snowball - Import
Viburnum Tinus Spring Bouquet-Tall-Portland
Waxflower - local
LIMITED
Agonis
Anemone - import & Local AVAILABLE
Artichokes - all size and colors GAPPING
Birch Victorian - AVAILABLE
Brunia Silver - almost finished
Calicarpa- Beauty Berry
Delphinium Belladonna White
Delph hybrid all colors, especially white
Eucalyptus Gunni
Eucalyptus Small leaf (moon lagoon, gumdrop, parvifolia, bonsai)
Freesia Super- local-$$$$
Gardenias - VERY LIMITED
Gomphrena White
Lisianthus – Local
Nigella
Papyrus Lions Head - advance notice required
Poppy Assorted Icelandic - import only and extremely limited
Protea - Protea Blushing Bride
Protea white - import finished and local very limited
Sage Green- very short height right now
Strawflower- yellow, bronze/orange, purple only
Sunflower-green center
FINISHED/NOT AVAILABLE
Allium - all types finished except bullit
Anemone Japanese
Bear Grass - Super length
Calendula
Chamomile yellow daisy - no one grows this anymore
Clematis – local - Grower has severe damage- will not cut any for all of 2018
Cosmos - pinks and whites
Cotinus Blooming
Cotinus Foliage
Coxcomb
Crocosmia Flower
Crocosmia Pods
Fruiting Branch Pomegranate
Ginger Beehive
Grevillea Asplendifolia- Magnolia type
Honey Suckle
Hydrangea local
Hydrangea lacecap
Hydrangea peegee
Kumquats- restricted movement by the Department of Agriculture- not available until further notice
Lace Flower
Leucadendron Jester
Lunaria - finished for the season
Millets
Nigella- finished until spring crop starts
Oregano Kents Beauty and Hopley’s pink
Pampas Grass - try dried vendors
Poppy Pods
Protea King white
Riceflower
Snowberry
Stephanotis Vines
Sunflower - bi color, teddy bear or chocolate
Thryptomene/Calycina - Import
Above photo by Nicole Clarey Photography