Mayesh Wholesale Florist's Blog

Flower 411: January 2018

Written by Ali Dahlson | January 11, 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