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Flower 411: October

Written by Ali Dahlson | October 2, 2017

 

PRODUCT UPDATES – 9/28/17

 

Finished / Not Available

 

California product is starting to dwindle down in availability. We will be moving to more import.

 

Acorns

Artichoke Blooming

Birch Victorian - comes back in late November

Blackberries - vines available but no fruit

Buddlea - will return in October

Chamomile Cushion, chamomile yellow daisy

Chestnuts

Clematis – local

Cosmos- pinks and whites

Cotinus Blooming

Delphinium Belladonna Light Pink

Delphinium Belladonna White

Echinops

Euphorbia Dog Eye

Festival Bush

Fruiting branches - blueberry

Garnet Kings/ Peter Johns- Grower went out of business

Heather - white or pink

Honey Suckle

Hops

Hydrangea lacecap white

Kumquats - restricted movement by the Department of Agriculture

Lace Flower

Lupine

Marguerite daisy

Oregano Kents Beauty

Pieris Japonica

Peony - finished

Pineapple – all sizes

Pokeweed

Poppy pods

Poppy Matilda

Poppy oriental

Poppy Icelandic- no poppy of any type available

Rain Tree pods

Riceflower - locally, no white, pink is barely 14” tall

Shasta Daisy

Snowberry

Spirea

Stephanotis Vines

Sunflower chocolate

Sunflower Teddy bear

Yarrow tansy button

 

 

Limited

 

Agonis-$$$$$

Anemone Japanese (local) - pink

Artichokes - all size and colors

Aster Matsumoto - all colors

Banksia- orange only

Chamomile/ Matricaria/feverfew- white daisy only available - no buttons

Chinese lanterns “Fresh “ ending soon

Cottage Yarrow- white, peach, cream

Dahlias- Burgundy - supply is limited

Dahlias - White- both decorative & ball- heavy demand but supply is a little limited

Delph Belladonna light blue- extremely limited

Delph hybrid all colors, especially white

Diablo Nine Bark

Eucomis- portland- expensive

Eucalyptus Gunni

Eucalyptus Small leaf

French Tulip- finished in Holland, only one local vendor limited amounts and colors

Freesia Super- local

Fruiting branches blackberry/ raspberry

Foxglove- all colors very limited  white & htp finished… limited Illumination

Gardenias

Gomphrena White

Hydrangea Peegee/lime light green only

Larkspur - almost non existent for a few weeks - all colors

Matsumoto-all colors- no white or yellow and Peach

Nigella

Papyrus Lions Head- advance notice required

Pampas Grass- large orders-advance notice required

Protea King white - SUPER Limited

Protea Waratah

Protea white - finished locally

Scabiosa white annual - Scabiosa black, burgundy, perennial white

Smilax

Strawflower- white, light pink and peach

Sunflower- Bi Colors

Sweet Pea- Dutch only, limited color selection

Tulips- if you do not see it listed below- it is not available

Tulips- Local- Single Bloom- (white, purple, light pink, yellow, orange, yel/red bi color) double lavender, super parrot.

Tulips-Dutch- Single Bloom ( Black, Hot Pink, Pink, Red) Double Bloom ( Carnival De Nice, Cream, Purple, Dark Pink, Pink ) Parrot (Orange Bi color, Red, Salmon, Super Parrot) Frilled (Queensland)

Viburnum berry- black- import only

 

 

Available

 

Alchemilla Mollis - import

Allium- import only (dutch)

Amaranthus- upright bronze- CA or Portland

Anemone- import

Asclepias- local and import  (orange is limited)

Bear Grass Super

Berzillia

Birds- import only

Bouvardia- very limited locally (no light pink grown in usa)- go import (has all colors)

Bupluerum

Calendula

Campanula- import only $$$$$

Celosia Feather- import and local

Clematis- Import only- no White

Cosmos Chocolate

Cotinus foliage, purple only

Coxcomb- Import and local

Craspedia-local

Crocosmia Flower- import

Crocosmia Pods- import only

Delph bella dark blue

Dianthus Green trick or Green Ball- Import

Dahlias ~  Most Decorative Shape Dahlia colors are available but limited

Ball shapes,  colors limited, but still available

Ball shapes- burg and white limited

Café available

Dinner Plate- limited colors…a little hit and miss

Oregon dahlias - Swan Island will not be available this year

Echinacea pods

Eremurus- import only

Fall leaves are in between, showing some color but not quite there, best choice is vine maple or viburnum foliage for color

Gomphrena available in 8 colors- Portland- white is limited

Grass 5ft Zebra or Miscanthus- Portland

Freesia-local finished, import only

Hydrangea Local going to Antique

Hydrangea lacecap- only available in green/antique

Hydrangea Peegee- green only

Iris regular – no light blue

Jasmine vine no flower

Lisianthus

Lily of the valley- import only $$$$

Lysmachia- import

Magnolia-local California and southern

Millet-green and black upright, green hanging

Ninebark

Orlaya

Ornithogalum- white, yellow orange- Import

Ornithogalum Arabicum- Portland

Passion vine

Persimmons

Phlox- import

Pieris- Bud-form pieris in good supply, still tight bud, no flowers until January

Pin Oak is bright green, no fall color

Pomegranates- Large only

Privett- green berries only

Protea local asst pinks limited

Protea Pink Ice

Protea- Protea Blushing Bride- import

Pincushion Protea (Leucospermum) orange -import

Ranunculus- import

Red Rover Disbuds

Rose Hips -Green, red

Scabiosa

Scabiosa Pods- Local

Scented Geranium- CA or Portland

Sedum- Oregon is finished , down to Califonia

Southern Smilax

Statice

Stephanotis

Strawflower, good supply on fall colors, white pink peach very limited

Sunflower- black center, green center, tinted red

Thryptomene/ Calycina- Import

Trachelium local and Import

Tweedia local

Veronica- Local and Import

Waxflower- local finished- go import

Woodland oats show fall color (copper colored)

Yarrow yellow- local