{"id":13854,"date":"2022-12-01T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13854"},"modified":"2022-11-09T12:46:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T17:46:30","slug":"%ef%bb%bfwhats-new-at-your-local-florist-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2022\/12\/01\/%ef%bb%bfwhats-new-at-your-local-florist-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffWhat\u2019s New At Your Local Florist Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What\u2019s New At Your Local\nFlorist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your local florist\nshop\u2026that is often the first place you think of when gifting something green\nand flowery to an ailing friend. Besides the standard florist shops, most\nsupermarkets contain a florist department. Check out the recently published\nUSDA Floriculture Crops Report. It lists most of the potted plants and cutflowers\navailable for purchase at florist shops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Poinsettia Display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s start with the winter\nholiday gift giving market. Poinsettias are still the the most popular item,\navailable in lots more colors and size categories, followed by kalanchoes,\nChristmas (Zygocactus) and Thanksgiving (Schlumbergia) cacti, cyclamen, and\nassorted tropical foliage, all wrapped in decorative ribbon and foil are\npopular. Shoppes are stocked during the Easter season and Mother\u2019s Day with traditional\nitems–lilies, florist azaleas, begonias, florist potted roses, and hydrangeas,\nplus spring flowering bulbs (tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus and others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the orchid world moth orchids (Phalaenopsis), lady slipper (Paphiopedilum), Dendrobium,\u00a0Cattleya, <\/strong>Oncidium,\u00a0and others are available year-round. Next up are seasonal potted items such as spring flowering bulbs (tulips, hyacinths, lilies, daffodils, crocus and others), Easter lilies, combination planters, florist hydrangeas (non-hardy), tropical hibiscus, potted mums, begonias, and florist potted roses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gift of Amaryllis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other notables flowering plants, more seasonal in nature, are florist azaleas, gardenias, kalanchoe, Gerbera daisy, anthurium and cyclamen. Several potted crops are niches in the florist industry like African violets, cacti, sedums, and mini begonias. Summer sales are taking off with potted sunflower, regal pelargonium, primula and alstroemeria. Notable inventory items include some perennials — dianthus, lavender, salvia, and sedum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depending in what region of the country you live in, winter items may include cineraria, exacum, gloxinia, and streptocarpus (cape primrose), calceolaria, Christmas cherry and Christmas pepper, and Fuchsia have moved to the bedding\/garden plant segment. Bromeliad, cacti, and succulents, and snake plants (Sansieveria<\/em>) are now a part of the foliage plant segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cut flower list has\nrecently expanded. It already includes pompon mums, dahlias, gerbera daisies,\ngladioli, irises, orchids, peonies, roses, snapdragons, sunflowers and tulips, but\nlisianthus (Eustoma<\/em>), aster, delphinium\/larkspur, protea and wax flowers\nhave been added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phalaenopsis orchids for sale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally,\nmiscellaneous florist items now include campanula, celosia, and ranunculus. Popular\nbedding plants also make decorative potted plants: calendula, crossandra,\ndianthus, gomphrena, ornamental oregano, osteospermum, torenia, and zinnias– complete\nwith foil and bows for gift giving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s New At Your Local Florist Your local florist shop\u2026that is often the first place you think of when gifting something green and flowery to an ailing friend. Besides the standard florist shops, most supermarkets contain a florist department. Check out the recently published USDA Floriculture Crops Report. It lists most of the potted plants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1109,1293,871,1439,1303,985,971,1226,842,940,784,1092,1282,1324,1138,727,1577,622,637,853,1224,1096,846,799,845,653,729,1039,1396,630,892],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13858,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13854\/revisions\/13858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}