Floral Careers

Flower: Poppy

Term: Job Interview

Poppy

• Genus: Papaver• Availability: May-July• Color: orange - red• Flower petals are papery in appearance with a nodding

bud and stem tending to be hirsute (fuzzy); • Petals sometimes have black basal marks• Medium mass flower: Flower head has a distinctive

appearance. Serves as an excellent choice to add interesting mass to garden-style or vegetative designs.

• Common on Memorial Day from WWI• Longevity: days 4-6• Sold by bunch, $10

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1st Term Flowers Review

GladiolusSword Lily• Availability: year-round• Color: white, pink, red, purple, green, yellow, and various

bicolors• Unique Characteristics: Flower stem is geotropic, curving

away from gravity. Colors are many; florets can be plain, fringed, or ruffled, continuing to open progressively.

• Large line flower: Excellent choice for line-mass designs. Florets are sometimes used in bridal or corsage work to create composite flowers.

• Longevity: weeks 1-2• Sold by: Bunch (10)• Cost: $8.00

LimoniumMisty Blue

• Availability: year-round• Color: lavender, blue, pink• Air-dries well; appears more open than

other Limoniums.• Small filler flower• Longevity: weeks 1-2• Sold by bunch of 5• Cost: $6.00

Gerbera - Common & Botanical Name

• Mass flower– Formal or informal

• Available year-round• Colors yellow, red, orange, pink, &

white• Lasts 4 -14 days (not in foam)• Leafless stems• Uses special straw to protect stem• Sold by: Bunch (10)• Price: $.89/st

Spray or Mini Carnation

• Genus: Dianthus• Availability: year-round• Color: red, yellow, orange, white, pink, lavender,

and various bicolors• Flower is fragrant, long lasting, and has many

cultivars. Shows ethylene sensitivity.• Small mass flower: Extremely long-lasting flower

and buds add texture, form, and mass.• Longevity: days 10-14• Sold by bunch (5), $3.50/bu

Zinnia

• Availability: June- September• Color: orange, pink, yellow, red, and white• Colors are bold.• Medium mass flower: Combines well with other

bold summer bloomers.• Longevity: days 5-7• Sold by bunch (10)• Cost:$6.60

Alstromeria Peruvian Lily

• Genus Name: Alstromeria• Available year round• Colors: White, yellow, pink & purple usually

striped and freckled• Long-lasting, attractive, ethylene sensitive• Form flower, topiary standard• Lasts 12-15 days• Sold by bunch (10), • $7.00

Standard Rose

• Genus Name: Rosa • Availability: year-round• Color: red, pink, yellow, white, lavender, orange, and

bicolors• Fragrant; air-dries well; will benefit from stems being cut

under water during processing• Sold by the stem length 40 -60 -70 cm• Mass flower: The rose is as varied in color as in its

applications. Uses are limitless. • Longevity: days 3-10• Sold by: Bunch (25)• Price: $.85/stem

Baker’s Fern• Genus: Rumohra• Available year round• Dark green. • Fronds are triangular, available in

several size grades• Medium to large filler, covers

mechanics, adds mass & texture• May have spores on the back – be

careful in corsages• Longevity: 1-2 weeks• Sold by bunch (12)• Cost: $3.00/bunch

Ranunculus Persian Buttercup

• Availability: January-May• Color: pink, red, orange, yellow, and

white• Unique Characteristics: double

flowered form is most readily available in the cut flower trade

• Medium mass flower: Buds and leaves can also be used to add texture or interest.

• Longevity: days 4-7• Sold by: Bunch 10• Cost:

Statice

• Genus: Limonium• Availability: year-round• Color: lavender, purple, blue, yellow, and

white• Air-dries well with a papery texture; durable

and versatile.• Small filler flower: adds texture to any style of

perishable or dried flower designs.• Longevity: weeks 1-2• Sold by: • Cost:

Delphinium

• Availability: year-round• Color: blue shades, white• Color can be bold; • Ethylene sensitive.• Medium line flower• Works well in garden-style designs, adding

intense blue color• Longevity: days 4-12• Sold by:• Cost:

Standard CarnationDianthus

• Availability: year-round• Color: white, red, yellow, orange, pink, lavender, purple,

green, and various bi-colors• Unique Characteristics: Flower is fragrant, long lasting

and durable, and extremely versatile. Many cultivars are available.

• Shows ethylene sensitivity.• Design Applications: Medium mass flower, uses are

unlimited.• An excellent choice for paving, terracing, or pillowing

techniques.• Sold by: Bunch (25)• Wholesale price:$.35

LarkspurConsolida

• Availability: June-September• Color: white, pink, purple• Stems can be hung upside down to air dry. florets will

remain intact.• Feathery foliage is indicative.• Flower is ethylene sensitive.• Medium line flower: Serves as an excellent choice for

adding line, and works especially well in mixed garden bouquets or feminine designs.

• Longevity: days 9-10• Sold by Bunch (10)• Cost: $8.00

Pompon or Cushion Pomp• Genus: Chrysanthemum• Spray mum with no button in the center• Availability: year-round, • Color: white, yellow, lavender, purple, bronze, and

burgundy• Flower form consists of solid ray florets. Stems often

have long laterals. This flower is known for its longevity and durability.

• Medium mass flower: Round form adds mass to any style of design. Flower is extremely versatile.

• Longevity: weeks 2-3 long lasting• Sold by bunch, $3.00

Football orIncurve Mum• Availability: year-round• Color: white, yellow, pink• Flower form is classified as an intermediate

incurve mum. • A disbud mum.• Large mass flower: Round form adds mass, and

is a good candidate for use in traditional line-mass designs.

• Longevity: weeks 2-3 long lasting• Sold by stem for very large flowers or bunch 10

for smaller.

Spider or Fuji Mum

• Availability: year-round, many cultivars• Color: white, yellow, green• 4-5” flowerhead form is produced by

many fine to coarse ray florets on a single stem. This is a disbud mum.

• Large mass flower: Unique “spider” form adds mass and interest; and is useful in traditional line mass designs.

• Longevity: weeks 2-3 long lasting• Sold by bunch or stem depending on

size

Red Rover• Availability: July-November• Color: red tipped yellow• Flower contains yellow tips and is available as a

single stem.• Medium mass flower: Round form is a good

choice for line-mass designs• A nice choice for autumnal arrangements in

combination with other members of the Chrysanthemum genus.

• Longevity: weeks 1-3 long lasting• Sold by bunch

Wax flower• Chamelaucium• Availability: September-May• Color: purple, pink, or white• Fragrant, citrus-like smell is apparent upon

breaking leaves.• Small filler or line flower.

– Versatile filler– Adds movement to handheld bouquets– Provides length or height to container arrangements.

• Longevity: days 7-10• Sold by: Bunch• Cost:

Sprengeri• Asparagus (Sprenger)

• Available year round

• Airy, often trailing stems; thorny; sometimes displays green berries; newer growth appears light green.

• Available in long lengths for garlands & bridal work or short stems for corsages

• Plant used in hanging baskets

• Longevity: 1-2 weeks

• Sold by bunch (10)

• Cost:

Stock

• Genus: Matthiola• Available Jan – October• Colors: white, yellowish-cream, lavender,

purple, burgundy-wine • medium line flower: a staple for the florist. Can

also be useful to add mass to varied design styles

• Longevity: 4-7 days• Sold By: Bunch (10)• Cost: $8.00

Monte Cassino Aster

• Availability: Year round• Color: white, lavender• Flower has prominent yellow center.• Small filler flower• Daisy-like flowers lend themselves to

garden-style designs• Longevity: days 7-10• Sold by: Bunch• Cost:

Calla Lily

• Zantedeschia• Available Year round• Pink, yellow, white, orange• Lasts 4 – 10 days• Formal Line flower – frequently used for wedding

work - not really a lily• Sold by: Stem• Cost $2-4 each depending on size

2nd Qtr Flowers

Dahlia

• Availability: supply varies, July-Nov.• Color: pink, red, yellow, orange, white, and

bicolors• Flower form varies; size varies from buttons to

magnificent dinner-plate; many cultivars exist.• Large to Medium mass flower • Longevity: days 2-10• Sold by Bunch (5)• Cost $10-15/bu

TulipTulipa• Availability: November-May• Color: red, yellow, purple, pink, orange,

peach, white, and bicolors• Stem continues to lengthen or “grow” even

after being placed into designs• Many hybrids and cultivars are available,

some with fringed or striped petals.• Medium mass flower• Popular in white and red during the winter

holiday season.• Longevity: days 3-7 • Sold By: Bunch 10, $10/bunch

Tree FernAsparagus• Availability: year round• Color: green (dark)• Foliage is airy, soft in appearance and touch;

can give “hairy” look to designs if overused.• Small filler: Feathery foliage adds a fine texture,

and is commonly used in body flower designs.• Longevity: weeks 1-2• Sold by: Bunch• Cost:

Hydrangea

• Availability: July-October*• Color: blue, pink, and white• Air-dries well; color is distinctive with varying

shades of blue and pink also available as a potted plant.

• Large mass flower• Longevity: days 5-7• Sold by stem, cost $2 – $5 each

* Now available year round but cheapest and most plentiful Summer and Fall

Spray Rose

• Available: year-round• Color: pinks, whites, and red• Fragrant; air-dries well; stem is multi-flowered with

buds in all stages of development• Small filler flower multiflowered stem acts like a

filler. Can be mass when used in garden-style mixed bouquets.

• Makes a nice, smaller choice for bouquets, corsages, and boutonnieres.

• Longevity: days 4-7• Sold by Bunch 10• Cost $9.50

Ivy

• Genus: Hedera• Availability: year-round• Color: green or variegated (green with white margins)• Stem has graceful vining habit with multilobed leaves;

also available as a greenhouse crop.• Medium form foliage: Vine is useful for adding interesting

line to cascades and other handheld bouquets. Effectively adds length to container arrangements and garlands. Variegated leaf is excellent for use in corsages, boutonnieres, and headpieces.

• Longevity: days 3-5• Sold by bunch or plant

Hypericum

• Common Name: St. John’s Wort• Availability: varies year-round• Color: green, cream, pink & red• Form of capsules is conical; several cultivars with

varying shades of green and bronze are available.• Medium filler flower: This filler is nice for autumnal

designs, and is a good choice for providing texture.

• Longevity: days 7-10• Sold by bunch (5)• Cost: $8/bunch

Orchids• Genus name varies• Availability: Year round• Color: white, pink, yellow, purple, blue,

combinations• Characteristics:

– Fragrance, – all can be used as florets or stems

• Most have dramatic form. • Depending on layout on stem may have

mass or line use as well.• Longevity: 1 – 2 weeks• Sold by: stem, cost: varies

3rd Qtr Flowers

Eucalyptus - Seeded• Availability: year-round• Color: gray-green• Fragrance is pungent; leaves have silver-dollar

appearance; will air dry, becoming brittle.• Small filler: Adds textural interest with leaf form

and berries. Makes a nice choice for mixed bouquets as a filler, or to produce emphasis in focal zones by adding texture.

• Longevity: weeks 2-3 long lasting• Sold by Bunch (5)• $ 8.00 per bunch

Bupleurum

• Availability: varies year-round• Color: green• Color and form are distinctive.• Medium filler flower: Serves as an excellent

choice for combining with hot pink and deep purple in vibrant color combinations.

• Longevity: days 4-7• Sold by: Bunch (10)• Cost: $8.00

Heather

• Genus: Erica• Availability: November-April• Color: pink• Air-dries well.• Small filler flower: Dainty flowers along woody stems

provide a nice texture, and can sometimes act as a line material; used for bridal designs, corsage work, and container arrangements.

• Longevity: weeks 1-2• Sold by: Bunch (10)• Cost $10

Veronica

• Availability: year-round, peak supplies June-September

• Color: rose, white, purple, and blue• Flower tips gently curve; displays spikelike

racemes of tiny flowers and toothed leaves.• Medium line flower: This linear filler is a good

choice for summer garden bouquets.• Longevity: days 5-7• Sold by bunch• Cost:

Stephanotis

• Availability: year-round• Color: white• Fragrance is sweet• Requires special wiring techniques to be used in

design work• Stem is slender and tubular approximately 1² to 1

1/2² in length.• Small form flower: used primarily for wedding

designs; and corsages, boutonnieres, and headpieces.

• Longevity: days 3-4• Sold by florets in boxes of 25• Cost: $30 - 45

Gardenia

• Availability: year-round• Color: white• Fragrance is strong. • Easily bruised – discolors when touched• Medium form and mass flower• This flower is used extensively for bridal work. • Longevity: days 1-2• Sold by stem, $5.00 each

Freesia

• Availability: year-round• Color: purple, lavender, yellow, white, cream, and

orange• Flowers are fragrant appearing on upper side of stem;

ethylene sensitivity.• Medium form and filler flower. Flower on leafless stem

provides a unique form. Works well in contemporary bridal and everyday designs.

• Longevity: days 7-10• Sold by: Bunch (10) - $8 - 10

Lily of the Valley

– Convollaria– Availability: year-round– Color: white– Unique Characteristics: Florets are fragrant

and bell-shaped.– Small filler flower, used primarily for bridal

work, and are exceptionally beautiful and fragrant when bundled in mass.

– Longevity: days 9-10– Sold by bunch(10) - $11.00

Paperwhite

• Genus: Narcissus• Availability: November – March• Color White• Fragrant, forced into bloom as a potted plant,

prefers cooler temperatures• Small mass flower – clustered flower head is

used to add mass• Longevity – 3-5 as a cut flower, longer as a

potted plant• Usually not sold as a cut flower

Amaryllis• Genus: Hippeastrum• Availability: year-round• Color: red, orange, pink, apricot, salmon

white and bicolors (shown)• Stem is hollow and leafless with 4-6 trumpet-shaped

florets in an umbellate pattern; florets continue to open; • Large form flower: Showy mass of florets provides drama. • Longevity: varies, depending on maturity stage of buds• Sold by stem: $4.00• Available as a forced bulb at Christmas time

Scabiosa

• Available: June – OctoberAvailable: June – October• Color: blue, white, yellow, or pinkColor: blue, white, yellow, or pink• Longevity: 6-10 daysLongevity: 6-10 days• Flower has pincushion-like central florets with Flower has pincushion-like central florets with

larger marginal ones; looking papery in larger marginal ones; looking papery in appearanceappearance

• Small mass flower for mixed arrangements. Small mass flower for mixed arrangements. Works well in delicate or feminine bouquetsWorks well in delicate or feminine bouquets

• Sold by bunch, $10Sold by bunch, $10

Poppy

• Genus: Papaver• Availability: May-July• Color: orange - red• Flower petals are papery in appearance with a nodding

bud and stem tending to be hirsute (fuzzy); • Petals sometimes have black basal marks• Medium mass flower: Flower head has a distinctive

appearance. Serves as an excellent choice to add interesting mass to garden-style or vegetative designs.

• Common on Memorial Day from WWI• Longevity: days 4-6• Sold by bunch, $10