Guides
Can a local cut flower grower win real florist accounts without discounting?
Local cut flower growers can win florist accounts with a focused offer, accurate availability, samples, clear prices, dependable delivery, and prompt credits.
Contributor
Ethan C. Hughes
Subject: Growing and Selling Plants and Cut Flowers: sell, flora. Ethan C. Hughes is the editorial byline assigned to this area. Practical guides, comparisons and the questions behind a choice form this editorial remit. A general description is a starting point, not a substitute for the particulars. This is an editorial pen name used by the publication, not a claim of an independently verified personal identity.
Guides
How to Compare Cut Flower Market, Florist and Subscription Channels by Left per Hour
A method for comparing cut flower market, florist and subscription channels by labor, cash timing and waste, with benchmarks, a worked example and a scoring method.
Guides
How to cost and price a bunch of cut flowers
Cost a ten-stem zinnia bunch from units sold, labor and overhead, then compare break-even, cost-plus, target-margin, competitor and value pricing using extension sources.
Reviews
Selling cut flowers at a US farmers market: stall, pricing and rules
A first-season guide to a US farmers market flower stall: how to find the vendor rules, set up displays and price signs, price a bunch from cost, and track sell-through.
Reviews
Selling cut flowers to florists in Canada: tax and invoice basics
A guide to selling cut flowers to florists in Canada: business registration, GST/HST and provincial tax accounts, and cost-based wholesale pricing.
Reviews
Snapdragon cut flower varieties compared for early Northeast harvests
Snapdragon cut flower varieties compared for early Northeast harvests: Group 2 types like Potomac bloom first; Group 3 types such as Rocket add stem length later.
Guides
How to Choose Cut Flower Crops: A Selection Method With Zinnia as the Test Case
Score cut flower crops by sales window, bed weeks, labor, vase life and climate fit, compare crop classes, and test the method on zinnia using Utah State trial data.
Guides
How to extend the cut flower season in Alberta without a heated greenhouse
Extend cut flower season Alberta growers can manage without heat: the frost-free window is short, so low tunnels, frost cloth and hardy species carry the load.
Guides
How to overwinter ranunculus corms for early spring cut flowers
Overwinter ranunculus corms in zones 6-8: lift, dry, store cool, or fall plant under cover. Here is the sequence, squeeze test, and rot recovery.
Guides
When should Ontario growers plant peonies for cut flower harvest?
Plant peonies Ontario cut flowers: growers divide from late August to mid October, not spring. Learn the sequence, chill maths, and root checks.
Guides
Wedding flower pricing for a small farm: build a cost base
How a small flower farm prices a wedding: build a cost base from stems, labor, delivery and setup, work through an illustrative example, apply a markup, and set a deposit.
Features
Asheville farm-to-florist cut flower sales: 7 questions
Asheville farm-to-florist cut flower sales: seven questions growers ask, from finding florist accounts and what designers expect to pricing method and delivery.
Features
Importing cut flowers into the US from Colombia and Ecuador
Importing cut flowers into the US: CBP entry, APHIS port inspection, Colombia TPA duty rules, and why Section 8e, PACA and COOL do not cover flowers.
Rules
IRS Schedule F and farm deductions for a small US cut flower operation
IRS Schedule F cut flower farm deductions start with reporting sales on Schedule F and writing off seed, plugs, cooler repair, and depreciation.
Guides
Cut Flower IPM Routine: Scouting, Pest Identification, Botrytis Control and Label Rules
Practical cut flower IPM: prevention, weekly scouting, pest ID, control for aphids, mites, thrips and Botrytis, pesticide label rules and follow-up.