Cut Flowers

A list of meetings for Ornamental Horticulture Producers

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Production of celosia as a cut flower for commercial growers

Commercial production of tulips as cut flowers in minimally heated greenhouses and high tunnels.

University of Maryland Extension's Commercial Horticulture Program has a great website on commercial cut flower production. They also offer annual training for cut flower growers, often at events organized by cut flower growers' associations such as the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers or the Maryland Cut Flower Growers Association.

Production of Hybrid Lilies for Cut Flowers; information geared toward the commercial cut flower industry.

Sign-up for commercial greenhouse IPM Alerts