Magic Does Exist With San Francisco Startup BloomThat

August 19, 2013 Kim-Mai Cutler, Tech Crunch

In another spin on the growing number of startups that build services on-demand, YC is graduating an Uber-for-flowers startup this summer called Bloomthat.

Sneak Peek At New Annual Flowers Being Trialed In Canada

Pictured here are the trial gardens at Universite Laval in the Jardin botanique Roger-Van den Hende in Quebec City. It's just one of the places around the world in which new annual plants are grown an evaluated.

Fides Shows Cut Chrysanthemums In Moscow

August 19, 2013 Fides

From the 9th to the 11th of September 2013 Moscow will host the Flowers Expo again. This annual exhibition provides a business platform covering all sectors of floriculture, flower business and landscape industry. Just like previous years, Fides shows her beautiful varieties in a 26m2 booth.

Know What To Sell In 2014

August 16, 2013 Four Star Greenhouse, Inc.

The sales numbers are in and they can help you prepare for 2014! Bar code tracking of actual garden center retail sales can help you minimize your risk and maximize sales next year. The hard selling numbers from this program, which we outlined in our June issue of Proven Profits are now in, and they offer a new world of information for growers.

Fides Hopes 'Disco Club' Makes You Move

August 16, 2013 Fides

A pumpin’ beat. A full dance floor. A thick white beam of light smashes a disco ball into a thousand pretty pieces. Find yourself in a different world with this playful and coloured floorfiller. With its special shades of purple and white, this flower is sure to make the crowd go wild. She even gets down perfectly combined with other flowers.