Floral

The official launch of the international flower trade expo IFTEX, which will be held in Kenya next month, took place yesterday in the Jacaranda hotel in Westlands Nairobi. Horticultural Crops development Authority MD Alfred Serem, Kenya Flower Council CEO Jane Ngige and HPP Exhibitions President Dick van Raamsdonk briefed the press on this year’s second edition of IFTEX. …

To our great disappointment we are forced to announce that this summer’s Poseidon Flowers 2013 floristry cruise around the islands of Greece has been cancelled. Practical difficulties and a lack of international participation conspired to make the successful realization of the event impossible. …

Syngenta Flowers has added more than 100 new varieties to our assortment for 2013-2014. …

Since the 1950s, one of the signs of spring has been the fresh-cut daffodil blooms sold by the Canadian Cancer Society during April, which is Daffodil Month. After this year though, that particular sign of spring will be no more. The society distributed the blooms for the last time in Ontario earlier this month, said Patricia Clizia, fundraising co-ordinator with the cancer society's Sudbury office.

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'Black Magic' is loved worldwide for its fascinating deep, dark red velvety colour and continuous flowering. The blooms are a classic rose shape with a high pointed centre and open to approximately 10 cm in size.  Blooms are carried on strong, very long stems and last well over one week when used as a cut flower. Black Magic is one of very few red roses to produce excellent blooms during our hot summers. …