Israel has been a major producer of cut flowers for years. Recently, production in Israel has been changing. The rose is disappearing and herbs and decorative green are now leading the way.
Israel has been a major producer of cut flowers for years. Recently, production in Israel has been changing. The rose is disappearing and herbs and decorative green are now leading the way.
The average production area of a horticultural company in Israel was around two dunam (2000 m2) a number of years back. Different varieties of one crop were cultivated as well as several different crops. In recent years, however, there's been a need for cost reduction. As in Netherlands, we now see a move to larger production areas for each variety or product.
Traditionally important products such as summer flowers, the Limonium, the waxflower and the Anemone are still being cultivated. However, roses tend to be grown for the local market only. The shift from the rose to different types of decorative green such as the Aspidistra and the Ruscus is one of the main trends of the last few years, but the cultivation of herbs is clearly on the rise.
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