The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers ( ASCFG ) announce it has selected sort of cut flowers in four categories — Bulb , Fresh , Foliage and Woody — as its Cut Flowers of the Year for 2024 .
salmagundi are nominated base on their rest of polish , productiveness and marketability . Many of them are noted as top performers in the ASCFG ’s Cut Flower Trials program . The ASCFG ’s nigh 3000 members vote for their choices establish on their experience growing and selling each mintage or cultivar .
sassy cut - flower of the yr - Snapdragon ' Potomac Appleblossom'“Featuring laurel wreath - candy spikes adorn with loot pinkish and blanched blossom , these delicate hue create a lovely contrast against the glistening benighted green foliage . One Zone 6 grower reported , " ' Appleblossom ' has the best stem strong point and length out of every snap cultivar I ’ve trialed , plus the colour are lovely and mix well with many other colors . They are insanely fat , throwing multiple bloom throughout the time of year . " Another account that " Potomac series changed the snapdragon game — in zone 7a mine get through 90 degree summertime heat energy and overwinter through weeks of unmarried digits , shooting out unused blooming in springiness . ' Appleblossom ' is credibly the most versatile and elegant of the series ! . " This group 3- 4 cultivar does good during the main season , from mid spring to mid fall . mature near together for long , single radical production and further asunder for multiple flushes . Does well in the field , tunnels and greenhouses . "
Snapdragon ' Potomac Appleblossom
Woody cut - flower of the year - Viburnum ' Brandywine'“The thick unripe , sheeny foliage turn to dark purple bolshie in the decline and has multi - time of year uses . leafage holds up well in pee , and can be harvest from early June to October . The flower buds are born in bead - like clusters and make charming improver to early June bouquets . to boot , the fruit turns beautiful shades of blue and pinkish in September . One cultivator summed it advantages as follows : " I love the full seasonality of the Brandywine Viburnum . I love the pink spring flowers , the leaf colouring , and the 2 flavor berries . " This native of Eastern North America is insensate hardy in Zones 5 to 9 and tolerates crocked sites on the farm . While a pollinator is not required for yield set , grow another relate Viburnum nudum variety nearby will likely increase fruit lot . "
Viburnum ' Brandywine '
Cut bulb - flower of the year - Daffodil ' Cheerfulness'“Daffodil ' sunshine ' is very fragrant and great as a gash prime . Multiple blooms per stem mix white and shades of yellow make for a pollyannaish exhibit in the spring . An ASCFG member partake in : " Lovely scent , very fragrant , long enough halt , and a cunning accent flower for designing oeuvre ! This variety is sure to stand out " . Versatile daffodil can be forced as one cut and done bloom in greenhouses or tunnels , or grown as a long - lived field perennial . Plants are inhuman dauntless to Zone 5 . "
Daffodil ' Cheerfulness '
turn out foliation of the year - Thornless snort ' Joan J’One grower raved : " I ca n’t conceive of not having this in the field . It ’s a best-loved reference of verdure for mixed bouquets . It ’s prolific , easy to grow , difficulty costless and very reliable . ‘Joan J ' produces loads of farseeing prow all season long , from later spring through to a dense icing . Cut for the foliage or the green berry . " One grower endorsed it : " One of our top leafage ’s in the field in damage of production and profits from sell verbatim to florist . So dependable and carefree ! Bonus - you may leave a few to produce berry . This is a primocane - digest cultivar , signify that it digest fruit on current year ’s growth . Stems that overwinter should blossom early in the season , while new stems may bloom in the downfall . dusty hardy in Zones 4 to 8 , but mostly does better in the cooler part of its chain . "
Thornless raspberry ' Joan J '
For more selective information : Association of Specialty Cut Flower GrowersMPO Box 268 , Oberlin , OH 44074[email protected]www.ascfg.org
