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Hydrangeas: Prolific flower power
Grower News

Hydrangeas: Prolific flower power

Van Wilgen’s Garden Center has carried Endless Summer Collection hydrangeas by Bailey Nurseries since the launch of the collection’s first product, The Original, 15 years ago. “At the beginning, there was high demand,” says Vice President Ryan Van Wilgen. “Through the...

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The Journey of a Thousand Miles …
Perspective

The Journey of a Thousand Miles …

In an attempt to describe the farm-to-consumer journey of flowers, take the quote “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” by early Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu, and change the word “step” to “stem.” Even though this isn’t a completely accurate...

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Industry Behemoths
Stats & Facts

Industry Behemoths

The retail dollar volume of cut-flower imports into the U.S. for the first four months on this year (January-April 2019); totaled $584.76 million; that’s an increase of 10.5 percent over the same period in 2018. For all of 2018, U.S. cut-flower imports totaled $1.1...

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