Common names: Daffodil, narcissus, jonquil

Description: Six outer petals surround a cup creating a trumpet-style look of this cut flower. Some stems produce one flower; others produce clusters. The outer petals are yellow or white; cups may be white, yellow, orange or salmon, and some have an orange edge.
Special care: Daffodils secrete a sap that can […]

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Common names: chrysanthemum, mum

Description: There are many flower forms out there and the flowers stems may carry one flower or multiple blooms. There are also spoon-shaped, quill-shaped, threadlike or spiderlike florets. Used as both cut flowers and blooming plants, their colors include red, white, pink, yellow, bronze, magenta and purple.

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Common names: Carnation

Description: Flowers are 2 to 3 inches wide on 1-to-2-foot stems. Tiny carnation varieties feature several small flowers on a single stem. Carnations come in a variety of colours including white, yellow, pink, fuchsia, deep purple, red, salmon, light green, bi-colors and flecked. The fragrant cut flowers live up to three weeks. Carnations are popular as potted plants […]

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