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Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Leucadendron Jubilee Crown

Leucadendron has multi-branched stems densely covered with narrow green leaves, and each tipped with a strawberry pink to red round cone cupped by spirally arranged green bracts with reddish tips. The colour of the cones can vary considerably, due to different growing … Continued

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Eucalyptus flowers, Gum blossom

The large buds are very decorative, and watching the caps lifting and the blossom unfurling adds to product appeal. This process happens very quickly, so growers need to pick twice a day during peak flowering to ensure that the marketed product … Continued

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Geraldton Waxflower

Waxflower is the most significant commercial native cut flower and Australia’s leading export cut flower. It is now in the top 20 flowers in terms of volume sold in Europe.

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Kangaroo Paw

Kangaroo paws are marketed on both the domestic and overseas markets, especially Japan. Strong competition from lower-cost producers in Israel, Japan, the USA, South America and South Africa has reduced Australian market share. ‘Big Red’ is a tall cultivar, available early in the … Continued

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Boronia

Boronia is a filler product grown for its dainty, small, 4-petalled flowers densely clustered along the stems. Boronia heterophylla is the main species grown commercially for cut flowers.

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Leucadendron Safari Sunset

The flower heads develop at the tips of very long, upright stems clothed with oblong, dark green leaves. Each is large and goblet shaped (30–50 mm wide; up to 10 cm across when fully opened) and features glowing wine-red bracts spirally arranged around … Continued

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Leucospermum High Gold

‘High Gold’ is a vigorous, early-flowering cultivar with large, bright yellow flower heads up to 8.5 cm in diameter. The flowers appear to glow against the dark green, heart-shaped leaves.

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – riceflower

Rice flower is used as a filler in mixed bunches and dried arrangements and is popular on both the domestic and export markets. It is a spring-flowering, perennial, Australian native shrub which has been grown in plantations since the 1980s.

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Baxter’s Banksia

Banksia baxteri is a major Banksia species grown for the cut-flower market. Its squat, domed, greenish yellow flower heads are held on the ends of strong woody stems. Each brush-like flower head is composed of hundreds of tiny individual flowers or … Continued

Quality specifications for Australian wildflowers – Scarlet Banksia

Banksia coccinea has short, cylindrical flower heads, vivid red to orange.

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