P4073

Do You Want to Grow and Sell Flowers?

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Growing and selling cut flowers from cut flower farms is gaining interest and practice in the U.S. Many gardeners who want to sell flowers have some of the key components, including land, farming experience, and other important resources.

What we find in our Extension outreach is that cut flower farmers sometimes fail to consider what happens after harvest, which can lead to difficulties and even business failure. For a better chance at success, begin with the most important aspect of growing and selling flowers: knowing who will buy your flowers and what they want to purchase.

Publication 4073 (POD-07-25)

By James M. DelPrince, PhD, Associate Extension Professor, Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University; Anthony Bowden, PhD, Assistant Professor and Ornamental Extension Specialist, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture; Julie H. Campbell, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia; Kathryn Fontenot, PhD, Southwest Regional Director, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Heather Kirk Ballard, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia; and Irina Sheshukova, AIFD, CFD, CEJ, Instructor/Extension Specialist, Kansas State University.