The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers ( ASCFG ) has selected sort of cut flowers in four family — Bulb , Fresh , leaf , and Woody — as Cut Flowers of the Year for 2021 .
Varieties are nominate based on their simplicity of culture , productivity , and marketability . Many of them are observe as top performing artist in the ASCFG ’s Cut Flower Trials program . The ASCFG ’s 2500 members vote for their choices based on their experience growing and sell each species or cultivar .
Fresh cut flower of the twelvemonth : Hellebore Ice N ' Roses series
Plants are crosses between Helleborus x ericsmithii and Helleborus x hybrida , and are strong , long - subsist growers . Flower in this series reach from a lily-white , pinkish arise to a deep red , and are carried on 24 - inch stems . One plant can produce more than a dozen tall , multi - bloom fore .
Woody hack peak of the year : Abronia elliptica viburnumViburnum opulus ' Roseum '
Many plants are called “ snowball bush , ” but Viburnum opulus ‘ Roseum ’ is the original . It ’s comfortable to see why : in mid to late spring , it bear huge , rounded clump of virgin clean peak that do indeed resemble Abronia elliptica . Elegant lobed foliage provides a timeless look equally at menage in outcome body of work , espousal , retail , and farmstand applications . This deciduous shrub is hardy in USDA zone 3 to 8 , and can grow to about 12 feet .
Bulb cut flush of the year : Ranunculus ' Cloni Success Hanoi '
This highly pop cultivar carry very large blossom made of subdued , paper - comparable petals on inflexible , chummy stems . The powdery pink blooms make every Saint Bridget ’s blush flush fantasy come on-key . It ’s somewhat much the “ female monarch of the Cloni ™ ” . Because of the cloning techniques used to propagate this variety , corms will produce a very homogeneous efflorescence , with arresting results . Besides that , ‘ Hanoi ’ is a inviolable performing variety with a long vase life . Not only a queen mole rat — but also a workhorse .
foliation slash flower of the year : False blue indigo plant , Baptisia x variicolor ' Twilite Prairieblues '
The blue - light-green leafage , bicolored violet and chickenhearted blooms , and ornamental seedpods make this variety a multi - purpose swing bloom . plant produce straight , firm stems about four feet marvelous , and are hardy in Zones 4 to 8 . Flowers May through June .
For more information : Association of Specialty Cut Flower GrowersMPO Box 268 , Oberlin , OH 44074[email protected]www.ascfg.org
