Where Have all the Flowers Gone?

This is an excerpt from an article by MaxTheFlowerGuy, a flower grower, (http://flowerbunch.com.au/)  entitled "Where Have all the Flowers Gone? Have the Seasons Changed?"

I am involved in the flower industry every day and live on a flower farm, yet for the life of me I cannot see more than a few flowers here and there. This seems an amazing thing that has occurred within the Australian flower industry.

For the past few weeks flowers have been becoming more and more scarce on a day by day basis. Our staff having shot off into the greenhouses in the morning and are back at the packing shed well before it’s time for morning tea. Other flower farms, growers and wholesalers around Australia seem to be having the same issue also.


This is not an isolated incident. There is usually a very big supply of flowers in Spring – the Spring flush. As the sunlight levels rise, the days get longer and temperatures increase there is usually a huge oversupply, as all of the plants flower madly and the crops speed up. This didn’t happen last year. The reduced production levels usually experienced in Winter, due to less light and cooler temperatures, lasted through Spring and almost into Summer.


So where have all the flowers gone? Have the seasons changed? I am not certain of what is happening overseas, but most certainly there has been a change and it is affecting the Australian cut flower industry. Stay tuned as we follow the happenings with the Australian flower market.