Crops will also vary depending on whether you sell direct to consumer, to retailers or to wholesalers. Contact local wholesalers and florists for valuable suggestions and ideas about what plant material the market wants, when it wants it, how much it wants, and what kind of price to expect. The following is a list of some common annuals that can be grown for cut flowers. Some annuals such as asters and zinnias have many cultivars from which to choose. This is the first hybrid triploid cutflower ageratum.
Cut ageratum offers a nice moderate sized blue flower for the florist trade.
This tall hybrid series was developed especially for outdoor growing. Harris Moran, Vaughan's, Park. The main spike is surrounded by numerous small branches which flower shortly after the center spike. Allow 13-15 weeks from seed to flower. With the expense of hybrid seed, you might not want to sow directly into the field.