Cut Flowers

Stay profitable from spring through frost with Proven Winners® ColorChoice® shrubs

What makes Proven Winners® ColorChoice® flowering shrubs the choice of gardeners makes them ideal for cut flower growers, too:

  • unique colors
  • bigger flowers
  • longer bloom times
  • disease resistance

Season after season, you can rely on the beauty and productivity of these flowering shrubs to bring top dollar and repeat business to market.

Spring

When your customers have spring fever, you’ll have the cure – in bunches. From traditional cuts like forsythia to the unexpected (and astonishingly fragrant) hardy abelia, look to these varieties to jump-start the season. All are suitable for forcing.

Close up of the blooms of Abelia Sweet Emotion
Sweet Emotion®
abelia

Zone 4
Close up of the yellow blooms of Show Off Forsythia
Show Off®
forsythia

Zone 5
Close up of the blooms of Bloomerang Dark Purple
Bloomerang®
lilac series

Zone 3-7
Scentara Double Blue lilac blooms
Scentara®
lilac series

Zone 2-8
A cluster of Double Take Peach Quince flowers
Double Take® 
quince series

Zone 5-9
Estrellita Little Star firecracker bush blooms
Estrellita Little Star® 
firecracker bush

Zone 4
Steady Eddy viburnum blooming in the landscape
 Steady Eddy® 
viburnum

Zone 5-8
 

Summer

The competitive wedding and farmer’s market season requires you to stand out from the crowd. Find your niche with a selection of colorful stems in all sizes and styles, from old-fashioned and elegant to contemporary and quirky. Many are reblooming, ensuring the longest sales window.

Pinky Winky Prime Hydrangea blooming in a garden
Pinky Winky Prime 
hydrangea

Zone 3-8
Close up of the rounded blooms of Sugar Shack buttonbush
Sugar Shack®
buttonbush

Zone 4-10
Close up of the vibrant purple flowers of Sweet Summer Love Clematis
'Sweet Summer Love'
clematis

Zone 4-9
Scentsation honeysuckle in a garden
'Scentsation'
honeysuckle

Zone 4-9
Limelight Prime® panicle hydrangea blooming in a garden
Panicle hydrangeas
(Limelight Prime®)
Zone 3-8
Big fluffy white blooms of Incrediball smooth hydrangea
Smooth hydrangeas
(Incrediball®)
Zone 3-8
Let's Dance Blue Jangles hydrangea blooming in the landscape
Let's Dance®
hydrangea series

Zone 5-9
Sugartina Crystalina summersweet with an abundance of white blooms in the landscape
Sugartina® 'Crystalina'
summersweet

Zone 4-9
A bloom of Aphrodite sweetshrub
Sweetshrubs
('Aphrodite')
Zone 5-9
3 blooms on Reminiscent Coral Rose
Reminiscent® Roses
(Coral)
Zone 4-9
 

Fall

Color is king in autumn, as a chill comes into the air and the events season starts up. While fabulous foliage never goes out of style, a program that includes the unexpected color of purple callicarpa and red viburnum provides a delightfully unexpected selection of cuts for designers and hobbyists alike.

Close up of the purple berries of Pearl Glam Beautyberry
Pearl Glam®
beautyberry

Zone 5-8
Close up of the pink berries of Proud Berry coralberry
Proud Berry®
coral berry

Zone 3-7
Gatsby Pink hydrangea blooming in a garden
Gatsby Pink®
oakleaf hydrangea

Zone 5-9
Temple of Bloom Seven-son flower red/pink blooms
Temple of Bloom®
seven-son flower

Zone 5-9
Glitters and Glows Viburnum in a landscape
Glitters & Glows®
viburnum

Zone 4-8
Brandywine viburnum's multi-colored berries
Brandywine®
viburnum

Zone 5-9
Red Balloon viburnum blooming in a garden
Red Balloon®
viburnum

Zone 4-8
 

Winter

Wintertime brings a market hungry for greenery and colorful branches. From individual stems for anchoring seasonal containers to bundles of fragrant evergreens for wreaths and swags, these shrubs ensure your season ends on a high note.

3 Spring Grove Arborvitae in a garden
Arborvitae
(Spring Grove®)
Zone 5-8
a row of Sprinter Boxwood in front of a porch
Sprinter® 
boxwood

Zone 5-9
Arctic Fire red red twig dogwood in a landscape
Arctic Fire®
series

Zone 2-7
Arctic Sun dogwood in a snowy landscape
Arctic Sun® 
dogwood

Zone 4-8
a Soft Serve false cypress in a garden
False cypress
(Soft Serve®)
Zone 5-9
Castle Spire blue holly covered with snow
Blue Holly
(Castle Spire®)
Zone 5-7
close up of the red berries of Berry Heavy winterberry holly
Winterberry holly
(Berry Heavy®)
Zone 3-9
 

Foliage

Foliage cuts round out bouquets and displays. A wide range of exceptional colors and textures means these productive shrubs aren’t just ordinary filler.

Waxwing orange mirror bush with vibrant foliage
Waxwing™ mirror
bush series
 (Orange)
Zone 9-11
Center Stage pink crapemyrtle with dark foliage and bright pink flowers
Center Stage®
crapemyrtle series

Zone 6b-10
close up of the vibrant red foliage of Kodiak orange diervilla
Kodiak®
diervilla series

Zone 4-7
Jazz Hands bold loropetalum in a decorative container
Jazz Hands®
loropetalum series

Zone 7b-9
Ginger Wine ninebark in a garden
Ninebark
(Ginger Wine®)
Zone 3-7
Kindly Japanese privet in a garden
Kindly™
Japanese privet

Zone 7-9
a row of Fine Line Buckthorn-fern-leaf next to a house
Fine Line®
buckthorn-fern-leaf

Zone 2-7
a young Winecraft Black smokebush in the landscape
Winecraft series & The
Velvet Fog® smokebush

Zone 4-8
Close up of a blooms of Yang viburnum
Yin® & Yang®
viburnum

Zone 7b-9
Midnight Wine Shine weigela with pink flowers
Midnight Wine Shine®
weigela

Zone 4-8
a heavily blooming Wine & Roses weigela in the landscape
Wine & Roses®
weigela

Zone 4-8
White Album wintercreeper in a garden
Wintercreeper
(White Album®)
Zone 5-8

 

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