Thursday, January 04, 2007

Miniature Gerberas

Each year we get wonderful catalogues from the various propogators of Gerberas listing with stunning photographs the new season's flowers. We order months in advance. We had always grown standard gerberas - the ones most commonly seen in florist shops, and we had decided in the early days not to grow the minis.

But last year we did put in several rows of minis and they have done very well. The plants themselves are as vigorous growing as the standards, but the flower is smaller. The stems are usually long and strong, and they've been a good seller for us too. One florist in particular buys mostly the minis so it has been good. They are very easy flowers to manage and come up well in arrangements.

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