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$$$ Falling . . . . falling . . . . falling
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A recent slowing of demand through out the flower industry is keeping
prices lower than expected for this time of year.
This slow down in demand appears to be in all states and
attributable to a combination of causes - everything from fuel prices,
the federal budget, public holidays, exchange rates and Mother's Day
crops coming on late are getting the blame depending on who we talk
to.
The end result is that you can grab some great
flower bargains while the market is slow.
Products that are a good buy, or have
gone down in price, are:
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Oriental Lily
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LA & Asiatic Lily
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Red Roses
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Freesia
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Tulips
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New Products
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Carnation |
After many months of investigation and
discussions with growers we have been able to secure a year round, high
quality and competitively priced supply of carnations.
The standard of these carnations is very good at the moment.
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Carnation Types available are: Chinensis, Spray, Sim
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Inva Rose |
Always on the look out for really high
quality products we have been able to secure an ongoing availability from
Inva Roses.
These roses are very large, coming from new varieties. We are
lucky to have secured a good supply all year. The main varieties
are from the breeder Preesman - see some
pictures here.
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Tulip & Lily |
We also gained access to supply of Ice Tulips and
Oriental, LA, Asiatic and Longiflorum lilies grown by Bakker & Co.
These products have already been available from our own facilities and a
number of other growers.
This additional high quality grower will allow us to offer a bigger quantity for export
orders and a more consistent supply within Australia.
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Floriculture Australia Production Update
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Floriculture Web Site Update
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Lilium quality & weight about to improve.
Our new season Dutch bulbs are just starting to come into
flowering. This means the weight of the stems and the overall quality
will increase, which will hopefully continue with minimal variation in the future.
We are working hard to minimise this seasonal up and down in quality by producing
a lot of our own bulbs and buying larger sizes of bulbs. Additionally,
fluctuations in supply and quality are smoothed out with product from a
number of other growers.Bulbs & Plants for Spring 2008
through Autumn 2009.
We have started digging, grading and packing Lilium bulbs and
Zantedeschia tubers on the farm. We also have a florist line of plants
for the coming season, which we classify as "desk plants" with a long life.
easy care and impulse buying wow factor.
These bulbs, tubers and plants will be available for purchase in the coming
months.
We will be placing photos and descriptions of these items on-line a few
weeks before they become available. If you want extra information or
would like to discuss a customised production run please contact us (not
available in WA, Tas or overseas).
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Multiple Email Recipients for Accounts.
If you would like more than one recipient of the order shipment
and invoice notification we can now set this up for you. This is
especially useful if you need an info copy sent to your accounts department.
Just
send
us an email or
call
and we’ll get it set up straight away.Recent
Upgrades to Web Site.
We are
continually looking at ways to improve the services, information and
functionality of the web site.
Some of the new additions are:
- Delivery and Dispatch Date fields added, allowing pre-order up to a year
in advance and better information to the customer.
- Internally, the back end order management system has had a major upgrade to
make sure we better meet customer requirements, communication and order
fulfillment.
- Clean up of freight calculations - now more accurate at time of order
placement.
- Updated content in shipping info, FAQ and Flower Care.
- Colour groupings tidied slightly for some products.
- Multiple email per account as detailed above.
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Request for Service,
Product or Web Site Upgrade.
Please
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Floriculture Australia Manager on Flowers Victoria Board
At a recent Flowers Victoria
meeting our General Manager was appointed as a member of the Executive
Board. Flowers Victoria is the
peak body for Victorian flower growers, florists and other key industry
players who are committed to developing and promoting the cut flower
industry in Australia and overseas.
Congratulations to Max on this appointment. We hope that his input and
the reformation of the board and the industry group itself will lead to some
improvements through out the flower industry in coming years.
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We hope you enjoyed this little update.We welcome
any
feedback on our newsletter, products and services. |
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