The National Cut Flower Centre (CFC) is based at Rookery Farm, Holbeach St Johns, Lincolnshire. Its aim, with funding from AHDB Horticulture, is to offer independent trialling of a range of cut flowers crops, evaluate new production methodologies and examine new cultural techniques in the UK. The CFC’s remit includes annual, perennial and bulbous flowers, ‘fillers’, foliage and woody branches grown in the field, in polythene tunnels and under ‘cold glass’.
A series of factsheets have been produced by AHDB Horticulture and CFC for growers. Those who have not received a hard copy of the factsheet, or require extra copies should contact comms@ahdb.org.uk or alternatively you can download the factsheets below:
Alstroemerias as a tunnel-grown cut flower crop
Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus cultivars) as a field- and tunnel-grown cut flower crop
Delphinium as a cut flower crop grown in Spanish tunnels
Field-grown woody cut foliage crops
A review of production statistics for the cut flower and foliage sector, 2018
A review of cut-flower and foliage production statistics, 2015
Cut flower seed and young plant suppliers directory
Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) as a cut flower crop grown in polythene tunnels
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) as a cut flower crop grown in polythene tunnels
The National Cut Flower Centre and Cut Flower Growers’ Association information sheet
Summary of the Cut Flower Centre (CFC) trial examining the susceptibility of a wide range of different varieties of column stocks (Matthiola incana) to fusarium wilt
Field- and tunnel-grown cut-flowers with potential for UK exploitation: A review of trials programmes and research on ‘novel’ subjects
Summary of Cut Flower Centre (CFC) trial results for a new range of Solomio and Star spray carnations from Hilverda Kooji (2012)
Summary of Cut Flower Centre (CFC) trial results for a new range of Breanthus annual dianthus from Hilverda Kooji (2012)
Annual dianthus (Dianthus barbatus hybrids) as a cut flower