Our 2025 Crop Forecast

With spring less than two weeks away, we know that florists and farmers alike are counting down the days until fresh flowers are blooming in the fields again. Behind the scenes, our growers have been hard at work all winter to develop an abundant and well-balanced catalogue of crops.

Ranunculus is almost in season! As one of our top sellers of 2024, our local farms were eager to significantly bump up production this year. We’ll have a wide range of colors and forms – including an expanded selection of butterfly and Cloni ranunculus that we know you will love.

New and never-before-seen summer annuals will be in the lineup thanks to Johnny’s Selected Seeds, a research farm and seed provider in Maine renowned for its grower education and resources. We’re excited to offer three brand new zinnias and one celosia from their lineup of originals, which will be available by midsummer.

Fancy Italian petunias will be joining our lineup this year. We are forever grateful to the Italian flower breeders responsible for so many of the gorgeous, innovative cut flowers we cherish. For the past few years, Farao has been improving tall petunias with double flowers, with some growers reporting stems exceeding two feet tall and vase life over a week. We’ll have these in both blush and purple.

Pansies are back in fashion, and our growers are embracing this trend to bring innovative varieties to your shop. Breeders from Japan to Italy and everywhere in between have been hard at work creating new cultivars with fancy colors, frillier petals, and taller stems.

The Flower Collective will always be committed to providing florists with outstanding cut flowers and foliage of the highest quality. At the same time, we are acutely aware of rising costs across all industries – especially in the world of flowers. For this reason, we are working hard to expand our offerings with a wider variety of budget-friendly blooms that can serve as your floral design staples. We will also be introducing more bulk buying options for the things you need most. We are here to support you as we navigate the changing economy together.