floriculture
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An industry group, Flowers Canada Growers, has estimated that the new tariffs could cost the floriculture sector $151 million in annual losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Once back at their respective homes, they carried on their floriculture conversation, fawning over the flowers found on each other’s Instagram feeds — and commiserating over the less-than-inspiring landscaping supplies in their yards.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
"The project was born from hard times," said Klaus Graetzer, Boutique Flowers floriculture manager and president of hemp startup CannAndes.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2021
Botanic Garden conservatory at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, where a rear gallery is devoted to a gently didactic exhibition of the history of the poinsettia in U.S. floriculture.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2017
There was a garden of some size behind the house containing fruit trees, and permitting a certain amount of floriculture; and my father rented an additional piece of land close by as a vegetable-garden.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
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