Commercial Floriculture

Importance and uses

• One of the top ten cut flower crops in the International flower market.
• Apart from cut flower it is being used for bedding, pots, rock gardens, window boxes and edging.
• It gives a unique softness in the rock gardens.
• Popular in flower arrangements for decorating homes.
• Cultivated in Italy, Spain, Colombia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Canary Islands, France, Holland, Germany and USA.
• They are in large demand in Valentine’s Day, Easter and Mother’s day and during Christmas.
• In India the major carnation producing centers are located in and around Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi, Trivandrum, Andhra Pradesh and HP.
• Flowers also have medicinal properties. Used as cardio tonic, diaphoretic and alexiteric.
• It is also used for perfume extraction in France.