Greenport Flower garden

Top Holiday Flower Sales

1. Christmas/Hanukkah

2. Mother’s Day

3. Valentine’s Day

4. Easter/Passover

5. Thanksgiving

Valentine’s Day used to be the top selling flower holiday but now it has been surpassed by Mother’s Day as #1.

Mother’s Day

The tradition of Mother’s Day began in England in the early 1600′s when “Mothering Sunday” or “Mid-Lent-Sunday” was celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent.

In 1907  Anna Jarvis asked her church to hold a service in memory of her mother and all mothers .  Anna and her friends began a vigorous letter-writing campaign to create  Mother’s Day.  Congress finally passed legislation in 1914, declaring the second Sunday in May as Mother’s day.

DON’T FORGET MOM on Mother’s day  Sunday May 13th

What do you think consumers buy for mom?

1. Cut flowers – mixed flowers, roses, spray roses, tulips, iris, freesias, carnations, mums, lilies, orchids.
2. Outdoor bedding and garden plants – Geraniums, impatiens, petunias
3. Blooming plants and Foliage houseplants -Azaleas, gardenias, hydrangeas, lilies, mini roses and florist mums