A look at specialty flowers and foliage from Italy. Does if surprise you fo know that the largest grower of cut flowers and foliages in Europe, after the Netherlands, is - Italy? To be sure, everyone knows Italian ruscus, with its strong but flexiblestems and shapely, glossy, dark green leaves. But many people don't know that only 50 years ago, Italy was considered the world capital for carnation production. It was in Italy that the world's best breeders developed carnation hybrids with strong stems and calyxes that wouldn't split.
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