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Flowers & field trials

Beautiful stems.
Useful questions.

Texas-native flowers, specialty stems, and a few varieties we’re ready to try. Each collection has a place in the work ahead.

01 · Texas-native flora

Rooted in
the landscape.

Our native flower trials begin with plants connected to this landscape. We’ll follow how they grow, when they bloom, and how they hold as cut stems.

Texas bluebonnets growing among grasses
  • Stylized American Basketflower flower portrait
    American BasketflowerSignature trial selection
  • Stylized Common Sunflower flower portrait
    Common SunflowerSelected for the first native trials
  • Stylized Texas Bluebonnet flower portrait
    Texas BluebonnetSelected for the first native trials
  • Stylized Texas Bluebells flower portrait
    Texas BluebellsUnder review
02 · Specialty florals

Color, texture,
and form.

Five specialty crops form our first cutting-flower collection, grown separately from our native trials.

These are our planting selections. Flowers are not yet available to order.

  • Stylized Queen Zinnias flower portrait
    Queen Zinnias
  • Stylized Celosia flower portrait
    Celosia
  • Stylized Gomphrena flower portrait
    Gomphrena
  • Cream ProCut sunflower portrait
    ProCut SunflowersWhite Nite · cream petals, dark centers
  • Stylized Hanging Amaranthus flower portrait
    Hanging Amaranthus
03 · Experimental collection

Room to try.
Reasons to learn.

Flowers we’re considering for small trials before deciding what belongs in regular production.

  • Café au Lait Dahlias botanical portrait
    Café au Lait Dahlias
  • Scabiosa botanical portrait
    Scabiosa
  • Italian Anemones botanical portrait
    Italian Anemones
  • Butterfly Ranunculus botanical portrait
    Butterfly Ranunculus
  • Italian Ranunculus botanical portrait
    Italian Ranunculus
  • Fragrant Stock botanical portrait
    Fragrant Stock
  • Sweet William botanical portrait
    Sweet William
  • Rat Tail Statice botanical portrait
    Rat Tail Statice
Fine blush pink Gulf muhly plumes
Sages & grasses

Alongside the flowers.

Blue Mealy Sage, Scarlet Sage, and Gulf Muhly are part of our planting selections.

  • Blue Mealy Sage botanical portrait
    Blue Mealy SageAlso called Mealy Blue Sage
  • Scarlet Sage botanical portrait
    Scarlet Sage
  • Gulf Muhly botanical portrait
    Gulf MuhlyBlush flowering plumes

From the field to the vase.

Good stems, a lasting vase life, and a crop we can grow well here. Our trials will help shape seasonal bouquets, florist orders, and recurring arrangements.

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