‘Ognissanti Crisanti’; a production and sales recap

Added on 07 November 2023

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‘Ognissanti Crisanti’; a production and sales recap

‘Ognissanti Crisanti’; Italy’s quintessential remembrance flower

The Chrysanthemum has long been a symbol of love and remembrance, with demand in Italy for spray, disbudded and pot mums the greatest around All Souls’ (Ognissanti) and All Saints’ (i Morti). Asproflor, the trade association for ornamental horticulture in Italy’s northwestern Piedmont region, has the details.

In May, a state of emergence was declared in the northern Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, epicentres of Italian Chrysanthemum production. Heavy storms caused deadly flooding, landslides and buildings. In both regions, there has been widespread damage to greenhouse structures which naturally impacted supply volumes.

Extreme weather and climate change also affected plant health with Chrysanthemum growers recurring to biological crop control such as mycrorhizal fungi to improve soil and crop. Eventually, overall quality did not disappoint.

Asproflor compliments the country’s growers on their achievements in a crop notoriously known for being labour-intensive, lengthy and not always easy to schedule.