Longevity flowers may not have a long history compared with many other varieties of flowers, but it doesn't mean they are boring. Let's take a look at some interesting things about longevity flowers.
Cruder Simpson Flower Company was founded in 1963. They mainly grow longevity potted flowers. They produce about 25 million pots of longevity flowers and 50 million cutting flowers every year. They are sold to 75 countries and regions. The "Queen" trademark successfully registered by the company in 1994 is the world's first longevity flower trademark. It is said that the company select more than 2500 excellent products every year to reserve for future development. About 300 variety tests will be carried out, and five or six new varieties of longevity flower will be put into the market every year.
As the old strong brand of longevity flower seedling company, their representative works are "Green Paris" and "Pink Paris". Their works have won many international awards at the world potted flower expo. Some people call them "the Centennial classic of longevity flower varieties".
"Rio" is cultivated by the famous Dutch horticultural company FIDES. FIDES is the second largest longevity flower cultivation company after Queen of Denmark. Rio is their representative work. A researcher once mentioned: "K. P Holland is a breeding and production company of longevity flower, specializing in the breeding and development of new varieties of longevity flower, and has many popular excellent varieties of longevity flower. In terms of production, an 8-hectare fully automated glass greenhouse produces 16 million pots of longevity flower pots every year, including 10 million pots of 7 cm pots and 6 million pots of 12 cm pots, with an annual output value of 600 euros per square meter."
Longevity flowers are also often seen in many literary works. Alice Walker is an influential black woman writer in contemporary American literature. Her novel The Color Purple has won two awards in American Literature - the Pulitzer Novel Award and the National Book Award. "How green everything is!... along the road are easter lilies, longevity flowers, daffodils, and all kinds of early wildflowers. The hedge has small yellow flowers that smell like cotton in May..."
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose masterpiece is the Great Gatsby, some people think he is comparable to Hemingway and Faulkner. In the Great Gatsby, Gatsby leads Daisy into his mansion. Daisy praises Gatsby's garden. Longevity flowers, hawthorn flowers, plum blossoms and kiss goodbye flowers have appeared one by one.