Carnation Igloo

Carnation Altair

Pink / Filler, Secondary Focal, Accent

Carnation Standard Altair is a soft blush to light pink standard carnation grown for one large ruffled bloom per stem. It is best treated as a cool, protected, florist-grade crop rather than a casual field flower. For a local flower farm, its value is not novelty alone; its value is dependable vase life, romantic color, strong focal use, and the ability to offer florists a fresh local alternative to imported carnations. The crop requires discipline: start with clean rooted cuttings, support with netting, pinch correctly, disbud standard stems, scout for thrips and Botrytis, and protect every harvest from ethylene.

Carnation Alvira

White / Filler, Secondary Focal, Accent

Carnation Standard Alvira is a white, extra-tall, large-flowered florist carnation bred for clean modern work and reliable professional production. It is best treated as a protected, netted, vegetatively propagated cut-flower crop rather than a casual seed-grown annual. Its strengths are long stems, excellent stem quality, large white blooms, strong florist usefulness, and long vase life; its weaknesses are technical production requirements and the visibility of every mark on white petals.

Carnation Amaral

Pink / Filler, Secondary Focal, Accent

‘Amaral’ is a soft pink commercial spray carnation for growers who want a long-lasting florist stem with gentle romantic colour and strong bouquet utility. It is not a low-input casual annual; it should be grown from clean rooted cuttings or plugs, supported, scouted carefully, and handled with a professional postharvest routine because ethylene and Botrytis can undo otherwise excellent crop quality.

Carnation Ambrose

Pink / Filler, Secondary Focal, Accent

Ambrose is a premium pink standard carnation for growers who want extra-tall, strong stems and extra-large ruffled flowers in a classic florist color. It is not the fastest carnation and should be planned as a quality stem rather than a quick filler crop. Its high Fusarium resistance is a useful advantage, especially for growers concerned about carnation wilt, but clean stock, drainage, ventilation, pest control, and postharvest discipline remain essential.

Carnation Antartica

White / Filler, Secondary Focal, Accent

Carnation Standard ‘Antartica’ is a pure white, long-stemmed standard carnation for florist-quality fresh cut stems. It should be grown from clean rooted cuttings or plugs, pinched to build harvestable shoots, disbudded to one large bloom per stem, supported with netting and protected from heat, humidity, thrips, Botrytis and ethylene. It is not a casual seed-grown dianthus; it is a professional cut-flower crop that earns its place by producing clean white stems with excellent florist usefulness, long vase life and broad wedding/sympathy demand.

Carnation Antigua

Cream / Focal

Antigua is a premium standard cut carnation with a cream base and purple-lavender markings, bred for professional cut-flower production. The breeder lists it as normal in growth speed, high in productivity, high in Fusarium resistance, extra tall in stem length, strong in stem quality, and extra large in flower brush size. For the farm planner, it should be treated as a long-cycle, protected, netted, disbudded stem crop that can produce valuable vintage bicolor stems if grown cleanly and cooled quickly after harvest.

Carnation Apple Tea

Cream / Focal

Apple Tea is a premium-looking standard carnation with antique cream to pale peach petals marked by soft pink flecks and streaks. It should be planned as a single-bloom carnation for long, strong stems rather than as a spray type. The crop is durable after harvest and very useful for florists, but it requires a more disciplined production system than easy annual cuts: clean rooted cuttings, cool bright growing conditions, support netting, pinching, disbudding, airflow, sanitation and careful ethylene-free postharvest handling.

Carnation Aprilia

Cream / Focal

Aprilia is planned here as a warm peach-apricot standard carnation with a full ruffled head and coral or salmon edging. It is grown for one large bloom per stem, so it should be produced from rooted cuttings or plugs, pinched to build a productive frame, supported early, and disbudded so that each market stem carries a single quality flower. The crop wants strong light, cool-to-moderate temperatures, excellent drainage, good airflow, disciplined sanitation, and ethylene-aware postharvest handling. Its main farm value is the combination of long vase life, florist familiarity, soft warm color, and a bloom form that can act as an affordable ruffled focal in bouquets and event work.

Carnation Arandu

Purple / Focal

Carnation Standard Arandu is a professional standard carnation cultivar from HilverdaFlorist with large, ruffled, purple-and-soft-white bicolour flowers on extra-tall, excellent-quality stems. It is described as relatively fast and highly productive, making it attractive for commercial growers and florist sourcing. In Flower Farm Planner it should be treated as a protected-culture standard carnation or as a sourced florist stem, with all the normal carnation requirements: clean vegetative plant material, support netting, disbudding, careful harvest stage, rapid cooling and strong ethylene protection. It is not a seed crop and should not be planned like a casual annual cutting flower.