What's on the Horizon in Cut Flowers for 2021

2021 Floral Forecast Webinar

About Our Presenters
Debra PrinzingDebra Prinzing, Author and Founder of the Slow Flowers Society, is an advocate for American-grown flowers. Connecting annually with hundreds of growers, designers, and floral industry experts, Debra has complied a collection of industry insights based on her close connections with the industry.
Hillary AlgerHillary Alger is the Flower Product Manager at Johnny's, with 7 years of experience managing the flower program. She will share what she has been hearing and seeing from growers and industry experts.
Joy LongfellowJoy Longfellow is the Flower Team Technician at Johnny's, managing every aspect of Johnny's flower trialing program. When she's not busy trialing flower varieties, Joy can often be found tending to her own backyard cutting garden.

Welcome to the Resources page for our Floral Forecast webinar, a list of articles and educational materials for insights and trends in the "Slow Floral" industry.

OVERVIEW: What's growing in the world of flowers? Debra Prinzing's Floral Forecast sets the stage for lively discussion about what's new and on the horizon in the floral space. Join Debra, Founder of the Slow Flowers Society, and Johnny's flower team, Hillary Alger and Joy Longfellow, as they dive into current and upcoming floral trends. (Plus, Q&A and fun giveaways!)

Webinar Resources

Floral Forecast Webinar • VIDEO
Here is a video of Debra & Hillary's presentation on the Slow Flowers 2021 Floral Forecast Webinar. Video length approximately 1 hour. Watch…


Recap/Slideshow: Floral Trends 2021 • 15-pp PDF
A downloadable, printable recap of the Floral Forecast 2021 Webinar. 15 pages. View…


Shop Flowers by Color • Palettes in the Future Bloom
A useful tool for planning your production beds and design schemes. Browse and compare the visual effect diverse species and varieties can have in this lushly curated group of floral color palettes — two dozen looks for your future floral landscape, from the classics to more evocative trends. Shop Flowers by Color…


Virtual Florist / Flowers in a Box
A list of flower crops suitable for shipping, when harvested at proper stage and properly conditioned, cooled, and hydrated:
  • Single-stem, pollenless sunflowers
  • Asters
  • Craspedia
  • Dianthus
  • Grasses
  • Statice
  • Strawflowers: Good for shipping; foliage may get a little damaged but the leaves are so small that it's not really an issue for most applications.
  • Stock: Can be shipped dry in a box but may look very sad coming back out of the box; will need proper rehydration in a cooler and a little time to pop back to life.
  • Daucus/Queen Anne's Lace: Ships pretty well; may need time to rehydrate but usually bounces back nicely.
  • Amaranth: Foliage may take a while to rehydrate and may get damaged due to extended dehydration but the seed heads ship nicely.
  • Eucalyptus: Most varieties ship very well; care is needed with new-growth leaves, however; if they are not hardened off they will become dehydrated, and get damaged and dry out in a box.

Additional Floral Trend Resources from Johnny's

1 • Slow Flowers Floral Forecast | A Summary of Industry Insights & Trends
A summary of Insights & Industry Trends from Debra Prinzing, Johnny's partner and founder of the Slow Flowers movement, 2017. Read More

2 • Slow Flowers Palette & Petal Crushes | Evolving Colors & Shape-Shifts in Floral Industry Trends
A deep-summer dive into trending colors and shapes in the flower-farming and floral-design industry, with a swirl of fresh imagery from Slow Flowers members and Johnny's photography and flower-trialing team. Read More

3 • From Color to Climate: 5 Floricultural Trends Subtle & Seismic
Slow Flowers maven Debra Prinzing forecasts 5 industry trends on emergent floriculture themes and topics. From subtle to seismic, color to climate, here's what's on the mind of thought-leaders in floral design, flower farming, and related creative professions. Read More

Slow Flowers & Johnny's Partner Up • Articles by Debra Prinzing & Johnny's Flower Team
Information & inspiration for cut-flower growing, designing & marketing success. Enjoy all our partnership articles…

Recap: Slow Flowers Member Survey 2021
by Debra Prinzing, Slow Flowers Journal