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by
Flower Council of Holland
A Veronica
?Punk? style. It would be safe to say that this cut flower
is just a little weird - certainly for a Veronica.
The normally neat, slim flower head has been transformed into a
rather bizarre flattened spike. The inflorescence is reminiscent
of that of a Celosia Cristata. The Smart Alien flower head is pink
at the base, going wild at the tip with a show of bright green ?spikes?.
The name has cleverly been chosen to give overtones of a visitor
from another species. It is currently only available in pink but
there may well be some white and blue varieties coming up in the
future. The ?punk? style Veronica are perfect for lively
gift bouquets with that all important shock effect. These summer
flowers have a good vase life of 12 to 14 days for flowers and foliage
alike. The ?extra terrestrial? Veronica Smart Alien (vbn
product code 103682) has been available since the summer of 2009
and, in the first six months, more than 400,000 stems were sold.
Veronica is available all year round from FloraHolland.
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