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Cut Flowers have been cut from the plant bearing it. It is usually removed from the plant for decorative use. Typical uses are in vase displays, wreaths, and garlands. Many home gardeners harvest flowers from their own gardens, but there is a significant international floral industry for cut flowers. The plants cropped vary by climate, culture and the level of wealth locally. Often the plants are raised specifically for the purpose, in field or glasshouse growing conditions. Cut flowers can also be harvested from the wild.
Cut flower cultivation is intensive, usually on the basis of greenhouse monocultures, and requires large amounts of highly toxic pesticides, residues of which can often still be found in flower shops on imported flowers.
These facts have spurred the development of movements like “Slow Flowers”, which propagates sustainable floriculture in the consumer country.