Mar 13, 2008
A business blooms in the Texas heat
“This way, there's no middleman”
AZLE -- Two years ago, a trio of Californians pulled up stakes and moved halfway across the country with dreams, derided by some in the hypercompetitive cut-flower industry, of growing Dutch tulips and lilies in North Texas with no synthetic pesticides or fertilizer.
Azle is not exactly a hotbed of flower production. Neither is Texas. While it produces potted and bedding plants, the Lone Star State doesn't show up in national statistics of cut-flower production.
Of course, that meant no year-round local competition either. Read more
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