The government of India has identified floriculture as a sunrise industry and accorded it 100% export-oriented status. Owing to the steady increase in demand for flowers, floriculture has become one of the important Commercial trades in Agriculture. Hence commercial floriculture has emerged as a hi-tech activity-taking place under controlled climatic conditions inside a greenhouse. Floriculture in India is being viewed as a high growth Industry. Commercial floriculture is becoming important from the export angle. The liberalization of industrial and trade policies paved the way for the development of export-oriented production of cut flowers. The new seed policy already made it feasible to import planting materials of international varieties. It has been found that commercial floriculture has higher potential per unit area than most field crops and is, therefore, a lucrative business. The Indian floriculture industry has been shifting from traditional flowers to cut flowers for export purposes. The liberalized economy has given an impetus to the Indian entrepreneurs for establishing export-oriented floriculture units under controlled climatic conditions. |
| These mainly consist of cut flowers, pot plants, cut foliage, seeds bulbs, tubers, rooted cuttings and dried flowers or leaves. The important floricultural crops in the international cut flower trade are Rose, Carnation, Chrysanthemum, Gargera, Gladiolus, Gypsophila, Liatris, Nerine, Orchids, Archilea, Anthurium, Tulip, and Lilies. Floriculture crops like Gerberas, Carnation, etc. are grown in greenhouses. The open field crops are Chrysanthemum, Roses, Gaillardia, Lily Marygold, Aster, Tuberose, etc. |
Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhatisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Maharashtra have emerged as major floriculture centers.
About 297 thousand hectares of the area were under Cultivation for floriculture in 2023-24 (2nd Advance Estimate). Production of flowers is estimated to be 2284 thousand tonnes of loose flowers and 947 thousand tonnes of cut flowers in 2023-24 (2nd Advance Estimate)
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