Pinerise Peonies

The Internet offers a unique opportunity for us to communicate directly with our customers 24 hours a day. We have been growing cut flowers commercially for 27 years and in that time have sold flowers in Hobart, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

At Pinerise the ‘cool chain’ from grower to consumer is recognised as a very important quality control measure. Harvesting is finished early in the day before any heat from the sun enters the flower buds. The buds are quickly put in the cool-room and only removed briefly for grading and packing. The pre-chilled boxes are then flown overnight to capital city airports.

The Perishable Rate which the airlines offer is unfortunately only airport to airport — our clients (or their couriers) collect the boxes early in the morning and because of the ‘cool chain’ the freshly picked flowers arrive in excellent condition.

HISTORY

Peonies have the ability to travel extremely well. In the USA before refrigeration they were a popular cut flower because they could be picked, packed and shipped by rail all over the country and arrive at their destination in good condition. The journey could sometimes take three days. Nowadays many peonies are exported each year from Australia to the west coast of America.

Peonies ready for harvest

Our picking season is short, starting mid-November and finishing mid-December. It is only a small window of opportunity so please mark your calendar. We use large boxes which hold between 80-90 bunches and small boxes which hold 30-40 bunches.

Another armful of long-stemmed peonies

GUARANTEE

To ensure safe arrival of the flowers we will send a copy of the Con note to your mobile phone. Please remember that your wholesale flowers will have to be collected from the airport.