seasonal flowers for Mother’s Day, grown in Baulon, Ille-et-Vilaine

Cécile Casali set up her business, Floramazette, in Baulon, south-west of Rennes, in October 2020. This horticulturist grows her plants using organic methods: in the ground, without fertilizer and without a heated greenhouse. She is preparing her first real Mother’s Day, a flagship event for her activity.

Chamomile, molucella and nigella

Céline Casali’s Mother’s Day bouquet is only made up of seasonal flowers : chamomile, molucella, with its little bells, and especially nigella, known for its seeds used to make bread. “It is a plant with very delicate foliage with small blue flowers.“, describes the horticulturist.

Céline Casali only sells and produces plants that grow in the ground, without fertilizer and in greenhouses that do not heat up. “The range is necessarily reduced but tastier“, she explains. On the markets, in front of the customers, she often has to explain how it works.

There is a story behind its flowers – Céline Casali, horticulturist

“There are a lot of questions about the fact that I don’t sell roses or peoniesexplains Céline Casali. In fact, I have to do an apprenticeship on seasonal flowers which is similar to that around seasonal vegetables. It’s like tomatoes. In January, you can find them, but they grow in heated and lighted greenhouses. Plants growing in these conditions are forced. The flowers may be more fragile, with a stem that breaks and a smaller caliber.”

Weeds and diseases

Convincing is all the more important for Mother’s Day, the highlight of the year. This year, on her one-hectare plot, six of her eleven greenhouses are devoted to flowers for Mother’s Day. “Last year was a very cold year when I had a hard time seeing the first flowers for Mother’s Day, and I bit my fingersadmits the young woman, laughing. This year, it’s something else. I put the plants in the greenhouse because once they are covered, they are less stressed by rain, wind, temperature variations. And they are all the more beautiful.“

Working with biological methods involves difficulties. For example, his buttercups were attacked by aphids. “They are white beasts on rust-colored flowers: it’s not prettyshe explains sadly. Plus, I have the picture from last year. My buttercups were magnificent and it is thanks to them that I made myself known. Customers ask me when they will arrive… Let’s say they will arrive… Next year?“, she laughs.

Waiting between harvest, bouquets and deliveriesshe has no time to be unemployed.