Shop in one of the BIGGEST selections of fresh Flowers 

Flowers for South Africa and probably beyond is what you'll find at Multiflora, just south of Johannesburg. This 50 000 sq m, roofed, specialised flower auction space sees some 300 million flower stems a year pass through its doors. This translates into an astounding 1 million flower stems a day in just three to four hours, with between 300 and 900 trolleys passing the four auction clocks every day. With business picking up, the fourth Multiflora clock was added on July 6, 2011.

Opened in March 2004 "The Mall" comprises the largest selection of cut flower related shops in South Africa, and boasts 16 flower agents who sell directly to the consumer. There are also many more flower agents who supply florists and supermarkets within the mall.

Explore the mall and visit Grandiflora, where you can purchase everything from vases and candles to serviettes, and much more, for all your party and home requirements.

Mall trading hours:
Mon – Fri: 8h00 - 16h30
Saturday: 8h00 - 14h30
Sunday: Closed  

Closed Public Holidays

Can you increase the vase life of your flowers?

Absolutely, see the example below, where the roses on the left have been given only water, and those on the right have been treated with a flower food. This is just one such example. All flowers will benefit from a little extra care, and give you the reward of bigger blooms and a longer vase life.

Care for your fresh cut flowers to make them last longer:

Once flowers are cut from the mother plant they are deprived of water, food and growth regulators normally supplied by the mother plant. In order to develop in a natural way we have to supply the flowers these ingredients dissolved in water every time the water is replenished. Cut flower foods contain all the necessary ingredients for a natural development of stems, leaves and flower petals, as well as size, colour and scent.

Flowers are grown, shipped and sold worldwide. During this trip the flower stem carries the growers‘, traders‘ and florists‘ micro-organisms flora all the way into the consumer‘s vase. Therefore the vase solution is a very dynamic, continuously changing "soup" of micro-organisms.

The vase water starts clean and clear and often ends up very murky and smells. Micro-organisms are continuously eating from the flower stem, especially damaged stems. This decomposing of the stem is a major cause for bacterial growth, smell and cloudiness of the vase water. This results in flower buds which do not open or wilt quickly.

Tips on cut flower care

Some practical tips, so that you can enjoy your flowers for much longer:

• buy flowers of good quality;
• when buying flowers, ask for a sachet of branded flower food;
• always make sure you keep to the dosing indicated;
• remove the lower foliage up to the vase rim;
• recut 2 cm diagonally off the stem ends with a sharp knife, never break, scissor or hammer the stems;
• keep the flowers out of draughts and direct sunlight;
• remove wilted flowers;
• for a maximum vase life of your flowers, do not change the water, instead just top up with a flower food solution.

@Multiflora