Christmas could look different this year after Florida's nursery and landscape industry suffered widespread losses during hurricanes Helene and Milton. These losses included vibrant holiday plants such as poinsettias.
According to the Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association (FNGLA), the Sunshine State's $31 billion environmental horticulture industry is part of what makes it a lush tropical paradise.
Growers across the state experienced back-to-back major hurricanes this season, wiping out crops and causing damage to infrastructure and farming equipment. According to FNGLA CEO Tal Coley, this hurricane season dealt a major blow to the nursery farmers of Florida.
Hurricane Milton's outer bands spun up tornadoes, causing damage in South Florida, hundreds of miles from where the storm made landfall as a Category 3 cyclone near Siesta Key on Florida's west coast.
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