UNSPSC 10214106: Live orange gladiolus

Live plant including the root ball of the orange variety of gladioluses

UNSPSC 10214106 Live orange gladiolus is a Commodity code that captures the procurement of cut flowers and ornamental plant materials by state and local governments for landscaping, environmental restoration, and general grounds maintenance projects. Recent solicitations show a mismatch between the code's nominal scope (live orange gladiolus specifically) and actual state and local buying patterns under this code classification. The recent opportunities reflect much broader landscape and environmental planting work—coastal dune restoration with native species, roadway median and right-of-way landscaping with mixed plantings, and multi-year environmental management contracts covering invasive species removal and native plant installation—rather than procurement of specific gladiolus varieties. The issuing bodies include county governments (DeKalb County, Pasco County, Collier County, and Pinellas County in Florida; Dallas city government in Texas), indicating a mix of county environmental and public works departments alongside city parks and facilities operations.

Activity clusters in Florida, where coastal dune restoration following 2024 hurricane damage has driven multiple recent solicitations, and in Georgia and Texas. Representative opportunities include Pasco County's IFB KM-26-047 for landscaping and irrigation installation along Ridge Road (2.95 miles, bid due April 14, 2026, contract value not to exceed $120,000), Collier County's Quick Quote procurement for Pelican Bay Bay Colony dune plantings with approximately 56,250 native dune plants and associated infrastructure (due March 13, 2026), Pinellas County's RFP 250628RFP for environmental planting, monitoring, and maintenance services across a five-year period (responses due July 29, 2025), and the City of Dallas's informal solicitation for general plant purchases (due February 3, 2026). The code shows consistent recent activity but predominantly for landscape installation and environmental restoration work rather than cut-flower procurement, suggesting the code may be mis-tagged for much of the activity it captures in state and local procurement systems.