UNSPSC 10241609: Live pink mini or spray carnation

Live plant including the root ball of the pink mini or spray variety of carnations

UNSPSC 10241609 Live pink mini or spray carnation is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local procurement activity tagged under it shows little relevance to the code's nominal scope. The five opportunities posted since late January 2026 span IT infrastructure installation at a tennis center (DeKalb County, Georgia), landscaping and irrigation along a county road (Pasco County, Florida), coastal dune stabilization with native plantings (Collier County, Florida), multi-year environmental planting and monitoring services (Pinellas County, Florida), and a general plant purchase by the City of Dallas, Texas. Only the Dallas solicitation and portions of the Collier County and Pinellas County work touch horticultural supply; the remainder concerns construction, site restoration, and ecosystem management well outside cut-flower procurement. The mismatch suggests the code is being applied inconsistently or the opportunities have been miscategorized in the posting system.

Where horticultural procurement does appear, it reflects state and local capital projects and environmental restoration work rather than routine commodity purchases of cut flowers. Collier County's Pelican Bay dune planting (Quick Quote, due March 13, 2026) called for supply and installation of 56,250 native dune plants—sea oats, railroad vine, sea purslane, and dune sunflower as 2-inch liners. Pinellas County's five-year environmental services RFP (due July 29, 2025, now past close) included native plant installation and maintenance across wetlands and stormwater treatment ponds. The City of Dallas IFB for plants (due February 3, 2026) specified new, unopened items in original packaging with a one-year replacement warranty but disclosed no commodity detail or budget. Geographic activity concentrates in Florida (three of five solicitations) and Texas, with isolated activity in Georgia. The code shows no recent evidence of state or local governments purchasing cut carnations or similar perishable florals through formal competitive solicitation.