UNSPSC 10412202: Dried cut japanese blue aster

Dried cut bloom of the japanese blue variety of asters

UNSPSC 10412202 Dried cut Japanese blue aster, a Commodity code, nominally names a single ornamental plant product, but recent state and local solicitations tagged with this code show little activity actually purchasing dried cut flowers. The two most recent opportunities—an environmental planting and maintenance RFP from Pinellas County, Florida, and an arts and craft supplies contract from Columbus Consolidated Government, Georgia—diverge sharply from the code's literal scope. Pinellas County's five-year solicitation focuses on invasive plant removal, native plant installation, wetland ecosystem restoration, and environmental monitoring across mitigation sites and stormwater treatment areas; the county's plant listing specifies 150 native species for ecological restoration rather than dried ornamental asters. Columbus's arts and craft supplies contract targets recreation program materials broadly, with no indication of horticultural or dried-flower components. The code shows no recent activity aligned with its nominal product definition.

The issuing bodies are a county environmental department (Pinellas) and a city parks and recreation procurement office (Columbus), representing typical local government service and supply operations rather than a concentrated market for dried cut flowers. Geographically, documented recent activity is limited to Florida and Georgia. The mismatch between code assignment and actual work scope suggests either data-entry error or a catch-all taxonomy tagging practice that does not reflect procurement reality. No viable representative opportunities exist under this code for vendors specializing in dried cut Japanese blue aster.