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Sunflowers join Kenya’s growing floral exports
Marketing Executive at Mildred Anyango poses for a photo during the International Floriculture Trade Exhibition at Oshwal Centre in Nairobi on June 3, 2025.
Once primarily cultivated for cooking oil and livestock feed, the sunflower is now blooming in a new role—as a vibrant ornamental flower gracing bouquets worldwide.
Kenya, a global leader in floriculture and the fourth-largest exporter of cut flowers, and known for roses, carnations, and alstroemeria, is now adding sunflowers to its flourishing floral exports.
