The International Floriculture Trade Expo (IFTEX) returns to Nairobi from June 2–4, 2026, and one name that will be hard to miss at the flower trade fair is Marginpar. With an assortment grown across four African countries, featuring exclusive summer flower varieties, Marginpar's place in the floral trade is a thesis of their standing for reliable quality, innovation, and more. The grower is, for that reason, set to make their Stand B5.21 a place worth planning your visit around when attending the event. So here is everything you’d want to know before you stop by.
A Grower With a Rich Flower Production Heritage
Dutch-rooted and Africa-based, Marginpar has built a highly specialized range of summer cut flowers, operating across 16 farms spread over Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. The grower produces hundreds of millions of cut flower stems annually, shipped to markets across the world.
Still fresh from achieving 100% Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI) compliance, Marginpar's flowers thrive in Eastern and Southern Africa regions, where altitude and climate conditions give their specialty varieties unique qualities rarely found in many others in similar categories. The flowers tend to have strong stems, rich color saturation, long vase life, and are a year-round assortment that remains trend-setting by design, having been developed with great precision and innovation.
The grower’s philosophy is people-focused, which is quite a plus, because Marginpar believes that trusting, valuing, and empowering its team is what drives the quality of everything (flowers) produced. This approach carries through to their farm-level operations and even how they engage with customers and partners in the global flower trade.
A Network of Farms Across Four African Countries
Marginpar's farms (and partner farms) are spread across different countries, with unique growing conditions for different varieties. In Kenya, the grower has several farms, including Bondet Farm, Kariki Juja Farm, Kariki Naivasha Farm, KS Farm, Kudenga Farm, MR Farm, and ST Farm, all of which collectively grow a wide range of specialty flowers, from Eryngium and Scabiosa to Limonium, Aster, and many others.
Ethiopia adds to these, with operations near Holeta in the Oromia Region sitting at roughly 2,500 meters above sea level. The highland climate creates ideal growing conditions for certain specialty varieties, including the Eryngium Questar® Series, Astrantia, and others.
In Zimbabwe, Marginpar works through partner farms including Claremont 21, Sunshine Flowers, and Tsanga Flora, whose operations produce varieties like Astilbe and additional Eryngium lines. Tanzania rounds out the lineup through Bondeni Main, Bondeni Machame, and Michiru Farm, where flowers like Gloriosa and many Clematis varieties are grown.
Their farms across the different countries provide supply continuity, cyclical balance, and the ability to grow varieties suited to specific climates, all of which mean a more reliable selection and supply of floral offerings for buyers and traders.
Numerous Varieties Define the Marginpar Portfolio
The Marginpar assortment is among the most unique in the specialty summer flower category. Visiting their stand B5.21 at IFTEX 2026, one would definitely find varieties such as Eryngium Magnetar Questar®, which is part of the Eryngium Questar® series, one of the growers' signature products.
A deep steel-blue Eryngium with strong stems and long vase life, it is a staple in high-end floral arrangements and continues to be a top performer. Others in the series are Eryngium Orion Questar®, Eryngium Supernova Questar®, Eryngium Sirius Questar®, Eryngium Capricorn Questar®, and Eryngium Aquarius Questar®.
Clematis Amazing® is also a famous name in the Marginpar assortment, with varieties like Clematis Amazing® Miami, Clematis Amazing® Vienna, Clematis Amazing® London, Clematis Amazing® Kibo, Clematis Amazing® Havana, Clematis Amazing® Blue Pirouette, Clematis Amazing® Tokyo, Clematis Amazing® Kyiv, and Clematis Amazing® Rome, among others, part of the popular assortment, whose flowers are airy and lightweight, and have quite a huge following among florists.
Others include Scabiosa varieties, like the Bi-color Pink Scoop®, Bon Bon Scoop™ French Vanilla, Bon Bon Scoop Marachino™, and Dark Cherry Scoop®, known for their rich color and distinctive forms that give florists a handy, visually striking option for bouquets, event floristry, and designs. There are also Aster varieties like Aster Dark Milka, Aster Flash, Aster Teeny Tiny Pink, and Aster Teeny Tiny Blue.
Alongside these, one would expect varieties like Gloriosa Superba Simba Fifty Shades, which always add a tropical touch to arrangements, with their distinctively reflexed petals in red and yellow. You can also expect Astrantia varieties, like Astrantia Star® of Africa, Astrantia Roma®, and Astrantia Star® of Love, which are elegant, star-shaped specialty flowers with strong demand in wedding floristry and artisan bouquet design, as well as others, like the sweet-smelling Polianthes, Limonium, Agapanthus, Craspedia, Helleborus, Solidago, and ornamental grasses, like Panicum.
The selection is wide, and the assortment is even bigger. As one seeking a reliable supply partner or a floral designer looking for exclusive varieties, the range that Marginpar brings to the table is definitely worth checking out.
Why Visit Marginpar’s Stand B5.21 at IFTEX 2026
IFTEX 2026 is shaping up to be one of the largest editions of the event, with more than 200 exhibitors expected. For trade visitors, that means more options. But Marginpar's Stand B5.21 is worth putting at the top of your list for several reasons.
First, the team present at the booth will be on hand to walk visitors through the current assortment, discuss everything with regard to supply, and share insights on upcoming varieties and developments across their farms. Secondly, for buyers new to specialty summer flowers, it is an opportunity to find a category and a grower who performs reliably in their segment of the market.
Thirdly, for existing customers and partners, it is an opportunity to reconnect, review the current catalog, and explore how Marginpar's ongoing development and sustainability commitments are in line with sourcing needs, given that the grower holds several certifications across its farms, and sustainability is a main operational priority throughout its flower operations. Simply said, just be sure to check Stand B5.21 for everything Marginpar!
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