Houkouen is a nursery company, located in Western Aichi, Japan, which consistently breeds,
produces and sells chrysanthemums. It has been expanding since its foundation, for more than 40 years.
Our production and sale of chrysanthemum seedlings, as retailing trade merchandise for gardening
stores, are one of the biggest in this category in Japan. We, in order to provide our fine
breeds to our suppliers, use advanced technologies such as radiation breeding. Moreover, some of
our users monitor how their chrysanthemums grow in their places and report the data to us so we
can examine the breeds grow in geographically various places.
The "creeping" chrysanthemum Carpetmum, which we recently developed and won the New Value
Special Prize at Japan Flower Selection 2008, attracts worldwide attention. Although it is
chrysanthemum, creeping stems of Carpetmum expands and beautifully produces masses of little
flowers. Carpetmum is so versatile that it satisfies various needs from gardening to greenery
business like city planning project.
We are looking for business partners all over the world, hoping to create an international
channel for sales. If you are interested in, please feel free to contact us at the following inquiry form
