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New connection with Hofland From next week on, we will have a new connection on our webshop with Hofland. They produce Kalanchoe in many different colours.  They are also producing Freesias and adding Kalanchoe to their assortment. See the different varieties in the photos. For any questions or special orders, contact your Van VLIET salesperson.

Virtual grower visit: Lathyrus Earlier this week one of our buyers visited the sweet pea (lathyrus) nursery of Lathyrus. They grow lathyrus on a traditional way in the open ground in the greenhouse. Lathyrus has a high resistance to diseases, plagues and insects. Therefore they can grow on a very environment-friendly way. Yearly they harvest about 6 million stems.…

Dried Floral Dried flowers are getting more and more popular. We offer the most popular varieties on our Webshop. Cortaderia, Lagures, Palm Spear, Palm Sun, Icelandic Moss, Broom Broom, Dried BQ, Cardus, Ruscus and many more. Many of these varieties we offer in a lot of different colors. Try to mix dried and fresh flowers…

Virtual Grower Visit: Monarch Flowers Earlier this week we visited the ranunculus grower Monarch Flowers. Here we saw 20 varieties in the greenhouse. During the day it looks like they are fully bloomed but at night the ranunculus closes up again. For that reason, they start cutting the flowers early in the morning. They have different…

Meet the small Aglaonema plant The Aglaonema family is a small family, with only 55 different species. But to make the family a little bigger, they are part of the Araceae family. Where for example also the Alocasia and Anthurium are part of. The roots of the Aglaonema lie in the tropical regions of Indonesia.…

This is how you keep your Alocasia alive The Alocasia is a plant that counts 79 different species! These species are found everywhere from tropical to subtropical Asia to eastern Australia. Alocasia is native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. The Alocasia is a very popular houseplant. This is partly due to the diversity…

Virtual Grower Visit: Borst Bloembollen Last week we visited the tulip grower Borst Bloembollen. They grow about 170 different cultivars per breeding season. Here we saw the process from bulb to full-grown flower. They work with a modern container system so that all spaces in the greenhouses are optimally used from the growing phase to the harvesting phase…

Virtual Grower Visit: Keukenhof Yesterday we visited the Keukenhof in the Netherlands. Keukenhof is the international and independent showcase for the Dutch floricultural sector.  The park’s focus is on the 7 million spring-flowering bulbs, which allow the 100 participating companies to show their living catalogue. 500 flower growers present an enormous variety of cut flowers and…

Virtual Grower Visit: Bibo hydrangeas This week we visited the hydrangea grower Bibo. They grow about 20 different varieties in different greenhouses and are famous for their amazing big flower heads. Bibo started 6 years ago and now they are one of the biggest hydrangea growers. The hydrangea season is from the 1st of April…

Duijn-Hove has joined the party! Duijn-Hove is an experienced family company specialising in cultivating green and flowering pot plants. The range is broad, but they grow everything with the same focus: quality! Because of the new experiences through the generations, they are constantly looking for ways to do things better or differently. The result: distinctive…

Chrysanthemums show Some time ago we visited the chrysanthemum show in the Keukenhof where we were asked to take part in the examination of the chrysanthemums. Here are some of the winners: The best-disbudded chrysanthemum is Topspin from Vannova J&A Flowers and in the Santini’s category, Zentoo won with the Yin Yang Smokey. For the…

Flower Circus in Serbia Flower circus travelled to Serbia where they made a show with one of our customers. In this show, they are promoting breeders and growers and inspiring florists.  They had lots of magnificent flowers, stunning arrangements, beautiful models to present those and, of course, a friendly audience they were really happy to…