Author: Jessey

Virtual Grower Visit: Ilex Grower Last week our colleagues visited one of the Ilex growers who still has all the ilex on the field. He harvests extremely late so he does not need to sweat of the leaves from the stems. 95% of the ilex growers harvest in October and put the cut ilex stems…

Virtual Grower Visit: Ansu Yesterday one of our buyers visited the Vanda nursery from Ansu. Vanda is a genus in the Orchid family and is originally from the high trees of the Himalayan jungle. At Ansu they produce Vanda in many colours as cut flowers and Potplants. You can use single Vanda flowers very well…

Virtual Grower Visit: Deliflor Two weeks ago we visited the variety show of Deliflor, grower of chrysanthemums. The last two years this event was not possible because of Covid-19, now it was with a walk through presentation. They had the greenhouse filled with all their different varieties. In the photos you see the varieties, Couture,…

Virtual Grower Visit: De Opstal Last Tuesday we visited the spray roses nursery from De Opstal. At De Opstal they produce spray roses in many different varieties, at this moment they are growing around 20 varieties. De Opstal is one of the 5 nurseries in Holland that produce spray roses themselves.  They also develop small stems in…

Virtual Grower Visit: Van Leeuwen One of our buyers visited the nursery Van Leeuwen Flowers who is member of the Vannova group, they are one of our suppliers for disbudded Chrysanthemums. At Vannova they produce two varieties, Pjotr and Antonov. They produce over 6 million stems throughout the year. Van Leeuwen grows the large-bloomed snowy white Antonov that, over the…

Virtual Grower Visit: Van der Lugt One of our buyers visited the nursery Van Leeuwen Flowers who is member of the Vannova group, they are one of our suppliers for disbudded Chrysanthemums. At Vannova they produce two varieties, Pjotr and Antonov. They produce over 6 million stems throughout the year. Van Leeuwen grows the large-bloomed snowy white Antonov that, over…

Trade fair Last week we visited the Trade Fair in Aalsmeer and the IFTF (International Floriculture Trade Fair) in Vijfhuizen. These Trade Fairs took place at 3, 4 and 5 November last week. This 3-day trade exhibition promotes the trade of fresh flowers & plants, while aiming to increase production and consumption at the same time.…

Virtual Grower Visit: Buijsflowers One of our buyers visited the nursery of Buijsflowers, who are one of our suppliers for Chrysanthemums. Buijsflowers is an internationally oriented chrysanthemum grower. Started in 1997 with 10,000 m2, the nursery has now grown to a production area of ??60,000 m2. He visited the nursery Buijsflowers to look at the Euro variety…

Virtual Grower Visit: Alain Poot One of our buyers visited the nursery of Alain Poot, who are one of our suppliers for Cymbidium. At Alain Poot they grow large flowered-cymbidiums and Alain specializes in the breeding and development of new species. With the visit at the nursery they viewed the new variety ”Three of a kind” this…