10 March 2020
BLOG: grower report Boers Tuinbouw

Boers Tuinbouw is located right next to the beach on the North Sea coast. It’s always been a pleasure ordering bedding plants from this breeder, and now I’m paying a visit to find out more about its history. Gerrit Boers and his son Leon are about to show me around the entire company, but first we sit down for a chat over a cup of coffee. How did Boers Tuinbouw come into

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27 February 2020
Dendrobium: Houseplant of the Month for March

  Peace and serenity encapsulated in a remarkable, richly flowering orchid – that’s Dendrobium.   Cocooning amidst flowers Serene white. Lime and purple. Delicate pink, striped, lilac: Dendrobium blooms in many ways and is an orchid that – surprise! – does not resemble an orchid at all. You see stems that look a bit like reeds,

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18 February 2020
BLOG: grower report Smit Kwekerijen

The trendy plants in the Eden Collection are indispensable for lots of garden centres. Smit Kwekerijen, the founder of this collection, is therefore a leading grower, with whom we enjoy a lot of positive cooperation. However, we don’t visit the nursery very often, because it’s located in the rural northeast of the Netherlands, far from the busy southwest where

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30 January 2020
Areca palm: Houseplant of the Month for February

Areca palm’s full, rich fronds create a soft green buffer against the outside world.   Soft domestic companion One glance at Areca palm shows that it obviously comes from the tropics. A crown of fabulous fanned palm leaves emerges from a number of closely-packed small stems. The plant’s fountain shape gives it a lively look, and the leaves’ delicate fringe

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21 January 2020
BLOG: grower report Verboom nursery

Kwekerij Verboom (Verboom Nursery) is a family business with a passion for Helleborus. Their variety ‘Verboom Beauty’ is a household name in the market, but they have lot of other attractive products available. Jos Verboom and his father Hans took the time to show us how they’re working all year round on growing the perfect winter flowering plants.

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