FlowerTrails 2023

At the entrance, everyone ran into the Delta Pro. The improved version is even more uniform than before and very evenly flowering. "A real solution for the grower."

Right from the morning on the first day of the FlowerTrails, the Syngenta site was busy.

The Petunia Hybrid Light Pink was introduced this FlowerTrails. It is a compact variety with many flowers and suitable for small pots, large pots and wall carriers. "A filled blanket of flowers.

Presentation of the Petunia Hybrid Light Pink.

The Rio series is Syngenta's well-known Mandevilla and has been around for some time. But the series is constantly being improved and further optimized. "For example, we have already been able to ensure that our varieties flower two weeks earlier than other series."

Edwin Zuidgeest, sales manager Belgium and the Netherlands at Syngenta, with the improved Rio Hot Pink. A hufterproof variety that gives flowers until winter.

Across the garden at Syngenta, species were discussed and looked at closely.

Groups were also shown around with indepth information on all species.

Gerard Werink, Director of Floranova, with his Sweet Duet Citrus.

Sweet Duet Series is a double-flowered series of snapdragons with large flowers and lots of vigor. The variety is not an early bloomer but makes many side shoots and has good field performance.

As a result, Floranova's Sweet Duet Series attracted attention.

The Delphinium Grandiflorum Hunky Dory (F1 Hyrbid) from Floranova. "A beautiful plant with strong branching and produces flowers for a very long time".

Floranova's Mezmerize Series consists of five late-flowering leaf begonias that are very heat tolerant. The varieties do well in both sun and shade.

On location at KP Holland, everyone was warmly welcomed by Vera de Groot and Sarith Wienke.

Ronald van Schie, of Air so Pure, with the new Pearl Cupid in pot size 15. The variety is available from week 32. Ronald was on site at KP Holland with a wide range of products in a store presentation.

At KP Holland's location, all visitors were able to take a look inside the lab. Or rather, a piece of the lab was brought to the visitors so everyone could see how KP Holland houses their own propagation and tissue culture.

The Siam Sistro from KP Holland, is new to the assortment. It is a compact plant with a bright white flower.

Don hector from the Kalanchoe Rosalina series.

Sandra Vijverberg - van der Knaap, marketing manager of KP Holland. Sandra had been busy with the entire Flower Trails operation at their own location. And the hard work paid off by many, happy visitors. Also at the KP Holland location was Siere Handel and Air so Pure to show as much as possible of what they supply and who they work with.

Xi Chen, owner of Siere Handel. Siere Handel is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and that, along with a wide range of products, was highlighted to visitors. The tissue culture is done in China, then Siere Handel imports that to the Dutch firm and sells it worldwide.

All visitors were able to tour the various locations of KP Holland.

Kees Lagerwerf (right) shows some visitors around and tells some more about the Spathiphyllum while doing so.

And of course there was opportunity for a brief rest of the legs and refreshments.

Kris and Ton de Bresser. Kris is at the end of her college year and had time to help her father with the Flower Trails. And Ton, as can be seen, is happy and proud of his daughter helping him on these hot and busy days. (You can also lie on the beach)

Stefan Kaiser and Pieter van Staalduinen were on site at Selecta One to promote their products.

Joost Rabbering (left) of Selecta, busy talking with growers Tim and Bram.

At the Selecta One location, the inner man was well taken care of with snacks and cold drinks.

Selecta showed several new series. Among them was the Mini Famous Oro. It is a compact tabletop model. No inhibitors needed. A true double-flowered, compact and uniformly growing Calibrachoa. The new series is available in five colors.

The Power Sisters is a new Petunia line available in three colors.

And the Fleuro Select Candidate the Sun Juana. Also available in five colors. This variety has good branching, requires no inhibitors and flowers all summer until November. Drought resistant and loved by butterflies.

At the Selecta One location, Evanthia also showed its products. One of those products was the Matthiola Stox. One of Evanthia's showpieces. It is an improved variety that has a finer leaf and is easy on the length. But the variety is unique because it is one hundred percent selectable. Marcella Hempelmann and Leo Boers explained all the ins and outs to interested parties. The variety is now available in seven colors with more on the way.

Alex Krouwen (left) Middle East Sales Manager, busy talking to a customer.

The Cameron is a new species in Evanthia's assortment. The variety is from the Matricaria series. It has good germination, is very uniform, suitable for year-round production and gives beautiful double flowers with many branches. Thereby, interesting for the grower, a high production per square meter.

Evanthia's team from left to right Jeroen Persoon, Gert Jan Gongerius, Koen de Jongste, Marvin Grootendorst, Alex Krouwer, Nico Grootendorst and Leo Boers.

Koen with the Monstera from Evanthia. Evanthia supplies the young plants of this that they are growing from seed.

At the Sakata location, visitors were welcomed by the BeautiCal and their Vinkings.

The Petchoa BeautiCal Series from Sakata is an interspecific Hybrid that recovers quickly after rain and sticks way less, to none. The best of the Petunia and Calibrachoa is one plant. Now available in ten colors including unique varieties such as the Carmel Yello, Sunset Orange and Red Mapel.

Menno Straver and Jasper Heemskerk of Sakata at the Sunpatiens. A well-known variety from the breeder that lasts beautifully in the garden from early summer until the first frost. The Sunpatiens comes in two series, namely the Compact Line and the Vigorus Line. The names say it all.

And the Viking White on Green is a new introduction to the existing series. The variety fits perfectly among them in terms of uniformity.

Queen participated in the Flowertrails and gave some extra attention to their Euphorbia Milii. Distinguished by its exceptionally large flowers. The cutting goes around the world and Queen also grows final product themselves for the European market. At the moment they are busy bringing out the new colors in addition to the available variety, the Charlotte.

Jim Shoemaker with Queen Genetics' Succulents. The Succulents were also spotlighted. For this product the same story applies to the cutting and final product.

John Nielsen, Hugo Shoemaker and Jim Shoemaker with the Kalanchoes from the new Delicate line in pot sizes 6, 10.5 and 13. Soon all available with an option in the new covers. So there is something for everyone.

The Roselily Sara and Roselily Zeta from Van den Bos Flowerbulbs. The pollen free varieties are now available. There are several pollen-free varieties and more new ones to follow.

The Livorno is a new variety in Freesias from our own breeding. It is shorter variety with more branching and many new buds.

Daan Vermeer with Van den Bos Flowerbulbs' Royal Bounty is a new variety with large pure white flowers. It is a genetically shorter variety that needs minimal inhibitors.

Floritec's Donovan series is a new series available in four colors. It is a very uniform variety and combines well, shows early color and produces many flowers.

The Celosia Twisted in pot. The product remains a popular and in-demand product from Floritec and is available in many colors.

And this early bloomer is the Santini Miller. This series produces flowers as early as 34 weeks, which is exceptionally early. This series is available in nine colors and combines very well as seen in these beds.

Daphne Hoogeveen, Floritec's Marketing Manager, at the fluff chrysanthemums. Daphne literally worked up a sweat getting the new location all ready for the Flowertrails and with great success. The number of visitors at the new location is very good and they are warmly welcomed and taken care of with a nice cold drink. Also not unimportant these hot days.

Daphne Hoogeveen and Marin Berger at Floritec's InstaWall.

Floritec participated in the FlowerTrails for the first time and at a completely new location. The new location is a stone's throw from the auction in Naaldwijk.

Breeder Mirjam Rijsdam talking to a customer.

Marco v/d Werken of Floritec tells a grower a bit more about Celosias.

At Beekenkamp, the Trail Garden was open from week 18. Everything was in tip-top shape.

There was a lot of interest in this new introduction, the Tea Flamingo. The variety is heat, drought and also rain resistant. Hufterproof you might say. There was a lot of interest from retailers.

Another new variety from Beekenkamp came from the Labella Magiore series, the Daxx 3976. The variety is a real "Funtyp" with its pinkish yellow and extravagant flowers. Beekenkamp also wants to educate the consumer. In fact, if you cut the flowers, the variety gives flowers all summer long. And the cut flowers do very well in a small vase. That way you get more enjoyment from the plant.

Beekenkamp's new SpaceStar Line includes a host of new varieties of leaf Begonias. The new line comes in two varieties, Select and Spectrum. Select represents one-color varieties and Spectrum includes diversity of leaf colors. "And also unique because we position it as an outdoor plant. Thereby combining very well with flowering plants".

Annieck Ruijgrok of Beekenkamp Plants at the Dahlias with the Grande Fun Red White. Beekenkamp worked with trends for 2024 for the first time. They did this in conjunction with the motto: Labella Dahlia "Suits every garden. Find your style." They did this to also show garden centers and retailers that it is a product that can inspire consumers. This is what they will focus on this year.

On location at Beekenkamp, a nice outdoor and covered patio had been set up to enjoy the warm weather.

Great products, good conversations and happy visitors at Beekenkamp's location.

The ladies of Beekenkamp, Sirekit Mol and Annieck Ruijgrok, with the Osteospermum. It has now been introduced in six new colors along with an upgrade for the logo.

At Beekenkamp's Trail Garden, visitors were admiring the species from morning to late afternoon.

Deliflor's Commander will find its way to the clock after summer through Zentoo's gardens. "The variety is in between a decorative and anemone. So that actually makes it a whole new type in the market." The variety was tested last year and received a lot of positive feedback. Deliflor, along with the trade and growers, sees a lot of potential in the variety to become a really big one. Zentoo will start with sixty thousand pieces which also says a lot.

Babe, also grown by Zentoo, is also doing very well. "You can see that the softer colors like pink, salmon and pastels are doing very well."

Lejla Begovic, Global Sales and Marketing Manager at Deliflor, as always, along with colleagues, were on hand for all customers this Flowertrails.

Patrick Zaat, Account Manager Bommelerwaard, North Holland, Westland and North and South America,Portugal and Spain at Deliflor, leads a group of customers around from Spain and Portugal.

In Deliflor's greenhouse, there was busy discussion among the flowers.

Another separate variety in from Deliflor, the Oracion. This large fluffer is commercial in Asia and very popular there.

At the Deliflor location, extra attention was given to a new introduction for after the summer. The Commander. The variety was presented in front of the entrance on a beautiful trolley.

Hi Diamond from HiBreeding is a discoloring variety that changes from white-pink to pink. "It is the Diamond among Hydrangeas and the variety is re-blooming. In other words, the variety keeps giving new buds no matter when it is pruned.

Hi Canal is available in both pink and purple. This variety is also re-blooming. Thereby it is a fast bloomer, in already 8-9 weeks there are beautiful flowers on it.

Hi Island from HiBreeding was not yet in bloom. But it is a discoloring variety that changes from pink to lilac-purple.

Robin van Dijk, HiBreeding board member with his Hi Meadow. This variety is also available in both pink and blue. Robin, along with his colleagues, was on hand to speak to all the guests. When asked, "Which one is your favorite?" Came the answer, "I can't say. Just like with my children, they are all beautiful".

At HiBreeding's location, all varieties were nicely displayed and visitors were well taken care of.

Mike van Schie (right) busy talking to customers.

Maaike Burger of HiBreeding is responsible for marketing and the entire FlowerTrails operation on location. But in between all the busyness, it's always a time for a nice chat with a good customer like Sprint from Autralia.

Just rest the legs and enjoy some Italian refreshments at Perry van den Haak's location.

Perry van den Haak had trails with fifteen new varieties last year. Of those, six came through the selection these were introduced during the FlowerTrails. These six will go commercial next season.

And as always, there was a little extra for the eye at the venue.

Nancy de Kok, head of administration at Perry van den Haak, has been working there for twenty-one years. She has watched the firm grow into what it is today, and in the process she has her own variety. It is a Zonal, or upright Pelargonium. It is plant with a beautiful full flower, is double-colored and has dark-colored leaves.

Rik and Rene of Succulents Unlimited were at the Hendrik Youngplants location with their varieties. The men showed the species they sell in the American market.

Of course Hendriks Youngplants was showing all kinds of news this FlowerTrails. Among which was this Osteospermum Señorita Christina. It is a compact plant. A nice pot full and hufterproof.

Fuchsia Bella Georgia has also been introduced this year. The variety is ideal for hanging baskets. Similar in flower color to the Olivia but is slightly less compact and grows nicely full in the center of the plant. The variety is widely available.

The Pelargonium Elegance Belinda. Introduced this year. It is a genetically beautiful compact plant that requires less inhibitor. "A real addition to our large-flowered Pelargonium assortment. We are really breeding from growers' perspective. For both Fuchias and Osteos, we grow our own final product and work a lot with critical growers in the Westland region. We do this to select the best varieties for our breeding."

Everyone at Hendrik Youngplants could get something to cool off.

Cousins Daan and Freek Hendriks together with the Quinty. "It remains the enthusiast with the growers. Again this FlowerTrails".

At the Hendriks Youngplants location, everyone was warmly welcomed by Sonja Buurman.

Greenworks also showed its products at the Hendriks Youngplants location. Among which was the Colonel Owens Cousins. A variety with a great big flower and a good vase life. The variety is very for a special florists and weddings without budget. These flowers come from a three-year-old plant. The flower size continues to grow until the plant is five years old. Then it has reached its maximum size.

Greenworks' new Oxypetalum line was introduced this year under the name Bridal Series. The product comes is the pink, blue and white. All three colors are available in both double and single flowers.

Daan Kneppers of Greenworks at his artwork consisting of Angel Cheeks, Gardensias and the Duchess de Nemours.

At GGG Grunewald's garden, there was much to see including this Vanessa Compact Deep Pink. The variety has been around for about two years now and produces flowers from early summer to winter while being very resistant to heat.

This Scaevola was introduced this year. This variety is also heat resistant, compact and thereby ideal for hanging baskets.

The Petunia Capella Sangria is a beautiful drought-resistant, bulbous plant suitable for any pot size including hanging baskets.

Dennis Staalduinen, owner of GGG Grunewald, at the Naughties Hebe Hybrid. It's a new variety that was nicely highlighted this Flower Trails.

Elselien van der Wel and Sonja Boers welcomed everyone to the garden of GGG Grunewald these Flower Trails.

Robert-Jan Kolster of the Kolster breeding company of the same name, participating in the FlowerTrials for the first time at his own location this year. And to complete satisfaction, he and colleagues were well pleased with the turnout. Under the label Magical Garden Plants, a wide variety of garden plants is marketed.

HOKO Breeding is a cooperation between Horteve Breeding and Kolster and is, evidently, specialized in the breeding of the hydrangea. Pictured is director of the company Matthieu Eveleens.

A newcomer this year is Walter Blom Plants, breeder and propagator of a wide range of garden plants. The company works with Kolster on several product groups. Pictured is owner Stephen Page.

Marleen van Arendonk recently took charge of marketing for Magical Hydrangea, Horteve & Kolster's hydrangea brand.

A hydrangea likes sunshine, so the plants in the photo came into their own last week.

Gwen Guillon of Decock Plants, holding Fantastic Early Purple, a new early and richly flowering lavender also available in pink.

Peter van Rijssen of Plantipp, which presented a wide range of novelties from several, predominantly smaller breeders for whom the agency provides royalty management.

Andreas Kientzler van het gelijknamige veredelingsbedrijf uit Duitsland (gevestigd in de buurt van Frankfurt am Main) presenteerde o.a. een aantal nieuwe kleuren in de Petunia Vista serie. Deze serie is van noord tot zuid Europa, en evenzo in het noorden en zuiden van de VS, populair, omdat het een 'flower machine' is en in alle klimaten goed presteert.

Host Roald van Wezel treated anyone who wanted to to a tour of the company. A wide range of plants is grown, some 5 million per year, on an area of some 10 ha - in short, a lot to see! In hand a so-called 'Yucca Color Guard' (palm lily).

Thon Groenendijk of Allplant also presented the novelties at FN Kempen's farm. The photo shows several new numbers of Echinacea (sunflower).

Harrie Hegeman and Koen Eidhof of Koppe. The Mocca is a new addition to the assortment and is characterized, among other things, by the sharp contrast between the bright orange flower and the dark plant.

The highlight at Koppe was the Halo, a full red begonia that indeed looks a lot like a bunch of roses - but, the story goes, lasts a lot longer.

Friederike van der Boon and Jeroen Jongerius of Takii, who have added another new color to the Cannova series with the Red Golden Flame.

'Claire F1' is a new number in the Rudbeckia, distinguished mainly by its 'clean', pollen-free heart.

Gé Bentvelsen and Ilona Smith of ABZ Seeds, whose Summer Breeze was an excellent fit for the summer theme of Breeders Avenue.

The theme at the 'Breeders Avenue' in Kudelstaart was summer. Business manager Stefan Laridon of Hortinno had therefore, besides of course the gems from the breeding kitchen, brought along a beautiful oldie with surfboard.

A new "hanging azalea," the Cascadule - a contraction of cascade and pendulum - which apart from its form is distinguished by excellent drought resistance.

A fragrant Rhododendron, the Parfumollis, available in pink in addition to yellow.

Niels Zoetelief, commercial director at Schoneveld Breeding, presented a new lodge & new look and, as shown in the photo, a new line of potted gerbera. What is unique about this line is that you can "put a ruler over it," or in other words, the plants are very uniform.

In addition, at Schoneveld, how could it be otherwise, there are always developments in the cyclamen field. This one stands out: a new hue ("flamed oxygen white-pink") in the Fusion line.

René Knijn and Marco Laan of Hem Genetics presented, among other things, a new line of snapdragons, the Antirrhinum Double Shot. The unique thing about this ASS winner is that the stems, which are usually rather fragile and easily blown over in the garden, are a lot thicker and can therefore take a good deal of beating.

Herbs are not the main focus at Hem Genetics, but the company is seeing increasing demand for the combo of ornamental value with fragrance and flavor.

Leon Hünting and Jürgen von den Driesch of Brandkamp, which presented, among other things, a number of new numbers in cutting chrysanthemums.

Ann Jennen van Fleuroselect met de genomineerden voor de FleuroStar Award. Foto is van donderdagmiddag, een paar uur later zou de winnaar, de Mandevilla Sundaville Double Blush Pink van MNP / Suntory, bekend worden gemaakt.

On our way to Alkemade, which is 100% owned by Vitroflora since 2020.(Read more about the acquisition here: https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9183924/vitroflora-acquires-dutch-young-plant-producer-gebr-alkemade/)

Through the greenhouse where the young plants are grow, we arrived at the FlowerTrials presentation location.

All kind of perennials presented, but of course not all, because they have thousands of varieties.

The sales team of Vitroflora checking out the varieties early in the morning.

Tomasz Michalik of Vitroflora with Littlebeckia Ballerina, a new, quite compact middle sized multi type, early flowering rudbeckia. He is also holding their new catalog (https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9537217/vitroflora-and-alkemade-perennials-present-a-new-catalog-of-perennials-and-ornamental-grasses/), “it has the largest assortment of perennials.”

Another highlight at Vitroflora was Sensational Wild Romance. As June is too early for the plant to flower, a picture of the flowering plant. “This Echinea is the most vibrant, electric, neon magenta color from all Echinacea. Exvellent dark greem elegant foliage and dark stems. “

And Salvia Carina; “A great new interspecifiv variety of Salvia with unique features. Deeply serrated foliage and subtle puple flowers gathered in long spikes on strong stems.”

The Vitroflora ribbon leading the way to their FlowerTrials location.

On our way to the MNP/Suntory location, where Hishtil, Cohen, Jaldety, HM Clause, Padana as well as Prudac were presenting their highlights.

The team of Padana presenting Top tunia Pink Mascara, mascara because it is like a mascara. “It is the first petunia with this ‘mascara typology’.

And more ‘mascara’ types will come in the future. It belongs to the Top Tunia assortment and according to Padana, the performance in summer of this series is amazing. “It can be compared with an interspecific. It is a super petunia not a normal petunia.” And they have trial fields in Verona, Italy, where growers can see how the plants perform in hot weather conditions. “

Portulaca shiny peach is a new color. New typology of Portulaca. Upright habit. Full of flier inside canopy, like all series. It is a unique color in the market. Peach. Rose and purple. Shiny because when in direct sunlight you feel shiny effect in the flower.

What do you think which name will fit this flower/plant the best? It is a new portulaca of Padana and, just like they did with Top Tunia Mascara, they asked the visitors to send in a name.

Portulaca Kokorita and Pot Prince series well displayed at the stand of Padana.

Pot Prince is a new series of Padana. The varieties in this series are uniform, good perfume, strong, several colors and for Mediterranean conditions it is good for overwinter production.

Daria Dlugosz and Peggy van der Leij of Perfect plants, a tissue culture lab.

The team of Clause Home Garden with Gummy Bear, a gold medal FleuroSelect winner. It is a flexible variety as you can grow it in a pot and or in direct soil. It is a double flower with lemon color.

Gourmanson, a heart shaped yellow tomato. “A real innovation. It is tastes and looks nice. Also resistant to an often occurring disease in the garden, late blight.

Two of the Suntastic assortment. Currently, there are three colors in the assortment, with black center, with yellow clear center and bicolour red and yellow. They are flexible can be grown in pot or soil, compact. It is one of their best sellers in their flower range and they sell it worldwide. The black Center even won an AAS award.

Ard Ammerlaan of Prudac with new cherry tomato Tiny Temptations Orange, a gold medal winner FleuroSelect. The range consists of 3 colors, red orange and yellow.

Pillar pepper Luna of Prudac, a new variety. It is has a juicy, sweet and little crunchy taste; a true snack pepper. It is also nice and compact so that it sits perfectly in the window or kitchen garden.

The team of Como Lighting from Italy were also visiting the Trials.

Anushka Deshpande, Prudac’s pot tomato breeder with Heartbreakers Twiggy series, a compact tomato with heart shaped fruits. They have 2 colors and the bunches are really long so they produce a lot of fruits. More colors will come in the future.

Adrian Soulie and Bruno Etavard of Meilland with Sugar Candy Rose, a new variety that they selected for its bright color, good disease tolerance and compact habit. It only needs one cutting per pot, “a real advantage for the grower. On top of that, flowers have a long shelf life, it starts dark orange, move to coral to almost white. As the plant is ever blooming you have different colors in the plant.”

Street Colors of Meilland, a new landscape variety. “It works good in landscape but also in pot. We designed each color with a label, each has a place name. Flowers have an open shape, good disease tolerance and blooming all the time.”

Friendly of Meilland,is single flowered range. And birds can eat fruits after blooming. It is blooming from summer till fall and on top of flowers the consumer also has fruits. “They have all a natural shape and inter grate well in natural gardens.”

Eyal Inbar, Eyal Klein, and Nico van Aanholt of Hishtil with The BeeZee, an English lavender series. It is hardy, part of Hishtil’s Durabello range, and the concept is about plants that are more tolerant to abiotic stresses. BeeZee fits beautifully in that concept. “In addition, this is the only series of English lavender available in four colors, dark blue, light blue, pink and white.” They have been bred and selected by David Kerley in the UK. They have been selected for matching compact habit, multiple flowering stems with large flowers.

Double Marvel. At Hishtil. they are very keen on focusing on this concept. It is a fabulous concept for consumers. Retailers and therefore also growers. “It is critical for environment. They bring fabulous flowers, great for pollinators. For consumers point of view. What they gain is an ability to garden ornament ally with herbs, because of trailing, upright habits, scent. Double Marvel is about communicating that they can use herbs for many different reasons and they get multiple benefits from doing so. Eager to learn more about Double Marvel, read this FloralDaily article: https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9530767/new-ways-of-utilising-herbs-in-the-garden/

Thymus citriodorus Grow Flow ‘Lemonade’, is one of the varieties in the Double Marvel concept. “Rules for life, Hishtil is embracing, reducing our impact on environment, always growing and developing New products with reducing our and our consumers impact on nature. It includes everything from focus on organic production, both grafted vegetables and herbs, and plants that are more tolerant. On the nursery, we are reducing our use of plastic, paper, we are recycling, we wash production trays, we take every step we can in the mission we all share to protect Mother Earth.”

Asaf Cohen and Nomi Hen of Cohen Propagation in front of the Beautical line of Sakata. Thery sell it as a unroofed cutting in Europe. “It’s a cross breeding between calibrachoa and petunia with very unique colors, hear tolerant, can grow easily in full sun, recovering very fast and easy to root, the only disadvantage is that it fits better in basket production. 2 new varieties are Red Maple and Sunset Orange.”

New trailing varieties in the Surfinia series, Hot Pink, Pink and Big Red at Cohen.”I think these will become big sellers, particularly Red because it is an important and main color. This is 100 percent red and trialing.”

Erwin Giezen and Francesca Lanzillotta in front of Stardiva, “the first ever star shape Scaevola (aemula).”

Here you see Scaevola Stardiva compared with a traditional Scaevola. Do you see the star shape?

One of newest Sundaville Double Blush Pink, the first double flowered mandevilla which one the FleuroStar 2023-24 award on June 15.

Cose-up of the Sundaville Double Blush Pink

Calibrachoa Calitastic Cappuchino at Cohen Propagations, a Westhoff variety. Special about this variety is the color and abundance of flowering.

Yasuyuki Murakami (General Manger International Business Division, R&D Department), Mune Inagaki (International Business Division General Manager), Yasunori Yomo (President), and Toshio Matsuyama (Managing Director) of Suntory Flowers in front of the Trailing big red Surfinia in the new trailing collection. This year, Surfinia achieved new milestone, since there first petunia from cutting 30 years ago 1,5 billion Surfinias have been sold.

Moshe Bengal from Jaldety presenting Tricolor Power. A setcreasea, but more upright and mounting. It can also do perfectly inside and out.

Also in different decorations. Three leaves give an instant color and texture and easy to grow. We show it that people can get another idea to use it in a simple way.

Setcreasea Green White of Jaldety. The part that we are adding new are plants that are for indoor and for outdoor and this is a good example of that. In same concept Zebrina Boudreaux and Zebrina, which were also on display at Jaldety.

Hemigraphis purple Waffle has two colors and a waffle texture: this can be as a small filler in the gardener in the patio, just for texture. It is easy to maintenance, easy to handle. It also has small white flowers. Also have purple, green and texture together.

On our way to Royal van Zanten, where Graff, Morel Diffusion, Lazzeri and Marathon Plans were presenting their varieties, indoors and outdoors.

Beautiful colors in the gardens of Royal Van Zanten.

During the FlowerTrials Royal Van Zanten and Graff Breeding announced that they partner up to supply ‘Dipladenia/Mandevilla’ in the picture: Joost Kos, director of Breeding and Development, van Zanten Breeding, Maarten Goos, General director, Van Zanten Breeding, with Jacob, head of Sales at Graff Breeding, and Paul Graff, CEO of Graff Breeding. Read more about the cooperation here: https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9537600/graff-breeding-and-royal-van-zanten-partner-up-to-supply-dipladenia-mandevilla/

HibisQs of Graff are stiff and upright type and only need one cutting when you trim. Currently, they have a large assortment that is still being expanded. Also, they have a range with smaller flowers named PinoQio(R) (on the right) and are expanding this range with new varieties too. “They have a lot of buds and therefore keep flowering.”

Dennis Foldbjerg Gadeberg of Graff Breeding, the breeder of this Lavender, a new variety in the Qdula series of Graff. “This plant fits very well with trend of silver foliage. Combination silver foliage and purple flower is very popular. When fall and winter is coming, foliage keeps it color. So without leaves still a nice plant.”

Andrea Lazzeri and Adriano Gobetti of Lazzeri presenting, on the left Brasileira mandevilla, the novelty Snow White. Special about this variety is the pure white color, size of the flower and you can use it for any kind of pot size. On the right poinsettias. Carmen is the new variety in the series for their Red family. It has a 7,5 induction time and is top branching and has large brackts.

Leonardo is also one of the highlights at Lazzeri. It is now a completely family of 19 colors and also have the possibility to make combos with them.

A complete new collection of Lazzeri is PriZma, a collection of petunias, fancy colors, so the final consumer can enjoy something different with these fancy and crazy colors.

Atriplex Silver Holly of Marathon Plants is a plant with soft silver leaves and it doesn’t look like the leaves are soft, but they are. Also it is though and has a great tolerance in cold and hot temperatures, also salt tolerant. And great for Christmas decorations and decorations with other plants.

Salvia Oros, in Greek oros means mountain, which indicate location where these plants grow naturally. They have three varieties Monte Bianco, Athos, and Monteserrat. They all are compact and though and they are also designed to be tolerant when extra watering. On the bottom, the Garden Kisses, special salvias is the big and strurdy flowers. Intense colors. They are also fast growing plants and great for patios.

Celebrations series of Marathon Plants was also presented. Special about these varieties is the color of the flower, do you see?

Heloise Morel and Guy Schertzer of Morel Diffusion with New whites in Smartiz, Metis, and Tianis. New in the catalog 2023-25. They all share same feature of round canopy and they bring a lot of flower very prolific flower power.

Another new introduction is Halios HD Lavender, special about this cyclamen of Morel is the large flower, very well adapted to hot growing conditions, for October November and makes easily a good plant size for 13 17 cm pot and it is a trendy color.

And a novelty for next year 24-25, a pre introduction is Abanico mix. They have three colors, magenta, salmon scarlet, and purple. Characteristic is that it is bicolor and waved mini flowers.

Absolu de Morel is a commercial variety if which demand exceeds supply. “Ggreat demand and positive acceptance in garden Center. Probably one of the strongest scented varieties in the cyclamen segment.”

Nico Laan met multiflora PaX, available in 7 colors, for six pack and available till 14cm pot size.

Mount Corbet is de nieuwe witte, een mooie stevige volle witte potchrysant.

Sollinea is a new series of pot plants with spoon shaped flowers in a large color palet with the ai mto attrackt the young generation (genZ).

Despite the heat it has been busy all days.

Outside also presentations at Royal Van Zanten, in the picture varieties of Marathon Plants.

At Kebol, Volmary, Benary and Elsner Pac were presenting their varieties.

Also a display of the FleuroStar Award contestants.

At Volmary, they are breeding a lot of herbs. They have different kinds for different counties and pot sizes. One new product is Rosmarinua AbracMaxx, in the picture. “Focus on breeding is that we got more mildew tolerant varieties especially in Rosmarinus.” At Volmary, they are breeding herbs for 15+ years and now have large assortment especially in vegetative herbs. Couple of years ago their started to also produce herbs organically with EU bio certification.

Bernd Krämer of Volmary wirh Agranthemum Aramis Mega White and Pink Eye. A series, also here the varieties are compact, early flowering, nice branching, nice shelf life. All the colors are flowering at the same time.

Volmary has its own breeding of annuals, perennials, herbs and vegetables and one of their first own breeding is Verbena Vectura, a compact and hanging type with different colours. All the colors in these series have the same habit, same flower time and really early for pot size 10 to 12 cm.

Amelie Merschmann, Fulco Spithoven and Gundula Wagner of Benary with their main highlight; Stonehedge, a new begonia. But where does the name come from? When we looked at it, we thought about Magical - Mystical – Monumental, just like Stonehenge. And it can be used as hedge, so: Stonehedge!

Sunny Side Up, like the sun. New introduction in the Zany series of Benary Gold medal winner FleuroSelect and opens fast.

Fulco Spithoven of Benary presenting Platycodon grandiflorus F1 Pop Star in a mix of three colors; blue, white and pink.

Impression of the display area of Benary.

Also a special part where Benary presented their new introductions.

The smoke creating the mystical touch at Stonehedge.

A lot of pictures were made in front of this display.

Nora Ringel and Stefan Bauer of Elsner Pac with Solo con Te, a small dianthus that can be grown in pot size 6 to 14 cm. It is very early flowering and the advantage is that it takes only one cutting, also for the bigger pots.

White Ice of Elster Pac. It has big flowers, compact habit and large umbels stand well upright, which makes shipping and selling particularly easy.

TWOinONE series. The main advantage of this series is their tolerance. It is an interspecific variety, a cross between zonale and peltatum.

Florian Berger of Multikraft, a microorganism and plant extract. In the picture he presents MK Start, a product for more micro roots.

Joey Huffman and Kees van der Meij of Kebol Plants, the host of Benary, Pac aan Volmary. They are showing part of their bare root assortment.

Bart Oostveen with Anisodontea Marshmallow, a new variety of patio plants. It has big flowers, bigger leaves and a brighter color.

Anisodontea Mitembe also has a bigger flower, bigger leaves, dark center with bright rim.

Pellea attopurpurea is a new color of pellea, a more blue color.

The cut flowers trials at Dümmen Orange.

A bee covered in pollen o fthe Summer Bees

Tristan Bentvelden of Dümmen Orange and Hans Staathof Young Plans, a Dümmen Orange broker in several countries. In the picture with Summer Bees, plants attracting a lot of bees, “a drive-in for the bees”.

Pot carnation Pink & Proud Carnelia, introduced by Dümmen Orange in the Netherlands in exclusive cooperation with Wim de Rijke. Available in pot size 7 and 10.5/

Of course, also Ballerina was on display at Dümmen Oange.

Denise van Kampen and Cheryl Zethof of HilverdaFlorist presenting Maggie and Blaze, both new varieties. Both are garden gerberas, flowering three seasons, from spring till first frost. Garvinea Sweet Blaze has bicolored flowers and is rich and endless flower. “A eye catcher in your garden”

Stef Berkhout of HilverdaFlorist with Alstroemeria Inticanchia Hula and Sunburst. Hula is a new bicolour witrh a large flower and sturdy flower stems and Sunburst is the first white variety in the heat tolerant collection.

Salvia Salgoon series, four new colours. One of them (in the picture) is Lake Blueberry. The varieties are more compact, rich flowering and the Lake Blueberry has an intensive blue color.

Outside HilverdaFlorist also many plants on display.

And of course garden gerbera Garvinea Sweet and the Echinacea Mooodz series

Jaap Streder with Summer Star New Red. Just like the others in the Summerstar. Very early flower flowering and flowering under low light conditions.

A new improved Tabletensia. It has lots of shoots and all shoots are flowering and branching very well. We call it tabletensia because it is compact and therefore can be placed on the table.

True Blue of Agriom. Special about this variety is the color and the flowers are very strong.

A Bee’s Knees entrance to Florensis location where PanAmerican and Volz Horticulture were presenting their highlights. Bee’s Knees won the FleuroStar award 2022.

Outdoors at Florensis, a lot of varieties on display.

Ralf Schräder wirh Agapanthe Midnight Sky. Per of the assortment of Andre Briant assortment. They took over this company 1,5 years ago and the name of the assortment remains Andrea Briant. It is a very wide and with plants for every area and climates in Europe. The assortment is being expanded continuously.

Taste and resistance to late blight: Cherry tomato Honeycomb F1. “Beautiful orange Cherry tomato. Very sweet fruits with excellent taste quality, they are rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Vigorous and productive, with a lot of fruits per plant. This hardy plant, resistant to late-blight is easy to grow in the garden. This medium-early variety is harvested from July to October, depending on climatic conditions” — Taste and resistance to late blight: Cherry tomato Honeycomb F1. “
Beautiful orange Cherry tomato. Very sweet fruits with excellent taste quality, they are rich in antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Vigorous and productive, with a lot of fruits per plant. This hardy plant, resistant to late-blight is easy to grow in the garden. This medium-early variety is harvested from July to October, depending on climatic conditions”

Voltz Horticulture recently started a cooperation with Meine schöner Garden. “Every year we present 8 new varieties. We did it already in France with Rustica and it has been a succes.”

Remco Wertwijn with impatiens Glimmer. Glimmer new impatiens series. Sales of this variety have come pressure. There was a breakthrough in seed but not yet in cuttings and double flower. It is a mildew tolerant series and when so shines on it you see it 'shines'. In short: available in 6 colors, mildew resistant, cuttings.

Dahlia Dalina Maxi, some new colors in the series and more are in the pipeline that were presented during FlowerTrials. An existing series being upgraded with new colors. So plenty of product development here as well. Maxi Apricot is one of the highlights in terms of introduction.

At Florensis they also show the technical flowering trials, in containers in field, is well appreciated.

Salvia nemorosa Marvel. Nemorosa is the perennial salvia, 2 series; Sensation and Marvel. In Marvel, introduction this year is Dark Blue. What makes the Marvels unique are the large flowers. Dark Blue is a new color.

Visitors checking out Florensis’ salvia range.

The double flowered Glimmer Impatience from cutting.

Nice food and drinks served at the tent at Florensis.

Impression of the Voltz Horticultural stand at Florensis.

Suzanne Kooi and Eva Wijnker-van der Cruijsen of PanAmerican Seed.

New series Sweet Talk cuphea and in the picture Lavender Splash. This series is one that does very well in hot periods because it continues to bloom and attracts bees all summer. Does well under hot and dry conditions. Does well in different climates.

There are also more and more combos being made. That's why we created a corner for it here at PanAmerican Seed.

The cut flowers of Bloomstudios also got a stage.

Another highlight at PanAmerican Seed is Asparagus FuzzyFern Frizz, which has been reintroduced with an improved germ. Leaf products is still a trend and attracts a lot of audience.

Audience at the PanAmerican Seed location.

Petunia Easy Wave Yellow E3. E3 stands for Early efficient and evolution. "It is the first petunia on the market with a day length of 10h. In addition, there are far fewer brake parts. It is an extension of the existing range along with Sweet Taffy Mix ( Sweet Taffy is a popular candy in the US).

Outside, they have set up an outline of trends they see, such as first year flowering perennials. This allows a grower doing annuals to also grow a perennial product. In addition, bees on flowers. And the recently introduced sowfast grows fast program (Read more about this program here: https://www.floraldaily.com/article/9519531/new-program-allows-growers-to-plan-for-additional-shoulder-season-sales/).

Impression of Florensis outdoor locations

Salvia of the year, declared by FleuroSelect. Why so many new salvia introductions at the FlowerTrials?

At Imperial Plants, Danziger and Schneider Youngplants were presenting their products.

Liat Lavie and Micha Danziger of Danziger in front of Amazonas. “The brand-new petunia had heads turning at Flowertrials. AmazonasÔ Plum Cockatoo brings a bit of the rainforest to gardens everywhere. Lush, green hues pair with vivid, tropical purples to create a truly unique petunia. This unique variety brings a calming backdrop of natural color that pairs well with foliage plants in the garden.”

Ortal Garden of Danziger presenting the Garden to Vase program, a new program launched at Flower Trials tailored for home gardeners. “Garden to Vase allows the home gardener to grow, nurture and collect fresh flowers from their own garden.”

During the trials, they show how it looks at retail, in garden and as finished product.

Ori Danziger shows visitors the flowers and plants 'real live' and in a video.

The Colibri Series is Danziger’s controlled growth calibrachoa. Perfect for 6-packs, small pots, and tidy hanging baskets, with little to no PGR needed. Known for its loads of vibrant colored blooms, COLIBRI is also available in new Abstract and Bling patterns. Danziger presented two new addition in the Colibri™ series at Flowertrials; Colibri Spark Purple and Colibri Tangerine.

Amazonas Plum Cockatoo in the Amazonas series.

All breeders present many varieties, also at Danziger

Begonia Hybrida Wendy at Schneider Youngplants. It a complete new series on the market. It is compact, well branching, early flowering, available in striking colors and suited for pot and hanging basket.

Janneke Versteeg of Schneider with Calibrachoa Neo Next is a well branching plant that is early flowering, compact, available in bright flower colours and perfect for pots and containers, also in hanging baskets. Geert-Jan Aaldering met Salfia Midnight. The key features of Salvia nemorosa Midnight are: "Vigorous spikes, to 35cm tall and can spread up to 30 cm, butterfly and pollinator friendly, drought-tolerant, strong in retail market (after sales)." — Janneke Versteeg of Schneider with Calibrachoa Neo Next is a well branching plant that is early flowering, compact, available in bright flower colours and perfect for pots and containers, also in hanging baskets.

Geert-Jan Aaldering met Salfia Midnight. The key features of Salvia nemorosa Midnight are: "Vigorous spikes, to 35cm tall and can spread up to 30 cm, butterfly and pollinator friendly, drought-tolerant, strong in retail market (after sales)."

Geert-Jan Aaldering met Salfia Midnight. The key features of Salvia nemorosa Midnight are: "Vigorous spikes, to 35cm tall and can spread up to 30 cm, butterfly and pollinator friendly, drought-tolerant, strong in retail market (after sales)."

Visitors interested in the plants of Schneider Youngplants.

New varieties in the spotlight at Anthura.

In the anthurium pot plant category, four colorful anthurium pot plants are in the spotlight at Anthura this year. "Powerful varieties that stand out through color, size and quality and have been voted favorites." For example, Banderola. "This potted anthuriumis not comparable to a traditional potted anthurium. In short, a variety in a completely new segment in potanthuriums.   Banderola is the segment for ribbon-flowered potanthuriums."

"Anthura Split, with its pink flowers and warm yellow lip, brings sunshine into the home! This beautiful phalaenopsis is named after Split in Croatia, which is known for its colorful buildings and beautiful sunsets."

Mareen Bogerd with Anthura Savona. "With this large-flowered phalaenopsis with large yellow flowers you experience pure happiness. With the good vase life of over 10 weeks, Anthura Savona is also at the top for the color yellow with this."

We also received some pictures from Germany. See here the variety show of Hassinger Orchideen

Jasmin Hassinger of Hassinger with their novelty Orlette 2

On the left: : new colour group of Phalaenopsis: purple/blueish. On the rigth: new colour group of Phalaenopsis: green

Epiphytic cocos orchid on a tree, at Hassinger.