Plantarium|Groen Direkt 2023

Sam Dubbeldam and Natalia Agneza of Sjaak van Schie. With the 'grow your own hydrangea' for garden centres and retail. A hydrangea that can be put down earlier or later in the season so that garden centres or retail can extend its season.

Bart van Diepen of Kwekerij van Diepen. Grows grasses hebe, conica and perennials in Marknesse.

Schneider Youngplants was exhibiting at Plantarium for the first time this year. "Our range of perennials from cuttings has expanded so much that it is now definitely interesting to participate in this fair." In the picture: Evert-Jan Luijtjes.

Brigitte Berwijk of Jonkers Elshout with the Hebe Addenda. The third year they are growing with this in the Addenda collective.

Jeroen Persoon and Tim Hoeksema of Evanthia. Jeroen with the Eucalyptus Citriodora, not only relieves the airways, also repels mosquitoes. Citriodora is part of a series of 12 species. Tim with the Cordyline Redstar, also part of a series of 12, exclusive species.

Hartwig and Ulrike of Bull Plant Genetics present Suncatcher, SunMagic and SunBeckia. This German company breeds these varieties and is seeing strong demand worldwide.

Erik Deckers of Braspenning & Co with the Rhododendron Hans Hachmann.

Pierre Demesmaeker of FotoCCar next to the 'Specials' trolley, a trolley with personalized background color.

Jules Vegter of Handelskwekerij vander Velden with their begonias. They import cuttings from Central America, distribute them to growers. They also sell their products, including these begonias at their nursery in Sint Oedenrode, the Netherlands.

Daan van Sleeuwen of Sneijersplant with the Liriope, a good running product. Sneijersplant sells plants for visual and landscaping uses.

Roel Straathof of J. Straathof with the hypericum. They grow a lot of outdoor buxus and Ilex and in autumn hebe and these hypericums he is standing next to.

Brothers Thijs and Ruud Blom of Dick Blom with the Pernettya, a product they have in different sizes (10.5, 12 and 14cm) and deliver from weeks 33-44.

Roald van Wezel of FN Kempen, a perennial nursery in Mijdrecht, the Netherlands.

Patrick le Maître of Verhagen Leiden. They have been manufacturing industrial hoovers for 60 years. New is this wireless industrial hoover, the Comzu F3313 Battery. In an hour you can vacuum an area of 2500 m2.

Chantal van Tol of Salix Nursery Bontekoe, next to the Salix Flamingo, one of their best-sellers.

Feico Smith and Joren de Wachter of Plant Select, a producer of in vitro young plants.

Martijn van Klaveren of VanLint and Hebe Center Holland. Hebe All Blooms is their first Hebe that they grow 100% peat free. Very interesting for the UK market. More varieties will follow soon, says Martijn.

Edwin Schuddebeurs of W. Schuddebeurs, a conifers and hedera nursery.

Sacha de Jonge of Grafilabel, do everything in labelling.

Arie van Loon and Inge van Doormalen of Arie Bauman next to the Corrine's Choice roses

Alec Charais of Endless Summer and First Editions with the new hydrangea Eclipse in Forst Editions. Endless Summer and First Editions are US brands introduced in Europe almost 20 years ago.

Raymond Evison of Raymond Evision Clematis and Guernsey Clematis Nurseries visited the fair.

Rudolf Hopmans and Dirk van Diepen of Colour Your Season. One of the products in the spotlight in the stand is the Hebe Addenda, with which they are in full season.

Mark Swinkels and Aad Luijnenburg of Vitelia, an arboricultural supplier throughout the Netherlands.

Leon van Erven and Jacco Bos of Vitro Westland, a tissue culture producer of perennials, among other products. Plug trade is for European sales and lab plants are traded worldwide.

During the fair, food and drinks were generously replenished.

The men of African Roots, from left to right Paul Zwinkels, Rien van Hemert, and Hans Bentvelsen. Paul with one of their own selection Gazanias, Rien with, new to African Roots' selection, Salvia nemorosa Rianne Purple, and Hans with the Chrysanthemum white.

Olga Stärz, Arno Rijnbeek and Tommy Vermeulen of Rijnbeek. The whole concept is with climate adaptive plants from the Climate Gardeners brand. These have been grown in peat-free soil (developed in-house) for 2 years.

Here a banner at the Rijnbeek booth with more information on peat-free cultivation.

Peter Willemsen of Heutinck Nursery, a perennial nursery in the Netherlands and Germany supplying mainly wholesale.

The IPM Essen team promoting the IPM ESSEN 2024. This takes place from 23-26 January.

Dave van der Heiden of De Jong Plant next to the Magical revolution hydrangea.

Always time for a snack and a drink while meeting and networking.

Father and son, Tom and Viktor Leybaert of Leybaert, a rhododendron nursery in Belgium.

Pieter Koen of Cacti Youngplants also visited the fair.

Frank van der Aar and Dümmen Orange's Ted van Dijk also came to take a look.

The team of Hemert en Co Zaden, who presented, among other things, a new range of Salvia (pictured bottom left)

Femke de Jong and John Frederiks of Griffoen make work of tea. Tea is not new at the nursery, but they have been increasingly expanding it with the brand Tea Herbs in recent years

Jolanda Steenvoorden and Inge Schalke of MPS were at the fair, among others, to make the 'HortiFootprint Calculator' better known

Bram Mathot is well into berries. The trays are now fitted with a protective collar, which prevents plants from snagging on the trolley

Jens de Clery of Andeschflower, which in recent years is also best known in the market for its herb brand Herbachef

Aluminium is better than steel, in the sense that water, which is collected via the gutters and then has to serve as pouring water again, cannot then contain rust. So lately, Rovero Systems has been building more and more with a new aluminium gutter. Pictured are Reijer van den Herik and Jan van Hemert.

Tom Brand has recently joined Streng Growers and supports Ronald Streng there in sales

Renate of German tree nursery Aflora, which works together with breeder Edens Plants & Creations, among others

Rene Verspuij of Ronald Moerings Waterplants. The plants not only find their way to consumers for a long time, but also increasingly to e.g. municipalities, which have the importance of clean (and beautiful) water features (ponds, ditches, canals etc.) high on their agenda

Full house, the organisation was expecting around 3,000 visitors.

Mark van Velzen, Victor Vijverberg and Bert de Zeeuw of Freight Line Europe, which has been transporting more and more flowers and plants in recent years, especially in the UK. A new logo & slogan were also presented at the fair

The majority of visitors came from the Netherlands, with German clearly the second language on the exhibition floor, and smaller numbers of visitors from all over the world

Half of the fair traditionally consists of a 'layers fair', tables presenting the assortment of all growers affiliated with Groen Direkt

Evelien and Teunis Versteeg of Kwekerij de Liesvelden, with an old auction trolley on the left, on tw

Edwin Meijer and Patrick Tarek of Garden Connect

Henk Hanskamp is inventor and creator of urinebank.nl. The dairy farmer has nowhere to go and cow urine - the vase on the table contains apple juice, by the way - is a natural and 'pure' fertiliser. 1 and 1 is 2, 'we should not work against nature but let it do its job' and use precious nutrients effectively.

Aart Westdijk on behalf of Rosen Tantau, which markets its varieties medium/via a wide range of dealers

Demi van der Voort of Dijkshoorn Bleiswijk, which since the beginning of this year has started Rechain Recycling, a subsidiary company where customers can rent containers in different sizes.

The men from Pöppelmann Teku, who are committed to recycle as completely as possible with the Baseline brand

Laurens Kortleve of Jungheim Nurseries specialises in a wide range of fruit trees.

Chantal van der Muren of Evergreen Rocky Plants, together with Tim van der Mout of the Sales management department at Royal FloraHolland, who recently lent a hand in sales

Helma van der Louw announces the winners of the novelty award (the Green Retail Awards)

In the Best Novelty category, Valkplant BV from Hazerswoude-Dorp won with its entry Diervilla splendens 'G2X88544VAR' (KODIAK® MIXX)

Daniëlle Houdijk of Varb, as you can see 'the largest trade platform in outdoor greenery' which is now also accessible from mobile or tablet

Mitchelle van Rijsoort of Luiten Greenhouses, which has recently seen the demand for 32 mm insulation decks (polycarbonate) at garden centres grow rapidly

Daan van Lier and Naud Stappers of Novarbo

Chris Bolwijn and Jan Marijnis (Sales management Royal FloraHolland) have a nice assortment of Skimmias on the shelf

At the entrance, visitors were given the opportunity to vote for what they thought was the most beautiful novelty.

Erik van Wijk and Martin Cromwijk of Van Nifterik

Nienke van Waaij and Marylène Buitenhuis present the assortment of Koos Buitenhuis Boomkwekerij

Robin van der Meer and Co Overduin of HilverdaFlorist gave some extra attention to the Garvinea Sweet Blaze. The first yellow-orange bicoloured Garnvinea, was introduced during FlowerTrials this year. The variety is characterized by its compactness and good shelf life.

John Duijvestijn of Broere Irrigation with their Solem installation. The Solum installation is a crane control system without cabling.

Peter van den Hem and Steef de Lange promote their Pia and Gigi potted roses. The Pia and Gia are the Pink and Red-white, double-coloured pot roses. Both varieties are available in pot sizes 10.5 and 7cm.

Delphy's trials of peat-free growing and LED were highlighted by Arie Schipper.

Roy van Kester of Amigra was at the fair with the new stand and the new ferns; Arachnoides Arisata "Variegata" and the Scolo Pendrium. Of course, their Festuca Glauca Intens Blue was also well displayed. All the products in their blue pots make for a luxurious appearance.

On the stand of Schneider Youngplants, Hans Olij of Dummen stood together with the Schneider team.

Jerrie van Leeuwen and Ewoud van Meeuwissen of Addenda gave extra focus to their Petita Hebe Addenda Line and the Donna Alina. The Donna Alina is a small flowered short plant that blooms until late autumn.

Addenda's Dona Alina won a bronze medalle for best novelty.

Breeder Claus Geissler of Garden Girls together with grower Markus Hemmje at the fair to show their products.

The new varieties resulting from the collaboration the Fluffy, Ewigheid, Sunset Tiren and Herbstlavender.

Frank Mathijssen of Hedge to Go expanded the range last year and was at the fair with the new ready-made hedges. The main product is the Hedera Hebernica. Frank received a lot of good response to the concept.

Martijn and Nadja Slappendel of Nursery Slappendel with their Sedummix. Martijn is the third generation of family Slappendel dedicated to growing nice quality rock plants.

Lia van Wely, Jories Pater and Leen Konijn of Leen Konijn Nursery. Leen Konijn on the right with the Albizia. One of more 300 products grown at the nursery.

Kris and Christoh of FlorAmor in their element.

Thijs and Dick Blom of Dick Blom nurseries visited Jan Bakker of Kwakker Naak Nursery.