At the Trade Fair Aalsmeer , HBA ( Hydrangea Breeders Association ) is putting the Royal Palace and Royal Parade in the limelight . Two new , single - flower dress miscellany . Agrion Director Jaap Stelder notes there is a lot of interest in HBA ’s slashed hydrangea . ‘ We are convey true phenomena to market . ’
HBA novelties at Trade Fair Aalsmeer : Royal Palace classic and Royal Parade blue angel
In September , Royal Palace already attracted a wad of involvement at the National Summer Flowers Show in Naaldwijk . The selection was nominated for the Stimuflori Innovation Award and the specialist jury present it a score of 9.50 , the secondly mellow grade of all competing hydrangea . ‘ Royal Palace is something truly extra ’ , Stelder says , as he walks among the plant life in the greenhouse in De Kwakel . ‘ The keep quality is special . Feel how firm these flowers are ’ , he say , lay his hand on a flowerhead . ‘ In a vase , these stems are will easy last four weeks . And the colour evolution of the cup - mold flowers is so beautiful , through to a deep ruby in autumn . ’ Royal Palace is a proficient pruning variety . It is leisurely to tame , easy to blue and it bloom comparatively too soon . The flowers are slightly low in comparison to other varieties . The yield per square metre is relatively high .
Large quantitiesStelder walk over to a section of the greenhouse contain Royal Parade , the second cut flower hydrangea introduced by HBA at the Trade Fair . He shows the longsighted stems and the large , even flowerhead . This variety will invoke to growers , he thinks . ‘ Parade is easy to develop . It is a real pruning diverseness , which flower on fresh vegetal shoot without unproductive branch in summer . With its deep blue flowers that continue to change colouring through fall , I see Royal Parade as a popular diversity for large amount . It is a variety that will be capable to compete well with other blue hydrangeas . ’
BrowsingIn De Kwakel , HBA has reserved space for develop young plants from freshness . Annually , several thousand young plant of each variety are pot in 14 cm containers . Stelder : ‘ Using those plants , concerned growers can fulfill a lacrimation section to become acquainted with our newfangled smorgasbord . If it is to their liking , expectant quantity can after be rate from our propagator . ’
To stimulate the market even more , and to introduce interested party to the new survival , HBA has recently started offering several varieties for auction in Aalsmeer . This concerns small quantity of genuine freshness . ‘ We do n’t want to be a producer ’ , Stelder emphasises . ‘ The aim is to advance growers and exporter to browse through the novelties we can volunteer . ’
For more selective information : Hydrangea Breeders AssociationAchterweg 58aNL-1424 PR De KwakelNetherlands[email protected]www.hydrangeabreeders.nl
