NEWS ARCHIVE
NOVELTIES IN HBA POT HYDRANGEA CATALOG 2021
De Kwakel, January 2021 – The new pot hydrangea catalog 2021/2022 from HBA contains two novelties that are extremely suitable for use in hanging baskets. In addition, the range has been expanded with the bright white Ice Boy and HBA is introducing two new paniculata: Panenka and Panorama. New from HBA are hydrangeas for hanging baskets: ...
Agriom
February 9, 2021
HBA INNOVATIONS IN SHELF LIFE STUDY 2021
De Kwakel, January 2021 – HBA has a number of new pot hydrangeas in the cold store for 2021. These novelties will be included in the standard shelf life study that HBA carries out at its own location in De Kwakel from February. New in the HBA pot range are Florentina (light pink, double-flowered, suitable for ...
Agriom
January 29, 2021
SURPRISING RESULTS IN PINCHING TRIAL HBA CUT FLOWER HYDRANGEAS
De Kwakel, November 2020 – In 2020 Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) did a pinching trial with cut flower hydrangeas on their test location at Agriom, De Kwakel: two plants of each variety were pinched mid March, two plants were pinched April 1st and two plants were pinched April 15th. The aim was to gain knowledge ...
Agriom
November 10, 2020
ROYAL PALACE AND ROYAL WEDDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT
De Kwakel, 1 September 2020 – There is a new video showing our cut hydrangeas in the HBA test greenhouse in De Kwakel. Curious about how Royal Palace and Royal Wedding look now? Check it out in this video. Assess our varieties yourself We cordially invite cut flower hydrangea growers and relations to take a ...
Agriom
September 1, 2020
PRODUCTION HYDRANGEA YOUNG PLANTS AND VISIT TEST LOCATION
De Kwakel, July 2020 – HBA (Hydrangea Breeders Association) develops hydrangea cut flower varieties. The complete Royal range and new selections are tested at the test location in De Kwakel. Young plants of all Royal varieties are now being cultivated, to be delivered to interested growers in the autumn. In the video Erik van Rossum ...
Agriom
July 1, 2020
CATCH UP ON THE HBA VIP EVENT AT AGRIOM
De Kwakel, June 2020 – HBA looks back on a successful VIP event in week 24 at Agriom in De Kwakel. Quite a few relations could be greeted and brought up to date with a nice presentation of about sixty HBA varieties, including some promising new selections. The hydrangeas were grown as a garden plant ...
Agriom
June 24, 2020
OPEN DAYS AT WAC, NAIVASHA FROM 26TH TILL 28TH FEBRUARY
Naivasha – February 2020 – Rose breeders WAC BV are having open days from Wednesday 26th till Friday 28th of February. During this three-day event, the rose varieties and particularly new varieties will take center stage. This year, WAC presents two new red varieties, several yellows and a pink for the first time. “We shall ...
Agriom
February 27, 2020
GLAZEN TULP 2020: HBA HYDRANGEA ROYAL ANASTASIA AWARDED 2ND PRIZE
De Kwakel, January 2020 – With the double flowered hydrangea cut flower Royal Anastasia, Hydrangea Breeders Association achieved a beautiful second prize on 16 January in Aalsmeer in the category best market introduction of cut flowers 2019 in the Glass Tulip competition of Royal FloraHolland. Jaap Stelder and Erik van Rossum received the prize, a ...
Agriom
January 21, 2020
HBA SHOWS A SELECTION OF ROYAL CUT FLOWER HYDRANGEAS AT TRADE FAIR AALSMEER BOOTH 22.18
De Kwakel, 4 November 2019 – From 6 to 8 November you are welcome in our booth 22.18 in hall 2 at the Trade Fair in Aalsmeer. Discover the possibilities and benefits of our HBA varieties. Jaap Stelder and Jan ten Brinke would like to meet you. Cast you vote for Glass Tulip Award HBA ...
Agriom
November 4, 2019
HIGHLY RATED ROYAL PALACE AT SUMMER FLOWER EXHIBITION IN NAALDWIJK
De Kwakel, 16 september 2019 – The beautifully autumn coloured HBA variety Royal Palace Classic has been nominated at the Naaldwijk Summer Flower Exhibition for the prestigious Stimuflori Innovation Award. This special prize is awarded for a novelty with the best market potential. Apart from the exceptional colour this variety was nominated due to its ...
Agriom
September 16, 2019
ALDERSHOT GREENHOUSES AND HBA: GAME CHANGERS ON THE AMERICAN MARKET
De Kwakel, July 2019 – More exciting and better. That is the motivation for Aldershot Greenhouses in Ontario, Canada to supply pre-finished hydrangeas from the breeding program of the Dutch/German Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) to growers in Canada and the US. ‘We put game changers on the market.’ Len Vander Lugt from Aldershot welcomes you ...
Agriom
July 10, 2019
11-14 JUNE: FLOWERTRIALS AT AGRIOM
De Kwakel, June 2019 -During the FlowerTrials® 2019 our doors are open for you. We present the newest developments in breeding Hydrangea, Mandevilla, Kalanchoe and pot roses and various pot and garden plants. Take a glimpse at the test location of our cut flower hydrangeas. Welcome at our showhouse and greenhouses at Achterweg 58a in ...
Agriom
June 5, 2019
VIEW ON ROYAL HYDRANGEA CUT FLOWERS FROM HBA AT TRIAL SITE AGRIOM
De Kwakel, May 2019 – A cheerful, sunny picture from our HBA trial siteat Agriom in De Kwakel. The new Royal cut flower hydrangea varieties and selections are now growing fast, the first selections are already flowering! We therefore warmly invite growers of cut flower hydrangeas to take a look at Achterweg 54 in De ...
Agriom
May 15, 2019
AGRIOM STARTS GLOBAL SALES OF BOUGAINVILLEA CUTTINGS FROM DE WINTERTUIN
De Kwakel, May 2019 – Nursery De Wintertuin in De Lier handed over sales of their bougainvillea cuttings to Agriom in De Kwakel. The two Dutch companies have been working together for years. Together they developed a number of new bougainvillea varieties through mutation breeding. De Wintertuin grows seven different colours of bougainvillea (AA Collection) ...
Agriom
May 13, 2019
WEBSITE DIFFERENCE ROSES ONLINE
De Kwakel, April 2019 – Difference Roses, the partnership between breeding company Agriom and HPD potplanten in De Kwakel has launched their own website: www.differenceroses.nl, with a varied selection of bright coloured pot roses for indoor, patio and terrace. The cooperation between HPD and Agriom in De Kwakel is the solid foundation on which Difference Roses ...
Agriom
April 24, 2019
SHELF LIFE TEST FIXED PART HBA HYDRANGEAS
De Kwakel, March 2019 – Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) by definition supplies varieties that have a good shelf life. To fulfil this promise, keeping quality tests at one’s own location in De Kwakel are a fixed part of the selection procedure. Pot plant expert Jan ten Brinke opens the door to the test room. On long ...
Agriom
March 20, 2019
WAC OPENS NEW TRIAL SITES IN ECUADOR AND COLOMBIA
De Kwakel, February 2019 – WAC has opened new trial sites for roses in Ecuador and Columbia. In 2018 several hundred WAC selections were planted at both sites. “ During the open days in March, we will be proud to present them to potential customers’’, says Agriom director Jaap Stelder. He enthusiastically shows photos on ...
Agriom
February 26, 2019
ROSES ON SHOW : OPEN DAYS AT WAC IN NAIVASHA
Naivasha, 20 February 2019 – WAC will be having open days at their trial house in Naivasha, Kenya on Thursday February 28 and Friday March 1. “We will be showing all our latest rose selections including the first viewing of the 2019 selections”, says Richard McGonnell, Sales Manager at WAC. “For those that may not know ...
Agriom
February 20, 2019
HBA STARTS NEW TRIAL SITE OF CUT FLOWER HYDRANGEAS IN COLOMBIA
De Kwakel, 9 February 2019 – Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) in De Kwakel has started a trial site with cut flower hydrangeas in Colombia. In the new trial site, HBA planted fifty selections so they can be tested under local growing conditions, “The market requires new shapes and colours, which we are eager to deliver”, ...
Agriom
February 11, 2019
FIRST CUT FLOWER HYDRANGEA GROWER IN BRAZIL CHOOSES HBA RANGE
De Kwakel, 2 January 2019 – Brazilian grower Adriano van Rooyen will focus on growing hydrangeas for cut flowers chosen from the Tropical series offered by Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) in De Kwakel. Van Rooyen has been breeding roses in Holambra and Andradas for many years but is taking a new direction by shifting the ...
Agriom
January 2, 2019
BRAZILIAN GROWERS SEE FUTURE AHEAD FOR KALANCHOE SELECTIONS FROM PERFECTA BREEDING
De Kwakel, 18 December 2018 – Perfecta Breeding, the cooperative partnership of Lankhaar Nursery in Bleiswijk and breeding company Agriom in De Kwakel, is expanding the growing area in Brazil with new Kalanchoe selections. “Our genetics are supremely suitable for cultivation in South Amerika’’, says Agriom’s Jaap Stelder, who visited Holambra at the end of ...
Agriom
December 20, 2018
NEW SUNNY CITIES HIBISCUS FOR SOUTH EUROPE ON THE HORIZON
De Kwakel, November 2018 – At the end of November, breeding company Agriom selected 12 hibiscus varieties from the cloning trials at Piante Keicher in Italy for the Hibiscus Working Group. Following a second, extensive phase of trials a number of these new varieties will be made available for growers in South Europe in 2020. ...
Agriom
November 26, 2018
NEW HYDRANGEA CUT FLOWERS FROM HBA AND DEWI DELPHINIUM AT TRADE FAIR AALSMEER
De Kwakel, 5 November 2018 – From 7 – 9 November we welcome you in our HBA stand 19.18 in Hall 2 at the FloraHolland Trade Fair Aalsmeer. New are the double-flowered Royal Kiss and Royal Anastasia and the single blue Royal Parade. Just like the other Royal varieties – our winter pruning series – ...
Agriom
November 5, 2018
WORLDWIDE TEST LOCATIONS HBA CUT FLOWER HYDRANGEAS
De Kwakel, 17 October 2018 – Hydrangea Breeders Association actively develops cut flower hydrangea for various climatological areas. Apart from the moderate North-Western European climate zone for which varieties like Royal Kiss and Royal Benefit were introduced, HBA is specifically developing varieties for production areas around the Equator. Due to the huge differences in climate ...
Agriom
October 17, 2018
WAC WINS PRIZES AT ROOOZ CONTEST WITH PIXIE AND PINK SWIFT
Naivasha, 27 September 2018 – At the Naivasha Horticultural Fair, Bert Middelkoop from Zuurbier International announced the winners of the ROOOZ contest 2018. 29 intermediates and 36 large-flowered varieties participated in the competition for the best African grown rose. At the show, held in June in the Historical Garden in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands, more than ...
Agriom
September 27, 2018
NEW TEST LOCATION CUT HYDRANGEA
De Kwakel, 29th August – It took a couple of months of preparation time, but now the test location of the HBA cut hydrangeas is ready. The HBA varieties and promising selections are presented at the location of Agriom in De Kwakel, The Netherlands. Hydrangea growers are being invited to get acquainted with the strong ...
Agriom
August 29, 2018
5 JULY OPEN DOOR DAY HBA HYDRANGEA CUTFLOWERS
HBA welcomes interested growers of hydrangea cutflowers at the HBA test location at Tom de Bruijn’s nursery in ‘s-Gravenzande, Westland. Thursday 5 July, location: Groeneweg 28. From 7-9 pm the flower trials of existing HBA varieties and promising hydrangeas can be visited. The HBA team will be delighted to inform you about the growth characteristics ...
Agriom
June 27, 2018
DELPHINIUM DEWI PRODUCTION IN FULL SWING AT NICO WIGCHERTS’ FARM
Noordwijkerhout- 7 June 2018 Nico Wigchert is harvesting his successful Delphinium Dewi assortment at full flow. Due to remarkably nice weather his outdoor production has picked up considerably. Nevertheless he has spent some time with a guest from Guatemala who is setting up the production of this Series in this Central-American country. Overwhelmed by the ...
Agriom
June 8, 2018
WEEK 24: WELCOME AT THE FLOWERTRIALS AT AGRIOM, 12-15 JUNE
Get inspired and inform yourself about our assortment and the latest developments. Our staff will be present to answer your questions. Take a look in advance at the FlowerTrials website for a sneak preview and registrate online via FlowerTrials-Agriom
Agriom
June 5, 2018
HBA INTRODUCES ROYAL HYDRANGEA CUT FLOWER
De Kwakel, 17 May 2018 – As if the British royal family knew that Hydrangea Breeders Association would introduce its new hydrangea flower Royal Kiss around week 20 … It just cannot be a coincidence that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will give each other the wedding kiss this weekend! The Royal Kiss cut flower ...
Agriom
May 17, 2018
COLORFUL START OF THE GARDEN SEASON WITH KANMARA® HYDRANGEAS
Enjoy the beauty of Kanmara® Splendour. from May till October. Available in...
Agriom
April 23, 2018
TABLETENSIA® SPECIAL PRIZE WINNER AT IPM 2018
The jury report: The Tabletensia® ‘Saxtabdar’ is convincing due to its special growth form...
Agriom
February 15, 2018
CLIMATE SPECIFIC HIBISCUS ‘SUNNY CITIES’ BY AGRIOM
Mid October Agriom and the participants in “The Hibiscus Group” visited Southern Italy to...
Agriom
October 25, 2017