De Kwakel, March 2025 – Amid his flourishing cut hydrangeas, Brazilian grower Adriano van Rooyen looks confidently to the future. Together with his daughter Camilla and her partner Lucas Salomons, he now cultivates cut hydrangeas on 7 hectares, including several varieties from HBA’s Tropical assortment. Jaap Stelder from HBA recently visited
De Kwakel, February 2025 – In the last week of January hydrangea specialist Sjoerd Ederveen and breeder Niels Arts visited Agriom’s selection garden in Limuru, Kenya. The two men evaluated all the cops at the trial garden and Niels made selections. On the whole the crops look very promising. Sjoerd finds
De Kwakel, January 2025 – Breeder HBA introduces the new catalogue 2025/2026 with the complete assortment of pot and garden hydrangeas. The catalogue also contains an overview of the paniculatas developed by HBA. Check it out! Visit the HBA-website www.hydrangeabreeders.nl for further information or download a version of the catalogue
De Kwakel, January 2025 – From Tuesday, January 28, to Friday, January 31, HBA will be present at the IPM trade fair in Essen, Germany. We warmly welcome you to visit our booth in Hall 1, B35. We are excited to showcase some potted hydrangeas from our assortment, including Code
De Kwakel, January 2025 – Martijn Kuiper has been working as a commercial manager at breeder HBA in De Kwakel since January. HBA is part of the Agriom group. With Martijn’s arrival, the complete sales team at HBA now consists of three members. Initially, Martijn will focus primarily on commercial
De Kwakel, January 2025 – Producer Onubafruit and breeder Agriom/FV Selections proudly announce that the blueberry variety DEMBA has been awarded the highest distinction by the International Taste Institute in Brussels. The jury, composed of internationally renowned top chefs, granted Demba 3 stars, classifying it as an extraordinary product. DEMBA
De Kwakel, December 2024 – At this moment the second degree cooperative Onubafruit started with its extra-early blueberry program which is developed in collaboration with Agriom. Onubafruit is one of the leading companies in the production and export of berries. At www.freshplaza.com an interview with Francisco Sánchez, manager of Onubafruit
De Kwakel, November 2024 – Early October Jaap Stelder of Agriom visited several growers in Ecuador who are testing Lovely Temptation. ,,Lovely Temptation is a new variety of WAC International”, he explains. ,,It is a beautiful, bright red, large-flowered rose that does not turn black under high UV exposure. The
De Kwakel, November 2024 – Breeder HBA presents Cloud Hydrangea BLOOMULUS, thé innovative novelty in the Hydrangea paniculata assortment. Characteristic for the BLOOMULUS series are the cloud-like flower heads. The series will be offered in three branded pot sizes: 14 cm, 18 cm and 23 cm, with special emphasis on
De Kwakel, August 2024 – HBA has registered 6 different paniculatas (Pandalus, Pandria, Panflora, Pansana, Pantera and Pantheon) for the Quality Garden Hydrangea Benchmark 2024. The paniculatas are submitted by HBA partner Kötterheinrich. The benchmark is being conducted by the Post Harvest Knowledge Center of Royal FloraHolland (RFH). From week
