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and54 in theNetherlands. TheGerman contingent in
their own homeland includesWesthoff, Kientzler, the
pelargonium specialists Elsner PAC and theprimrose
specialists EbbingLohaus. Selecta-one andDümmen
Orange stage largepresentations both inGermany and in
theNetherlands.
Last year the Flower Trials attractedover 7,000 visitors
from almost 70 countries. Its international appeal is
beyond all doubt, withover aquarter of the footfall from
countries outsideEurope. Australia, SouthAmerica aswell
asNorthChina, Japan andother Far Eastern countrieswill
all be represented.
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the companies involvedwere all Dutch. This is now very
muchhistory. A thirdof theparticipating companies are
fromoutside theNetherlands. No fewer than eleven are
German, while four are Israeli, threeDanish and two
French, andone is from theNewWorld, PanAmerican
Seed from theUSA.
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of the youngplant suppliers that compete in theUK
market place. Examples includeBeekenkamp, Florensis,
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many of thebreeding companieswhose varieties are very
familiar inBritain, with youngplants available through
British youngplant suppliers. PanAmericanSeed and
HilverdaKooij varieties are offeredbyBallColegrave,
Duemmen varieties byNeweyYoungPlants, Selecta-
one varieties byPentlandPlants andSakata varieties by
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SchoneveldBreeding andVarinova there, aswell as
Syngenta. Takii Europe is verywell known for violas,
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the ornamentals breeding company Floranovadoesmost
of its business in the exportmarket. Thompson&Morgan
is a household name in theUK, and also has important
export interests. Channel IslandPlants, with its displays
at Four Oaks and theNational Plant Show holding long-
standing star status, will be exhibiting as usual on the
premises ofMNPFlowers.
Plan a veryworthwhile visit with ease through
the organisersmost informativeweb site
GreenTech TradeShow
This year sees the thirdGreenTechhorticultural
technology trade show, in the sameweek as the Flower
Trials. It will be held at theRAI exhibition centre in
Amsterdam from the 12th to the 14th June. This is a
further reason to think ofmaking a visit to the Flower
Trials. Like them, Greentechwill have a record number
of exhibitors - approaching four hundred - and again like
the Flower Trials it is verymuch an international event.
Around half the 450 companies exhibiting are fromoutside
theNetherlands, CambridgeHOK and theCommercial
Horticultural Association from theUK among them. The
previousGreenTech show, in2016, attractedover 10,000
visitors. In future years it will be held annually.
On theday before the exhibitionopens there is the
GreenTechSummit -
HendriksYoungPlants, fuchsia specialists.
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