It has been 75 age since Royal Van Zanten first begin breeding Freesia . Its breeding program has seen many successes and high points over the years . This year is in fact a dual solemnization : besides nock 75 years of Freesia breeding , Royal Van Zanten ’s Freesia Vivre has won the Goemans Trophy , presented this week at Van hideaway Bos Flowerbulbs . The award shine a igniter on the passion Royal Van Zanten demo for Freesia every day .
Freesia Vivre succeed Goemans Trophy The Goemans Trophy rewards the travail and mania that have characterise Royal Van Zanten ’s oeuvre every day for the preceding 75 yr . The livid twice - flower Freesia Vivre is think for a large section and is high yielding . This newcomer can be grown uniformly and in effect . It is an super stable variety show for the future tense with a gamey consumer value . The flower has a vase life of up to 14 days . Freesia Vivre is three weeks faster than established varieties , with uniform , impregnable branches , and should also be suited for warmer regions . Freesia Vivre is exclusively available from Van den Bos Flowerbulbs , a company that constantly makes an significant contribution to propagating and developing Freesia . Royal Van Zanten ’s exclusive collaborationism with Van den Bos Flowerbulbs has ensured optimum cross - pollination for many years .
Wil van Aert – Teamleader genteelness
Freesia highlights in chronicle Freesia was first key out by the botanist Johannes Burman in 1768 . Royal Van Zanten began breed Freesia in 1946 , after the war , and go on to introduce its first double Freesia , Fantasy , in 1962 . The direction over the next few year was on computer virus - free varieties . Production is another region in which the gardening industry has not stood still , and in the eighties we saw the reaching of acculturation inflammation , which impacts positively on Freesia . In subsequent yr Royal Van Zanten highly-developed varieties with a long vase life and speedy growth , including the Rapid Series .
The past 25 years Over the preceding 25 twelvemonth , enormous strides have been made by combining innovative output techniques and breeding programs . Several well - known potpourri were developed at Royal Van Zanten during this period , include Soleil , Belleville and Essence . The development of heating plant - tolerant varieties also go forward , resulting in the Beach Series , which is at this moment also suitable for force polish . The past ten years have been characterized by these developments , with plants being grown sustainably and in entirely unopen grow systems , a cultivation method designed to give grower full control over the crop . With this method acting , we no longer see any conflict between spring and fall cultivation , and Freesia with foliage will make its appearance . Besides these new development , Royal Van Zanten invests invariably in greenhouse cultivation , a fine instance of which is the newfangled threefold white Freesia Vivre .
