African Roots , which specify in young plants and herb , has added a fresh branch : cut bloom . Two years ago , Highlands Plants ltd in Kenya usher in the cut Agapanthus and last year they summate the Eryngium ' Blue Lagoon ' and Penstemon ' Dark Tower ' .
Eryngium ' Blue Lagoon ' is clearly recognizable by its beautiful gloomy blue coloring . Penstemon ' Dark Tower ' is a new product with limited characteristic due to its beautiful blossoming with light pinkish flower and striking dark red leaf .
" Meanwhile , with the Agapanthus we have become a hope loss leader at the clock at the three FloraHolland positioning by being present every day with a nice yield . The auction , " says Rien van Hermert , " is a good room to put your products on the map . "
Rien has years of experience as a polish and market supervisor , a role he fulfilled for various raiser in Kenya and Ethiopia . The spatial relation as area manager on assignment for various unpacking party in the Netherlands , where the auction plays a fundamental purpose , has played a major part in this .
For the last two years Rien has been work at African Roots and he is occupied with the calibre and sale of cutting . When he suffer Paul Zwinkels , owner of African Roots , and they started talking about the company , they quickly formed a connecter .
African Roots bv is the sales organisation for the Highlands Plants nursery in Kenya and has its office at the Flora Holland heyday auction in Naaldwijk . Highland Plants is situated at 2600 metre altitude . " The climate there is near for what we do , " say Rien . " The high-pitched radiation and cool night let us to mature healthy flora but also peak with acute colours . "
The party ’s main bodily function is to bring forth both unrooted and rooted cut . Over the years , a ok chain of bedding plants , grass , perennials and herbs has been build up . " Through all kinds of innovation in cultivation , the character is constantly improving " , says Rien , " and it is nice to see how the Kenyan management get along with these ontogeny . The range is organise from the Netherlands in consultation with the customers . The fact that heating plant can now also be provide at night means that the options in the orbit are increase . "
In addition to put through improvements in cultivation and blow up the grasp , there is also an center on sustainability . " We are working on the constitutive market for herbs . The knowledge we pull ahead there is very useful in the program of IPM for the other craw radical . We are also operate visitation shipment with our ' rotary ' transport tray , which we plan to scale up in April . This tray is CO2 neutral and has a 50 % better load . Precisely this kind of innovations make the piece of work so beautiful and give much sureness in the time to come , " concludes Rien cheerfully .
For more data : African RootsRien v HemertM : +31 - 683525992E:[email protected]http://www.africanrootsplants.nl
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