Now that the season is start up again and the greenhouse is step by step turning lustrous red , it ’s all hands on deck at Skimmia Nursery Bolwijn in the Netherlands . A good moment to take a look behind the scenes at this exclusive intersection , of which Chris and his wife Mariëlle Bolwijn only market their own , unequaled varieties .
Jan Marijnis and Chris Bolwijn
Back in the late 1950s , Chris ' father started a plant nursery in Putten , the Netherlands . First , it was all done in open undercoat , but after , he take off using pot with a size of it of 7 curium . In 1982 , they moved to a larger 6 - hectare baby’s room , and around 2010 , the company moved to its current locating in the Netherlands , IJsselmuiden .
A ocean of berry , which are now chop-chop turning cherry-red
When Chris link up the company in the early 1990s , he was given the skimmia as a giving from his male parent , so to speak . crossway and breeding became one of his interests , and after horticultural schooltime in Boskoop , he was capable to work with it full - time . " In those days , we still had a bombastic assortment , a high turnover , and little income . That had to change , I thought , and I saw opportunities - even then - to full become skimmia specialists . "
Several sort with floweret
And he did . Thirty - three years have exceed since the first crosses , and Skimmia Kwekerij Bolwijn has become known thanks to some exclusive kind from its own breeding . In recent years , skimmias on the stem have also been contribute to the range . This is something that no one had ever marketed before on a commercial-grade ordered series and which has only been possible thanks to a self - developed rootstock on which the plants can be engraft . Currently , the raiser has four miscellany usable ; the industrial plant on the stem turn are market under the name Golden Series .
The Miracle and Illusion on stalk
There is n’t an too large market for skimmias , but there are sure enough other growers . However , the absolute majority of them have focalize on the " standard " skimmia , the so - calledJaponica Rubella , the mother of all skimmias . Only a few have done any crossing and breeding with it , and as far as we know , there is no one on the mart with a comparably declamatory assortment of their own varieties . Bolwijn has about 25 of them , 4 of which can be ingraft on a stem . Two of these have florets , and the other two are Charles Edward Berry - mien .
The Obsession on stem
Plant with a manualIt is unmortgaged that this situation wo n’t change overnight . The plants ' cultivation take a farseeing fourth dimension , it demand horticultural expertise , and growing a uniform good deal of plants is still quite a challenge . Nor is it the easiest ; it is reportedly a sensitive works and requires almost year - daily round attending and criminal maintenance . Chris impale the flora in the summertime ; a year later on , he has young plant . The following yr , these grow flowers , and the year after that , they get Berry . So it always takes at least two , often three , and for the even turgid plant , four years . Moreover , for get Charles Edward Berry , they have to be pollinated , a crucial pace in the physical process that requires extremely specialised expertise .
immature plant embed this year
you could only betray each plant onceIn terms of labor , the agriculturist does everything themselves ; only during potting are some surplus hands needed . Also , Jan Marijnis was brought in from Royal FloraHolland Sales Management four years ago to be in explosive charge of sale . Paradoxically , that marketing is n’t really necessary ; the product is so exclusive that " it will sell itself . " ; the deception is to ensure you always have something in reserve so you are never completely sold out . Also , irrespective of how consonant and good paying they are , you do n’t require to have just a handful of client take on all the plant . Ideally , every garden essence and exclusive florist across Europe should have a few on the shelf and come back for more every year .
Season in full swingThe merchandising time of year is starting now and will continue until around Christmas . During that time , normally , about a third of the crops are taken from the nursery . The residuum is kept until the next year for get prime or more berries or to be grafted onto a bow . They hope to be able to exposit the chain of mountains in the near hereafter .
For more entropy : Skimmia Kwekerij BolwijnChris Bolwijn -[email protected]Jan Marijnis -[email protected]https://bolwijn.com / https://goldseries.eu
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