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What To Plant In The Garden Next Autumn?
What To Plant In The Garden Next Autumn?
The busy times are almost over. It’s time to think about what to plant in the garden this season. Read more...
Flower Bulbs with Special Names
Flower Bulbs with Special Names
There are a lot of those, all for different reasons. It could be a historical event, a love letter, they can be named after someone or something, or it could... Read more...
Organic Flower Bulbs
Organic Flower Bulbs
Growing organic flower bulbs is not an easy task, but no one does it better than John Huiberts of Huiberts Organic Flower Bulbs. Read more...
Cleaning and counting of daffodil bulbs
Cleaning and counting of daffodil bulbs
The daffodils finally have all been dug and are currently stored in the Fluwel warehouse. That means that it’s time for the real fun to start: the cleaning and counting of... Read more...
The use of chemicals in flower bulbs
The use of chemicals in flower bulbs
Every now and then someone will ask me about the use of chemicals in the cultivation of flower bulbs, and whether the flower bulbs Fluwel sells have also been exposed... Read more...
“Things never happen the way you expect them to happen”
“Things never happen the way you expect them to happen”
I thought of his words quite often When the Corona crisis started. From one day to another the perspectives for the near future changed completely. Read more...
The Daffodil in Spain
The Daffodil in Spain
Last Winter, I received a phone call from my Daffodil-friend Bryan Duncan. He asked me if I would like to join him on a trip to Spain, to look for... Read more...
The Tulip as a Perennial
The Tulip as a Perennial
One of our most frequently asked questions is: Why does the Tulip not come back for multiple years when so many other flower bulbs do? Read more...
Spring… The garden comes to life. Time to enjoy.
Spring… The garden comes to life. Time to enjoy.
In our Fluwel web shop it is quite obvious that quarantaining has people going out to work in their garden. I really do hope gardening becomes a more popular hobby... Read more...
The American Begonia (also known as the Ameri-hybrids)
The American Begonia (also known as the Ameri-hybrids)
These new Begonias, also known as the Ameri-hybrids, carry new flowers all through the summer and into autumn. Read more...
Flowers… but no visitors
Flowers… but no visitors
What a remarkable year. Luckily, we are able to send out the orders from the Fluwel website, but other than that the warehouse is empty. Read more...
The bunch of Tulips in the supermarket
The bunch of Tulips in the supermarket
I prefer to show you how the bunches of Tulips, you see for sale in the stores during the months of winter, are produced. Read more...