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AGRIOM/HBA STARTS ITS OWN SELECTION GARDEN IN LIMURU, KENYA

De Kwakel, May 2024 – Agriom/HBA launches its own selection site in Limuru, Kenya. The selection location will serve as a trial site where various cut flower crops (such as delphinium, hydrangea, roses, and alstroemeria) will be cultivated and selected under local conditions. As different crops are being tested, both

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SHARING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HYDRANGEA FOR CUT FLOWER PRODUCTION

De Kwakel, April 2024 – This season, HBA is conducting several trials in hydrangea for cut flower production. These include a trial with biostimulants, an old wood trial to provide flowers early in the season, and various pinching trials where we pinch HBA varieties early or late in the growing season.

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SAVE THE DATE: JUNE 13TH 2024 HBA HYDRANGEA NIGHT

De Kwakel, February 2024 – We are looking forward to Flower Trials 2024. As usual, HBA organizes during the Flower Trials week on Thursday (June 13th) the Hydrangea Night. Save the date. A personal invitation will follow soon. www.hydrangeabreeders.nl  

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READY FOR IPM 2024: BLOOMING HYDRANGEAS IN WINTER TIME

De Kwakel, January 2024 – Jan ten Brinke from Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) has loaded his car and is ready to travel to IPM 2024 in Essen, Germany. At the fair, starting tomorrow Tuesday January 23, we will present hydrangea pot varieties Bianco, Tabletensia improved, Floria blue and many others. It

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ON SHOW IN MANTS: NEW EARLY FLOWERING HYDRANGEA FROM HBA

De Kwakel, January 2024 – From January 10 – 12, HBA was present at MANTS, the Mid-Atlantic Nursery Trade Show in Baltimore, USA. Together with Aldershot Greenhouses, a well-known quality hydrangea grower of cuttings, pre-finished and finished products, we presented a display of various pot hydrangea plants. New on show

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HBA IS EXPANDING IN SURFACE AREA AND ACTIVITIES

De Kwakel, December 2023 – Recently HBA acquired the location Achterweg 48 at De Kwakel. Together with ErfGoedFloor we are transforming the greenhouse to meet our technical requirements. They are installing a new cultivation floor and state-of-the-art watering system. At the beginning of December the floor will be ready, at

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INVITATION: VISIT THE HBA SHOW GREENHOUSE IN DE KWAKEL

De Kwakel, September 2023 – The cut hydrangeas in the greenhouse of breeder HBA in De Kwakel show their colors from fresh to classic. We invite cut hydrangea growers to visit us and have a look for themselves. You are very welcome. Please make an appointment with: Jaap Stelder, tel.

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FAMILY MEILAND BAPTIZE HBA GARDEN HYDRANGEA CODE ROSÉ

De Kwakel, June 2023 – Martien Meiland and Erica Renkema, famous from the Dutch television program Chateau Meiland, christened their own garden hydrangea on Tuesday 20 June. The garden hydrangea was bred by the Hydrangea Breeders Association (HBA) and named Code Rosé. The name refers to the guest house in Noordwijk

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