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COME TO SEE HIBISCUS SUNNY CITIES AT FLOWER TRIALS 2024

De Kwakel, April 2024 – During the Flower Trials June 11 – 14, 2024 our doors are open for you. Please, feel welcome at our showhouse and greenhouses at Achterweg 58a in De Kwakel. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 08:00-18:00 h. Friday: 08:00-16:00 h. For more information and online registration: www.flowertrials.com. At Flower Trials 2024 we give ...

NEW SUNNY CITIES: HIBISCUS BILBAO AND HIBISCUS PALERMO

De Kwakel, January 2024 – The Hibiscus Werk Groep is thrilled to present two new hibiscus varieties: BILBAO and PALERMO. These two varieties perform outstanding under South-European climate conditions. Bilbao and Palermo are commercially available in 2024. Bilbao has soft white flowers with a red/pink almost fluorescent heart that attracts the eye. Palermo has bright ...

PLAN YOUR VISIT: 13 – 16 JUNE 2023 FLOWER TRIALS AT AGRIOM

De Kwakel, April 2023 -During the FlowerTrials® 2023 our doors are open for you. We present the newest developments in breeding Hibiscus. Please, feel welcome at our showhouse and greenhouses at Achterweg 58a in De Kwakel. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 08:00-18:00 h. Friday: 08:00-16:00 h. For more information and online registration: www.flowertrials.com.    

NEW SUNNY CITIES HIBISCUS VARIETIES FOR SOUTH EUROPE ON THE HORIZON

Latina, November 2018 – Breeding company Agriom from De Kwakel selected 12 hibiscus varieties from the cloning trials at Piante Keicher in Italy for the Hibiscus Group at the end of November. After a second, extended test phase, part of the new varieties will become available to South European growers in 2020. “They are all ...

AGRIOM’S CLIMATE-SPECIFIC HIBISCUS ‘SUNNY CITIES’

Agriom and the Hibiscus Working Group proudly present the first new selections from their climate-specific breeding programme for the Sunny Cities line. In trials at the Piante Keicher nursery in Latina in Italy, the varieties Funchal, Sorrento, Sabaudia, Première, Lucca, Torino and San Remo Improved were found to be the most promising for cultivation in ...