Where passion comes to bloom FREESIA Catalogue
Originally from South Africa... flowers The Freesia was discovered in South Africa and is named Our vast collection has been sub-divided into three after the botanist Friedrich Freese around 1830. When segments: the single-flowers, the double-flowers and the we were designing this catalogue we focused on the last segment covers the varieties, which are more roots of the Freesia which began in South-Africa. tolerant of warmer soil temperatures. Since 1946, the Van den Bos team has tried to do our We have regional Account Managers throughout the utmost to deliver to our customers the best quality corms world as well as our own Van den Bos locations in the and cormlets every single day. In the Netherlands we United States, Canada, China and Australia. Our Account have a mother stock greenhouse to ensure we always Managers are genuine specialists and they will support have healthy stocks. you with personal growing advice for your region. You have certainly come to the right address for your Our international offices, agents and representatives are exclusive freesia varieties. We offer freesia varieties from listed in the back of this catalogue. Wherever you are in our own collection and series from leading breeders. You the world, you can count on us! River series high fusarium resistance Let s grow freesias together! Sweet-scented flowers can find our complete range of varieties in this catalogue, carefully selected through the years with feedback from Content our customers. High production Full colour range flowers Page 3-11 flowers Page 12-17 3 varieties Page 18-22 Contact & specifications Page 23-24 Visit us online at www.vandenbos.com
Dukaat Serrada Gold River Sunshine Le Chateau flowers 4 5 Yellow Passion
Alba River Champagne Crystal River Albertville Diamond River flowers 6 7 Avalanche
White River Pink Passion White Serenade Toulouse Monaco flowers 8 9 Valence
Blue Moon Red Passion Castor Red River Delta River flowers 10 11 Rubina River
Clarissa flowers High quality Heavy stems Sweet-scented flowers Full colour range Grandeur 12 13 Marseille
Soleil Excellent Orangina Ventura Cassis flowers 14 15 Versailles
Expression Ancona Annecy Mandarine Blue Sensation flowers 16 17 Red Bell
varieties Summer More heat tolerance Soil cooling not necessary Improved quality in warmer climates Shorter crop time Sweet-scented flowers Full colour range Sunny 18 19 Long
Avignon Belleville Bon Bini Essence Indigo 20 varieties 21 Paloma
Polar River Contact information Freesia Office Silver The Netherlands Daan Vermeer Account Manager Mike van der Knaap Account Manager Bert Kruijswijk Customer Service Freesia daan.vermeer@vandenbos.com mike.vdknaap@vandenbos.com bert.kruijswijk@vandenbos.com T +31 174 612 129 M +31 653 366 694 T +31 174 612 183 M +31 628 643 414 T +31 174 612 160 F +31 174 612 122 International Offices Australia Haye Radersma Managing Director Australia haye.radersma@vandenbos.com T +61 3 9752 1010 M +61 4 6748 9839 F +61 3 9752 1024 Canada Edwin de Geus Managing Director Canada edwin.degeus@flamingoholland.ca T +1 519 448 4466 M +1 519 758 4109 F +1 519 448 3211 Blossom China Tricia Tang-Van der Borg Sales Director Asia tricia.tang.van.der.borg@vandenbos.com T +86 010 8516 4655 M +86 130 1183 6887 U.S.A. Robin van der Schaaf Managing Director U.S.A. robin@flamingoholland.com T +1 760 734 1033 M +1 760 802 3266 F +1 760 727 1173 Agents Austria, Bulgaria 22 M +31 651 360 563 23 Germany, Hungary Tjerk Gardenier t.gardenier@hortiplus.nl F +31 297 367 677 Switzerland Costa Poland France Magdalena Lefevre lefevremagda@gmail.com M +48 602 370 026 M +33 613 932 028 www.vandenbos.com @vandenbosbulbs @vandenbosflower
Where passion comes to bloom Van den Bos Freesia B.V. Dijkweg 115 2675 AC Honselersdijk The Netherlands T +31 174 612121 F +31 174 612122 E info@vandenbos.com I www.vandenbos.com
Specifications VARIETY (BEST) PLANTING PERIOD PRODUCTION VELOCITY STEM QUALITY FRAGRANCE Page Series Winter Spring Summer Autumn //+ //+ //+ //+ Dukaat Gold River Le Chateau Serrada Sunshine Yellow Passion Clarissa Grandeur Marseille Soleil Summer Sunny Orangina Red Passion Red River Rubina River Expression Mandarine Red Bell Long Monaco Pink Passion Toulouse Valence Cassis Blossom Costa Blue Moon Castor Delta River Ancona Annecy Blue Sensation Avignon Bon Bini Indigo Alba River Albertville Avalanche Champagne Crystal River Diamond River White River White Serenade Excellent Ventura Versailles Belleville Essence Paloma Polar River Silver 4 4 4 5 5 5 13 13 13 14 19 19 14 10 10 10 16 16 16 19 8 9 9 9 14 22 22 11 11 11 17 17 17 20 20 20 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 15 15 15 21 21 21 22 22 NOT SUGGESTED TO PLANT CULTIVATION WITHOUT COOLING COOLING IN WARM REGIONS CULTIVATION ONLY WITH COOLING Only when the corms are planted early in the autumn Relative to season and growing climate (temperature, light, short day) This information is indicated on the results of the VDB test greenhouse. If you would like to have the information personalized on your climate, please contact your sales representative. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +