As most new works are being grown in the Netherlands , German seed stock breeder Benary decided to establish a breeding facility in this commonwealth 10 years ago . After rent a part of a greenhouse , Benary decided to buy a 1.5 ha glasshouse in the North of the Netherlands ( Venhuizen ) and reconstruct one-half of it , 2 old age ago . Last week , we paid a sojourn to their facility where they held their bi - annual pansy run sooner this calendar month . The works were still on the benches and Fulco Spithoven , Area Sales Manager Benelux , showed us around .
Fulco Spithoven
Well imagine through layoutNext to begonia , pansy belongs to one of the largest crops of Benary . In the fourth year now , twice a class , in give and autumn , Benary is conducting their Pansy Trials in a well mentation through layout ; Benary ’s and each competitor ’s varieties get consecrated row next to each other for presentation . “ With this sort of layout the Benary sales force , our client and the agriculturalist can easily assess how our varieties are performing in comparing to the competition . All salmagundi are class regarding standardized colour in similar series . "
The layout of the trials ; in front of the Benary varieties ; the compete varieties on the benches behind .
Growing in a stagnant marketWhen looking at the pansies on the benches , Fulco is proud of with Benary ’s results they ’ve reach over the last years . " With our breeders - Pim Kaagman and Erik Smit - we made big footmark in regard to uniformness within each series , plant habit , stem length and blossoming time . ”
And when looking at the overall pansy market , Spithoven is pleased as well . " The global market for pansies is stable , mayhap even a bit quail , and our volumes are increasing . This means we are doing something quite good , are n’t we ? "
Viola Cornuta F1 Admire ® ' Orchid ' , a new colour in the series .
New series : Cats ® As a breeder , besides improving the exist varieties and expanding the serial publication with new colouration , it is important to come up with totally new series as well . One of these new series Benary introduce latterly - or actually reintroduced - is Cats ® ( Viola wittrockiana ) . " This popular series exists for a foresighted time already but Benary fosterage has improve a hatful in the past year such as now it has shorter bloom stems and more flowers . " The whiskers on the bloom fount give hombre ® pansies their name . " It is a new generation of pantywaist that combine the advantage of innovative F1 pansies with an unprecedented vein pattern . "
Up to date Benary offers four series ; the small flower Viola cornuta Admire ® , leap and late autumn large bloom Viola wittrockiana Inspire ® and fall character Viola wittrockiana Inspire ® DeluXXe .
computerized tomography ® serial currently exists of 4 colours and soon a new colour will be tote up .
breed goalsAs in most crops , also in pantywaist , the diligence is always looking for something newfangled . " Of of course , the received coloring and varieties will stay on the ones with the highest demand , but people are always eager to see something unexampled " , he says . presently , in the breeding , we are looking for more bi - colorful and orange colored variety .
Pansy Trials also curb at a cultivator ’s greenhouseTwice a yr at Benary ’s the pansy tribulation are being organized : one time at the Benary adeptness and one time at a grower ’s facility ; namely Dutch raiser Aarninkhof . Benary is collaborating regarding pansy trials with this grower for 2 years now . Customer feedback is very positive . " It give a clean notion . At our trials , we always grow all competing varieties in the same atmospheric condition as ours , this grower does it too , but as he is an independent company , it is well received . "
For more informationBenaryFulco SpithovenEmail:[email protected]www.benary.com
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