" Despite the current prices and requirement , due to the second undulation , not being optimum , we will cease the yr on a positive note , " Wouter van der Harg say during a visit to the 3.5 hour angle potrose nursery Leo van der Harg in Vierpolders , the Netherlands . The cultivation is to the full focused on the Kordana pot roses of the German rise stock breeder Kordes Roses . During our visit , we received a hitch in the greenhouse and were able to admire a mutant of one of the bestsellers ; the champagne - coloring material , gently scented Kordana Grande called Belami Kordana . The sport is pink , also gently perfumed , is call Adele Kordana and will be on the market in other 2021 .
Wouter van der Harg with Adele Kordana ® and Ad Volkering of Kordes Roses with Belami Kordana ® .
Family companyIn 1987 , Wouter ’s father , Leo van der Harg , take over the cutrose greenhouse from his Father of the Church at the eld of 21 and switched to pot plants , five years afterward . In ' 92 , he moved with his kinfolk to Vierpolders where he started develop Saint Paulia ’s . In ' 97 , he came in sense of touch with Kordes Roses and start growing Kordana locoweed roses in a part of his greenhouse . Within a year , the culture of the Kordana potroses went very well , therefore , they resolve to rivet fully on the cultivation of potroses . Over the old age , after buying kingdom , the fellowship has grow into a company with a 3,5 ha greenhouse and with the possibility to grow another 1,5 ha . His Word Wouter and Pieter will take over the baton from their Father of the Church next twelvemonth . Wouter is already busy with sales event and organisation for a number of year and Pieter with the cultivation .
A peek into the glasshouse .
10.5 curium Kordana Classic and GrandeAt Leo van der Harg B.V. the output is constant and year - round of golf about 5 million 10.5 centimeter pot roses , in the Kordana ® Classic and Kordana Grande series , leave the greenhouse . 85 Percent of the rose are sold now to exporter , after which they attain consumers throughout Europe , the United Kingdom and Russia via wholesalers and florists .
The Kordana Classic serial publication has rose wine with a flower size diam of 2 - 4 cm and the Kordana Grande of 4 - 6 centimetre . Both series have a shelf life of over 21 Clarence Shepard Day Jr. and dark green leaves . Leo van der Harg B.V. presently grows 11 Kordana Classic multifariousness and 8 Kordana Grande varieties . The Kordana Classic assortment was and still is the tumid and most demand , but in late years , the need for the Kordana Grande assortment has increased . " This is probably due to the improvement that the breeder Kordes is reach all the meter . If an improved salmagundi is infix , we will supercede the old ones with these new , improved varieties . "
Adele Kordana ® Grande
High outlook for mutant Grande Adele KordanaIn 2021 the Kordana Grande assortment will receive a new variety at Leo van der Harg , namely Adele Kordana , and Wouter has majuscule expectation for this new pinkish change . " Adele Kordana is a mutant of Belami Kordana , a multifariousness that - together with Firebird Kordana - belongs to one of our bestsellers all year round . Belami Kordana is a champagne - vividness , gently perfumed pot rebel in the Kordana Grande assortment and in April 2020 my brother Pieter set up a Belami Kordana with one pink bloom . He start up to circularize it and voila . At the mo we are propagating Adele Kordana and in 2021 this unexampled variety will be uncommitted to our customer . "
A combination of HPS and LED ( from Signify ) lighting .
Production - as much biological as possibleWhen growing the roses , the van der Harg mob tie heavy grandness to a sustainable product . " On the plant we utilise a special equipment , a large tube with charge plate , that regulates the growth of the plant , so we call for to use less works growth regulator . The charge card gently touches the plant which inhibits the ontogeny and results in more branches on the plant . In plus , we have part installed lead lighting and we have solar panel on the ceiling . " Also for the cultivation they apply biological products as much as potential . " For cutting our plant we use the 2nd pruning - the production process may be longer , but we get fuller plants with more buds . The turn off waste matter from the first pruning is feed to the animals in the nearby zoo , this shows that we have a white ware . "
machinelike multiplication of the roses .
Kordes Roses - the story of the Kordana toilet roseAll pot roses in the greenhouse are bred by the German rise breeder Kordes Roses , but how did the Kordana ® deal rose story start ? The evolution of the Kordana lead off in the other eighties . In the commencement , miniature roses that originate from the garden roses were used as pot roses . However , it wrench out to be unsuccessful , because they were not suitable for greenhouse production and moreover , the shelf life was not nearly long enough . The breeder then developed a particular upbringing course of study after which the successful Vanilla Kordana emerged . " It was a find in the pot rose sector and this variety was at the top for many year , " says Ad Volkering . Many change followed from this diverseness and currently there are three unlike series , namely the Kordana Classic , Kordana Grande and finally the RosAroma . This last series of fragrant pot pink wine was introduced five class ago by the Danish raiser and pardner of Kordes Rosa Danica . Today this Danish grower grows 11 million Kordes pot roses and also test raw varieties . In 2017 the Dutch grower Pligt Professionals started with Kordana Grande in 12 cm mountain sizing .
Besides individual potroses , Leo van der Harg also produces bowls and these combinations in the picture , with four different salmagundi in a 10.5 cm deal named Quattrose .
Looking back and ahead2020 is almost over , but it ’s not too former to bet back . Wouter : " As for many , it was a hectic year for us . In March and April , our calendar month with the big heyday in turnover , we had to throw forth 400.000 plants or sell them at low terms . Fortunately , the summer was a lot better than common , so we almost closed the interruption . Unfortunately , demand went down again in November when the second undulation get in , but in general , this calendar month is always a unmanageable one . All in all , if we now attend back on the corona yr , we will terminate it positively " .
Wouter also has good expectations for the coming class and age . " It will be an exciting but good year , my brother and I will take over the company and we will put Adele Kordana on the market commercially for the first time .
For more information : Leo van der HargWouter van der Hargwww.kordana.nl
Kordes RosesAd VolkeringEmail:[email protected]https://www.rosen.de / distributors / pot - rose
