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Dreams Do Come True
It has been a while since I wrote something to you. It’s me again, Vlad, one of our newest team members here at Fluwel. You might remember some of the newsletters I have written months ago and I am...

Let Me Teach You A Lesson
Time for a lesson on flower bulbs, inspired by our most frequently asked question of this time of year: Why are we waiting so long to send you the flower bulbs you ordered? We could do that, the b...

The American Dream Remains A Dream
The flower bulbs for the Fluwel Specialty Narcissus Collection are all packed up and ready, but this year, we can’t say the same about ‘the’ American Dream. There is a shortage of bulbs, people wh...

Summer Vacation… Or Not?
I feel like I’ve taken over less newsletters than usual this summer, even though we were just as busy as always. If you’ve been reading this newsletter for a while, you’ll know that I, Pien, somet...

On Wednesdays We Do Laundry
It happens constantly this time of year: I have to get into my car to pick up some more flower bulbs at the last minute. It may sound like an inconvenience, but I like this part of the day: drivin...

Time
Yes, I have time to write a newsletter this week. Time is weird, when you’re busy as well as when there’s less to do, it never feels like there’s enough. The saying ‘time flies when you’re having f...

Sorting bulbs at Olympic level
Two weeks passed in which I did not have time to write a newsletter, that’s quite something isn’t it? It is all a bit more hectic this season: because of the wet autumn last year, we were not able ...

She really is the best!
No one does it quite like her… Almost all flower bulbs have suffered Mother Nature’s moods over the course of this last year, but this flower bulb is tough like no other. Tulips, Hyacinths, Allium...

Better Together
Sometime this Spring, fellow grower Carlo van Schagen walked into our warehouse with the most fantastic bouquet of double Tulips. He’d brought them all the way from his own place in Egmond, and he...
