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The Big Five
For Alliums the most frequent question we get is “Which Alliums do you recommend?” and I often say “I love the ones with a big smile, all of them!”

In love with bulbs since I can ever remember
It was a gloomy day back in November 1993, when I had my first contact with the amazing world of the flower bulbs. Together with my mom, I planted a tulip, I was 6 years old.

Our Flower Bulb Blends
The mixtures and combinations are not the most sold flower bulbs in the Fluwel webshop and that surprises me a bit and on the other hand not. It does not surprise me because I think that many of ou...

It is almost Autumn, which means the real fun is about to start!
We are busy at the warehouse: busy making sure everyone is going to get their flower bulbs on time this autumn. Everything has been packed in yellow nets or brown paper, and now those packages are ...

Dahlias in abundance
What wonderful weeks these were, I have never seen the Dahlias so massively so beautiful. Many plants were lashed by the bright sun but not the Dahlia. The Dahlia enjoyed the sun to the fullest.

The finishing touches
An online store is actually just like a regular store, you walk through it every day to check whether everything is still straight on the shelves, whether the floor has been swept and whether the w...

The Dream Team
“What was your favourite part of work during the last few weeks?” I asked this of the teenagers that have spent part of their summer holidays working at Fluwel.
An Overload of Options
Time flies! If you ask me, it would be nice if there were a few more weeks in a day. Every day feels like Sunday: there is always an entire week to prepare for. If you stand up on your toes, you c...

Available now and only from us: The Flower Bulb Bible by Jacqueline van der Kloet
There is no Dutch garden designer who has been so internationally renowned for years as flower bulb queen Jacqueline van der Kloet. Garden lovers who travel to the neighbouring country know her fam...
