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I have to smile to myself when I think back to visiting Amaryllis grower Ben van Geest with Vlad. The Amaryllis was very popular, so we went over to Ben’s place to strengthen our supplies a little...

Amaryllises are largely grown to send out their bulbs in order to brighten living rooms all over the world during the dark winter days. This is something most people know. What most people don’t k...

Before you know it, they are in. What do I mean by that? Well, the two flower beds you’re looking at here are our Daffodil cradles, from our Daffodil Nursery. You’re probably thinking: I’m just loo...

It is me again, Vlad, the person at Fluwel who is simply madly in love with Amaryllis (Hippeastrum). I know, I know, I sound like a broken machine by now, but hey, I can never say no to the wonder...

But fear not: The second best time to plant them is now. It’s a bit of a lukewarm joke, I think I got it from one of those tiles you sometimes see with random pieces of wisdom: “Free Beer Tom...

An example. If you live in Kuopio, on the North side of the Finnish Lakeland (now that is a place that I would like to visit), then the leaves start falling from the trees months earlier than the ...

As I am writing this, I’m about halfway through my yearly visit to the UK. It’s a big roadtrip: Sunderland, Harrogate, Manchester, Bristol, Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland–and then b...

It is finally that time of the year that we can open the much-anticipated Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) season: next Friday, on October 18th 2024! So please mark your calendars, because this time ar...

I can’t help myself during the Autumn months: I’m still (or already, depending on how you look at it) thinking of Spring. Not all the time, sometimes I see a lot of Dahlias as well, and I also rea...