" Our turnover rate for Mother ’s Day this year was roughly equal to last year , " says Theo de Mooij of Hoven & de Mooij . " Prices were mellow , for just about everything that goes into a vase , but we nevertheless sold well . However , there is very little ordering in advance , it ’s more and more last hour . However , that ’s a trend we ’ve been seeing for the retiring few years anyway . It make things more irregular , we have to take a bit more risks . When you see the cell full of flowers in the morning , and it is importantly emptied by the end of the Clarence Day , it still gives a sentiency of satisfaction . "
Trading for Mother ’s daylight picked up in week 18 and last week ’s Monday was also very engaged . Then exportation have more or less progressed . On Tuesday there was still a relatively large amount of craft for Belgium . And just before the weekend , on Friday , there was a last engaged day on which trade for the domestic mart was dish out . " Unlike last class , we imported even more from Ecuador and Colombia . This allowed us to offer up more colouring in rose , and our customers appreciate that . "
Theo de Mooij
Busier than last year"The twenty-four hours lead up to Mother ’s Day were interfering this year than last year , " say Joost de Vries ofTuning Bloemexport BV . " Now we are hold off to see how everything sold . There were no major egress , but the employee turnover was certainly safe than last year . This is probably because there was slightly more demand than last year , but also the prices were higher . "
Tuning principally exports to North America , Scandinavia , Southern Europe , and Germany . " Especially in America , Mother ’s Day is really big , " continues Joost , " and what we send there are primarily the particular flowers , about 5 to 10 % of all possible types we supply . The repose mainly comes from South America or is locally grow . We buy a lot of the flowers directly from the agriculturalist and then institutionalize them towards America . "
Higher mediocre price"We’ve had a few officious weeks , " says Gerard de Ruijter of the eponymous G.J. de Ruijter . " Besides rosebush and gerberas , peonies were especially popular this year . The peonies came sooner than in late years , mainly because we now also import a lot from Italy and Romania , where more growers do that . The peonies were also in gamey demand which contributed to a very good Mother ’s Day for us . "
For 2.5 years now , G.J. De Ruijterhas been affiliate with GreenFlor ( in Dutch ) , which also has many client in Germany , Switzerland , and other parts of the macrocosm . De Ruijter himself mainly has customers in Belgium and the Netherlands . " Around Mother ’s daylight , flowers are unremarkably more expensive , but because there were no extreme amounts , the average Price were really a bit higher than last yr . High price are also necessary , as Mother ’s Clarence Shepard Day Jr. is one of the sidereal day the flower patronage must bank on . "
Many bouquetsHe also points out that many bouquets get deal on Mother ’s Day , and not only pot plant life or cut heyday . " The whole variety is used in bouquet , including many summertime heyday like snapdragons . The colour in a Mother ’s Day posy are primarily scarlet and pinkish . There is also always a lot of cut green in a bouquet . For us , the season for Dutch cut unripened is over now , it runs from August to approximately the beginning of April . "
For the time being , it will still be fussy for De Ruijter , because the Dutch high - school exams and various outside Mother ’s Days cause a lot of trade in June . In July , it will become less interfering .
NB Severe weather in AfricaLast workweek , hard rainfall strike prominent part of Kenya and Ethiopia , in the first place causing great human suffering . The bloom sector also experiences difficulties , although we have not been able-bodied to get a decipherable ikon of how this has affected the sales for Mother ’s Day . harmonize to Clement Tulezi , chair of the Kenya Flower Council ( KFC ) , the sphere has ' suffer a deprivation deserving millions of shillings ' and the exportation volume has been affected . An importer mentioned that ' the flower box were floating through the cool off cell ' - which , asseen here , should be taken quite literally . Another importer remark having received their quantities but complained about the quality . Even when there ’s no unmediated damage from the rain , the eminent humidity is disastrous .
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