Tulip forcing & schedule

A wide range of tulips

Our assortment includes a broad selection of tulips, including crispa, parrot, crown and double (peony) tulips. Many of our cultivars stand out for their strong and desirable characteristics.

After forcing, we bring the tulips to market through various channels, including auctions, regular buyers and growers’ cooperative Decorum.

As sustainable as possible

In our greenhouses, we produce our tulips as sustainable as possible. We work with a modern container system, allowing us to make optimal use of all available space from the growing stage through to harvesting.

For an efficient processing process, our team of approximately 20 people picks the tulips in the harvesting areas. We also have a pre-picking area, which helps ensure a consistent level of maturity among the flowers throughout further processing.

We also use Flora bunching machines from Bercomex. These machines process 14.000 stems per hour. The tulips are automatically bunched on two lines, both above and below, and are then manually packed in bunches of five. Multiple grades can be processed simultaneously.

Tulip forcing season

Our forcing season runs from the end of September through to the beginning of May. By growing tulip bulbs in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Chile, we can force tulips throughout a large part of the year.

From the end of September through December, we force bulbs form the Southern Hemisphere in our greenhouses. At the end of December, we switch to tulip bulbs grown in the Netherlands. This allows us to offer a broad range of tulips throughout much of the season, including new and exclusive cultivars.