Lilies in Wonderland

The Keukenhof is Thursday started with the last special show before the park closes for the fences again this year. Traditionally, the Lily Parade. This time without company presentations of the lily industry.

"Lilies in Wonderland" is the theme of the new structure of the largest lily show in the world, from 10 to 20 May in the Willem Alexander Pavilion. As many as 200 'floral tube' of 3.5 meters high to create an atmosphere that arranger Dorien van den Berg compares with a bamboo forest. "It is a treat for visitors to wander through it, take pictures and enjoy the beautiful lily shapes and colors,'' she predicts.

The lily sector is still involved in this product show but on a smaller scale than was usual. They see of from the individual company presentations. The lily companies last year created for professionals the Dutch Lily Days. From 20/25 May they set open their doors to their cultivars under the spotlight.

"The Dutch Lily Days act since last year as successor to the Lily Parade at the Keukenhof. To prove the box open days is a better alternative. "We noticed that in recent years the branch visit on the flower lily parade declined. That made us decide to put more attention to the Dutch Lily Days ", says Nico Vletter, Director of Gebr. Vletter & Den Haan. "This year, we provide it to the Keukenhof, but that's the last time. The Keukenhof is not a platform for the trade of the leliebusiness. It is mainly the consumers who look at the flowers and there we are very far from. You can choose to live and grow from sentimental reasons, but it all takes a lot of money and delivers little.

Baptism by AZ celebrities

It has become a tradition that on the first day of the show a new lily lily is baptized and the connection to sport is laid. This year baptisms coach Gert-Jan Verbeek and director Toon Gerbrands a lily, “Alkmaar”.The new red-white lily “Alkmaar” belongs to the OT lilies are hybrids between two different groups: Oriental and Trumpet.

Source:Horticultural News / CdM

	Martagon - Sunny Morning (Lily Company)
	(Photo: Paul van Egdom - Lily Company )