From ‘ crying horticulture ’ to heavy scent rosebush , there have been many developments come about in the demand for roses and clematis , according to Mogens Nyegaard Olesen , Chief Plant Breeder & Managing Director at Poulsen Roser A / S , a Danish breeder of roses and clematis . In this article , Olesen shares some crucial new trends and how they , as breeder , have changed their flowers to react to these developments . In addition , he explicate that the circumstances around disease risks is one of their biggest challenges , what effect this will have on the time to come of merchant vessels plants , and how they managed to maintain their usual enlargement pace during a pandemic . Mogens N. Olesen in the greenhouse‘Instant gardening’According to Olesen , there has been a grown ontogeny over the year , a new interest for what he shout ‘ crying horticulture ’ . “ Not only do consumers want gracious flowering works that have an teemingness of flowers , they also do not want to waitress two class for those plant to finally flower . Therefore , ‘ instant gardening ’ is becoming an important vogue ; people want something that straight off flower beautifully and can be put in the garden like that mighty away . As a response to this vogue , we have developed clematis that are now devoid inflorescence , which is a big development , as you normally had to wait until the next season to see them flush . ”Roses with more perfume and qualityAccording to Olesen it has become progressively popular for rose to have perfume , which is another aspect of their rose wine that Poulsen Roser has amend . “ In the past times , having a strong perfume affected the timbre of the garden roses . Yet to have both a well perfume mount with good timber increases the interest group from consumers . As a result , our Renaissance Roses are raise in popularity , we have seen a 20 % increment in demand per twelvemonth . Therefore , this is something that we focused on these last years and our goal is to have a full potpourri of rosebush with heavy essence . ” Unlike some other breeding companies , Poulsen Roser does not compete with their growers , which gives them the welfare of wanting to better view for their growers as well . “ Over the last ten years , we have been able to shorten the production sentence for our roses by two week . This means that you could already sell them in mid - May instead of June . When you are a little earlier in the season , the prices are better which is beneficial for the cultivator . ”Mum in a Million Renaissance GhitaGenetically compact heyday , without chemicalsAnother significant trend is that consumers want compact industrial plant without the economic consumption of any chemicals . “ In our trials we do not apply any chemicals , outgrowth retardants , or weed killer . Our roses and clematis yield is done 100 % organically . We work hard to get plants that are genetically compact as well as free flowering , without the enjoyment of any chemicals . ” In summation , a longer shelf living is another aspect that is becoming increasingly important for the consumer . “ Whereas some blossom would only last for about five days in the past , our bloom can now last for almost three weeks while being constant with their flowering . This is an important growth , as the ending consumer has to be content with the timbre of the merchandise they are drop their money on . ”Disease risks : “ more general propagators needed”Olesen explains that one of Poulsen Roser ’s biggest challenge is that it is getting more and more complicated to ship plant to other countries . “ For us it is of import to have a good spread of disseminator in each part of the world . Many countries are afraid to get diseases when they get flowers from other countries , and some are even closing their mete as a upshot . As a result , it is not possible to just send young flora around the world . If it remains this risky to get diseases shipped across the man , I do n’t reckon it will be potential in the future tense to produce youthful plants in Africa and send them to Europe in the way that we do now . The solution will be to have more propagators worldwide , which is something our ship’s company is continuing to work on . ”Same expansion as normalDespite COVID-19 impacting the public these last two years , Olesen share that they were able to conduct most business as common . “ The only matter that was a real challenge , were the travel restrictions . But they were still accomplishable , as we have been able to go around Europe by car . ” The pandemic also affect the interest in flower , but Olesen does see the disadvantage for the industry as well . “ It is great that there has been more pursuit for our industriousness , but the extra interest also moved forth our surplusage of plant . you may not acquire such a large amount of industrial plant on such short bill ; breeding and growing plants of good lineament takes time . ” As the time to come is uncertain , Poulsen Roser is being conservative with decision . “ Overall , the demand for our products remained pretty much the same during the pandemic , as some client consume more plants than usual and some take none at all . We are grateful to be growing at a speed of 5 - 10 % this year , which is the same expanding upon as common . ”For more selective information : Poulsen RoserMogens Nyegaard Olesen[email protected]www.poulsenroser.com
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