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While at Jan's nursery we found this fascinating bi-colour flower growing among the crop.

Unfortunately it was just a one-off, and being an annual, is impossible to save and reproduce.

Had a discovery like this been made on a perennial, it would have been possible to propagate from the stem where the flower was growing.

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van Winsen nursery

03-12-2003 14:48 A traditinal cut flower production nursery in Warmond, Holland.

By Miriam Young

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Harvesting the flower crop at the van Winsen nursery

Just a stone's throw from fellow Darwin PlantSpotters hybridizer Marco van Noort, Jan van Winsen is operating a very different kind of business, growing cut flowers.

Many of the varieties Jan grows are annuals, commonly seen at your local florist.

Cut flowers from Jan's nursery ready to go to auction

It just makes you think. Those cut flowers in your vase could have been grown by the man who created Echinacea 'Razzmatazz'!

Biography

Traditional Dutch cut flower grower
By Miriam Young
Jan van Winsen is a cut-flower grower who's flowers are sold to florists via the famous auction in Aalsmeer, Holland.

The Nursery

van Winsen nursery
By Miriam Young
A traditinal cut flower production nursery in Warmond, Holland.

Away from the flowers

Connections through rowing boats
By Miriam Young
Jan is a keen rower and is a member of the 8 man ‘Voorbijganger’ team that also includes fellow 'Darwin PlantSpotters' hybridiser Marco van Noort.