Inspiration Page

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from Future Flowers

Zantedeschias are extremely popular in bridal arrangements. Now that weddings have become possible again in many countries and many couples had postponed their wedding to this year, Eric Jansen of the Future Flowers nursery sees the demand for Zantedeschias increasing enormously. Together with International Flower Network, he is also introducing the Future Flowers 'Wedding Mix'. This mix consists of four types of Zantedeschias, 4 x 10 stems with a length of 50 cm, which are very suitable for weddings and events in terms of color, vase life and shape!

Tip from Eric

Zantedeschias are very nice and decorative. You can bend some types very nicely, without breaking the stems. To do that, warm the stem by rubbing it between your hands, then they bend without problem.

Cultivation in a nutshell

 It takes about 16 weeks from planting the tuber to cutting the flowers. Eric is one of the few growers who works with a separate propagation greenhouse. In the first 5 weeks the crop is given time to grow. After these 5 weeks, only the most beautiful plants are selected. In this way Eric tries to grow nice uniform lots. This is more laborious than growing all plants without sorting, but in this way he has optimal results from the cultivation and he is assured of the same high quality all year round.

After these 5 weeks, the crop is grown in 11 weeks until the flowers can be cut. When the plants have been cut empty, the plants are lifted, shredded and ground into compost. This in turn ends up with fellow growers, who use it as a soil improver.

FloraPodium, 22 July 2021

Ventura is a beautiful large-flowered cream/white Zantedeschia. This variety is extremely popular with florists for wedding decorations and for use in bridal bouquets.

The name of this dark pink/cerise colored Zantedeschia reveals a lot already. Cherry Kiss is a real eye-catcher and adds color to any bouquet. Future Flowers is the only one that grows this variety as a cut flower. This makes it exclusive and valuable for a florist.

Sweet Art is striking because of its special shade of color. She has a very nice subtle pink shine on the edge of the white chalice. A unique, special color that is very suitable for making the most romantic bouquets, but also beautiful to display on its own in the vase.

Chrystal Blush is also a cream/white Zantedeschia, but this variety has slightly thinner stems and a smaller calyx than the Ventura. This makes the Chrystal Blush very suitable for finer flower arrangements such as corsages and small table arrangements. The stems of the Chrystal Blush are very flexible, which makes this variety a lot of fun to use in very artistic creations.