Two weeks ago we celebrated the 100th anniversary of our company with a special party. A party with several surprises, such as the presentation of our anniversary book ‘100 years - The fellows of Jan de Wit’. This book describes the history of our company during the past 100 years as well as the...

We are proud to announce that on April 4th, 2022, the tulip “Maitri“ was baptised by the Hon’ble President of India H.E. Mr Ram Nath Kovind and the first lady Mrs Savita Kovind. The name-giving ceremony was held at Keukenhof in honour of 75 years of friendship and collaboration between India a...

Last Friday we were honoured to receive the honorary title ‘By Appointment to the Court of the Netherlands’. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander himself has decided to grant our company this title and the right to display the Royal Coat of Arms accompanied by the phrase ‘By Appointment to the Co...

It is spring in the Netherlands, which means that it is time to remove the plastic from our tulip fields. Last autumn we showed you the preparations for covering our tulip fields with plastic and explained why we cover them. Yesterday we started to take off the plastic from our tulip fields, in o...

Last Friday we celebrated our 100th anniversary with a party, during which we performed a spectacular baptism of the double tulip ‘White Centennial’ in honour of our anniversary. ‘White’ refers to both the colour of the tulip as well as our last name ‘De Wit’, which literally translates ...

Last Friday we were busy with the preparations for the Floriade Expo 2022 in Almere. The Floriade is a world horticultural exhibition that takes place in the Netherlands only once every 10 years. We have participated since the first edition in 1962, where we met our first Asian client and we have pa...

The Dutch measures against COVID-19 have mostly been lifted and therefore the Tulip Trade Event can fortunately still take place in 2022. From Wednesday, March 23rd up to and including Friday, March 25th we will open our doors daily with a beautiful flower show. Professional visitors from the fl...

In 2022 Jan de Wit en Zonen B.V. celebrates its 100th anniversary! In 1922 our founder Jan de Wit started growing vegetables and potatoes, but in 1925 he started to grow tulips as well. The tulip business became a success and flower bulbs quickly became the sole focus of the company. We are prou...

We were fortunate enough to get the privilege to visit Keukenhof last Monday, on May 10. Due to COVID-19 the park is unfortunately closed to the public, but as an official bulb supplier of Keukenhof we were allowed to photograph the beautiful floral splendour and share it with you. Just like last ye...

On March 17, 18 and 19 we will show you an enormous variety of flowers during our online event. We will keep you updated with pictures, personal video calls, live streams, a 360° experience and more. Keep an eye on this link: https://www.jandewitenzonen.com/tte/ We look forward to meeting you...

In the meantime, most of the lily bulbs have arrived in our company. The lily bulb harvest is quite advanced this year. We are still busy processing and packing . We show and explain you our cool storage and the loading of the early containers. ...

The tulip bulbs have been planted in the field again, and like every year we also have a plot that we cover with plastic. This usually happens four to six weeks after planting. The tulips will flower on average two to three weeks earlier after harvest than the ones that have not been covered. The pi...

As every year in November, we have started processing the lilies again at our company. On the following images you can see the receipt and storage, after which we inspect the lilies. The rinsing process can also be seen. Here the bulbs are washed, to remove the soil. Then you can see that the bulbs ...

The tulips in our warehouse are now gone, but we have received a large assortment of amaryllis flowers at our warehouse yesterday. These flowers were actually meant for the indoor opening show at Keukenhof, but unfortunately Keukenhof will not be able to open its doors this year because of the coron...

Because you cannot visit the Tulip Trade Event and see the tulips at our company this week due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, we will bring the Tulip Trade Event to you! We will go live on our Facebook page 6 times this week for a Q&A with Jan (one of our company directors) and Katy...