Rose growing

It fits DREA's strategy to have more time with growers selecting reliable varieties any week of the year.

The Open Days come at a time when we have seen an unprecedentedly remarkable performance over the last half of 2020 going into Q1 of 2021

On February 27th and 28th, just after the busy Valentine's season, De Ruiter East Africa hosted rose growers for their first open house of the year.

The False Codling Moth (FCM), also known as Thaumatotibia leucotreta, is a pest, which is present on more than 70 host plant crops such as roses

The new brand name “Premium Rhodos 3.0” will start sale daily on the clock, beginning Monday the 2nd of September.

DeRuiter East Africa recently hosted rose growers for open days at their showcases in Timau and Thika, 29th 30th and 31st July.

Red Naomi! has proven to be a production and commercial success after Schreurs unveiled the variety to rose growers in the continent.

"As growers recognize the value of our light recipes and apply them more widely, they see that their crops grow much better with LED"

IQ-Flora is an innovative system that monitors the product quality of roses in the chain in 'real time'. First module of the prototype now complete

We join the Sales Manager for Olij Kenya Breeding Ld Sally Roberts on a tour to rose growers producing Olij and Jan Spek roses in Nakuru country.  

Schreurs has conducted trials with 30 African rose growers and 15 of them are now growing Red Naomi! commercially. See important info for African growers.

Philips’ new GreenPower LED toplighting solution t is one-and-a-half times more efficient in converting electricity to light compared to others in market

Currently, New Top Farm and Top Harvest Farm both of Kenyan grower Harvest Flowers Ltd, have  planted 0.25ha and 0.05ha of Mayfair! variety respectively.

Bemack Farm currently planted 5,000m2 of orange Schreurs rose Dutch Beauty!, and they say it is a  unique orange that has a striking and lovely color.

Last year when we sampled some of the finest white roses from the East African region, the Schreurs variety Countdown! Stood out as one of the best.

We chose these five varieties mainly targeted at East African growers seeking to make exploits at direct retail markets. See why.. and share your thoughts.

These De Ruiter codes were among their just unveiled novelties being tried out in East Africa. We picked out our own favorites... What are your thoughts?

Harvest Flowers sends most of their Nightingale to Australia and Europe with the Middle East looking as a great potential market for Lilac

For us the best thing there is, is to grow roses that we are crazy about our selves! This year Viproses introduces a number of brand new species whic...

During this year's IFTEX show, Kordes Roses showcased an inspiring assortment primarily geared towards better quality and higher production

Rose Growers visiting from various parts of East Africa got a chance to see various new and other commercially succesful Jan Spek rozen varieities. 

Olij Roses East Africa invited rose growers drawn from various regions across East Africa for an open house at their Naivasha showhouse

We sought the opinion of some Kenyan based rose growers who have had experience in growing and trading several varieties from rose breeder Schreurs E.A.

Stakeholders in the Kenyan and regional floriculture industry converged at De Ruiter East Africa (DREA) in Naivasha for the open days March 20th - 21st.

"Unbealivable and Beautiful Day". These two roses have been specially bred for low altitude growers to get big headsizes and longer stems.

How Kenyan Red rose varieties from different rose growing regions in the country are being embraced globally especially this Valentines season

On 27th and 28th November, De Ruiter East Africa held their final quarter open day for 2014 at their Naivasha breeding facility.

Invitation to conference and individual meetings with solution providers on 24th November 2014 at Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi.

Olij Kenya Propagation is open for business!

China has been projected to be the new market for the bulk of Kenyan cut flowers.

In an initiative being conducted in Kenya, Researchers from Wageningen have discovered a new innovative way of using less water when growing roses.