As the solar day get long and warmer , the season flowering plant and Mediterranean herbs from Italy are really picking up velocity . " From January , the sales of brisk Italian herbs already started at retail level and since the ending of March , consumers have been capable to buy flowering flora from Italian producer as well , " say Matthias Ribkens , heading of the Retail Pot Plants division at Landgard Flowers & Plants . " Since they are flowering in the beginning that the domestically cultivated plants , our Italian good give the everlasting colorful get-go to the bedding and balcony season , and it was just in time for Easter this yr . "
Matthias Ribkens and Jochen Mewes
The need from the consumer for bloom plant and herbaceous plant from Italy has been very high from the beginning this year - also due to the restriction because of the Saint Ulmo’s light , Matthias Ribkens excuse : " Sales are in particular undecomposed for herbs in deal size 14 , for example . For flower plants , the typical Italian intersection such as daisy , lavender and other other efflorescence plant in the assortment are doing very well . Still , people are more at home than common , which of course wreak a enceinte role in the gamy need . Looking at the corona pandemic , we as a manufacturer co-op can compensate for any closure in other sale areas and the full volume of products marketed from Italy is at a in high spirits floor , as last year - not least thanks to the dependable coordination by our collaborator Dieter Kicherer and their team at the Italy service on internet site . "
While the total amount of one-year and biennial plants commercialise by Landgard from around 70 yield company in the Albenga realm fell more or less last year due to the effects of the corona pandemic , the amount of individual product , such as osteospermum , has increased more than eight - faithful . In the caseful of Euryops and other bedding plant from Italy , the amount and value of the goods have almost or more than duplicate .
In the herb sector , Italian kitchen classics such as Rosemary remained at a uniform high level in the past year . The quantities and value of Italian salvia at Landgard jump by a third in 2020.Landgard manufacturer Jochen Mewes also confirm that flowering works and herbs from Italy are voguish among gardening enthusiasts : “ After having had the impression over the preceding ten years that above all new technology are in requirement , flowers and plants now have for many people again a significantly higher priority . This is certainly also due to the fact that the unripe diligence has accommodate to the present time and relies more on professional merchandising to get people excited about flowers and plants . Landgard has also made a major donation to this with its concepts , sword and licenses . ” In the Albenga region , Jochen Mewes and his team produce dianthus , osteospermum and other distinctive Italian flowering plants on an country of 10 ha under glass and outdoors .
After a rather stale and dark offset to the year , the chairman of the Italian regional consultatory board of Landgard eG has a very electropositive overall eyeshot of the 2021 season : “ The demand for our products at home and abroad is currently even higher than the supply . The coolheaded autumn last twelvemonth was very in effect for the plant life , so we can reckon on in effect timber in all of our harvest . "
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