We are open again!
Hans, Byron & Robert welcome you. Enjoy the garden and nursery with beautiful plants. Our stock of bamboos, palms, phormiums etcetera has been leveled up again; we keep searching for new specialties for your gardenen. Be welcome!
Hans, Byron & Robert welcome you. Enjoy the garden and nursery with beautiful plants. Our stock of bamboos, palms, phormiums etcetera has been leveled up again; we keep searching for new specialties for your gardenen. Be welcome!
Due to recent delivery problems in European countries, we have decided to ship plants only on pallets. In parcels the risk is for you – sorry.
On Sunday 14 November 2021 we will host a meeting of the European Bamboo Society (division NL) here at de Groene Prins. If you are interested, or would like information, please give us a ring on +31(0)0622370001
After last winter’s (2021) severe cold spell, we have seen that a number of species, such as Eucalyptus viminalis (photo) and Eucalyptus dalrympleana can quickly grow back from the top of the root. Simply cut the dead trunk off above that!
We have superb Satsuma plants for €45 each!
The demand for strong Eucalyptus varieties is increasing all the time. That is why we are working to propagate the strongest trees we have here from our own garden. In collaboration with several other nurseries, the first so called “Hardy Dutch” seedlings are now for sale from July 2021. We…
Nerium oleander ‘Atlas’ and ‘Italia’ will tolerate 15°C of frost, but should be situated in very sunny places in the garden, where exess rainwater will drain off quickly. Winter protection should be applied if medium to severe frosts are anticipated. No postal sales, max 2 per client, pot size 11x11x17…
Bottlebrush for your garden Plants for planting out: (Callistemon rigidus, € 15) and Grevillea juniperrina (€ 15). Both suit a Mediterranean garden well! 14 kinds of kiwi berry (Actinidia, hardier than the normal Kiwi) in 5 litre pots: Adam (♂), Pineapple naya, Bingo, Chang Bai Giant, Dr. Szymanowski, Geneva, Hardy…
You can get a visual impression of our botanical garden here , in a documentary recently broadcast on the Dutch programme ‘BinnensteBuiten’. So it’s in Dutch, but there’s nice film!
The botanical garden of De Groene Prins is virus-free, as are the owners. Groups of more than 5 people are best split up. You are most welcome after a telephone call (06 22370001) so that I can ensure that visitors are spread out, even if I will not shake hands…
The switch from traditional pots to “airpots” (pots full of holes) is a recent development in arboriculture. Not without reason: tests have shown that root development in airpots is better, with a balanced root system as a result. Read on ..
Albizia julibrissin “Umbrella” (“Boubri”)height 100/125 cm (3 feet) in containers for € 35,00 Cyrtomium macrophyllum € 10
30 years ago I fell in love with bamboo. I wanted to try bamboo in my garden, started a botanical garden (De Groene Prins) and am still in love with my fascinating bamboo. I have now had a strong bamboo carport for 10 years (of course from my own garden!)…
Prices and photos of rhododendrons We have a new assortment of interesting and unusual rhododendrons, most of which previously unknown in the Netherlands. For those who enjoy a proliferation of blooms! Sales as usual by appointment at De Groene Prins!
< Jubaea chilensis, the strongest of the feather palms, which needs winter protection in our climate, is a great asset to the tropical garden! And we have them in stock! Very good quality. Trunk diameter is 20 cm (8″), pot 30L, price € 145,-For the more patient among you we…
This autumn we sent a packaged Camellia to a client in Budapest. It took 12 days for the parcel to be delivered by the Dutch ‘Postnl’ company. So from now to reduce the risk of accidents to our precious plants we are advising foreign clients to accept deliveries by pallet…
Beware! Ever more, the smaller Gunnera tinctoria is being marketed as Gunnera manicata. On this site the differences are clearly shown: http://palmvrienden.net/gblapalmeraie/2017/07/07/gunnera-manicata-how-to-recognize-the-real-one/ At Bob Foltz’s botanical garden in Meeden, Holland I finally found the real manicata! This giant is getting a nice place beside the pond ..
Eucalyptus perriniana easily grows 2m (6 feet) per year if watered well during the summer This year’s extreme drought forced us to irrigate abundantly. Many plants in the jungle garden expect generous rainfall in the summer, and if that fails, these plants are forced to rest and therefore loose a…
This variety is very strong! A remarkably strong grevillea which we once brought from Australia is now available; the cuttings have been successful! Price EU 12.50 This species flowers pink-red as long as the temperature permits it. Stock is limited, so one plant per customer is the maximum … Another…
And there are great new plants for you to come and have a look at. Our collection of garden palms has been extended with an assortment of 30-140 cm trunked palms! And the rhododendrons are beginning to bloom! It’s really beautiful in the garden now.
Half hardy plants like Dicksonia antarctica do need good protection against severe frosts in the winter! Here we have protected our plants against the winter’s cold. We started with the mountain banana collection. After that the tree ferns and last but not least, the palm trees. During the winter months…
We now have the following beauties in stock: Woodwardia fimbriata, a large fern for sheltered, damp spots Polypodium ‘Whitley Giant’, a large, good hardy variety of the oak fern (Polypodium vulgare) The following plants have long proven their hardiness: Rhododendron macabeanum , Blechnum nova-zelandiae , Blechnum magellanicum, Blechnum nudum , …
Helen’s Hybrid is probably a cross between Musa sikkimensis Red Tiger and Musa Chinichampa. Seedlings from this happy marriage are all different. Some resemble one parent, some the other, but most resemble both like the plant on this picture. Human children are sometimes faster or smarter than their parents. Also…
Birds love the hairs on the trunks of Trachycarpus fortunei for their nests