After many years of faithful service , over the next few week Dümmen Orange will be replacing its top chrysanthemum Bacardi with its successor Ilonka . A chrysanthemum with pearly white-hot petals and a sweet , green centre , Dümmen Orange has developed Ilonka in reply to the changing requirement from raiser and florist . Kwekerij Sensation was the first nursery to start producing Ilonka in 2020 . The results from this specializer chrysanthemum grower and from Dümmen Orange ’s own trials were spectacular . Both Master Grower Ed van Paassen ( VannoVa ) and Janssen Maasbree Flowers are now switch over from Bacardi to Ilonka .

" Chrysanthemum of the future"Bacardi exceed the leaderboard in the single - flowered white section for more than 16 years . That is something the Dümmen Orange team is very proud of ; the chrysanthemum has a great track record as a food market leading mathematical product . But not one to roost on its award , the stock breeder ’s R&D department has developed a magnificent new stinger flower . Peter Laurman , sale manager at Dümmen Orange , on the launching of Ilonka : “ Ilonka provide the dim-witted good luck charm of an ox - heart daisy combined with the USPs of a top chrysanthemum . It is a flower that even rent us by surprise . Ilonka transcend our own tribulation with flying colours and did just as well in trials at cultivator . And the Cartesian product has another great plus point : Ilonka is very light to dye , with stunning consequence . When you tot up in all ornamental and innovation traits , it earn absolute horse sense for us to retain with Ilonka " .

arise demandJanssen Maasbree Flowers is making the switch from Bacardi to Ilonka gradually between workweek 1 and week 6 of 2021 . “ They can then reap in around week 15 or 16 , ” Laurman says . “ That will give the market metre to get used to the young white chrysanthemum with the dark-green centre . Master Grower Van Paassen is also throw from Bacardi to Ilonka in one go in week 9 . This entail that together with Sensation ’s production , supplies of Ilonka will be increased substantially by mid - May 2021 and the already growing demand can be receive . The bulk will go to the Eastern European marketplace , including Poland , Russia , Hungary and Bulgaria " .

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Voluminous in whiteDümmen Orange expects Ilonka to be a big hit in Western Europe as well . Its downright volume of flush makes it the ultimate bouquet booster unit for bouquets of any size . But Ilonka is also a terrific sweetening in the natural - looking white and fleeceable bouquets and arrangements that are trending at the moment . Laurman : “ We are expecting a heap from Ilonka ; it ’s a veridical secret plan auto-changer in white with a green centre " .

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