The Netherlands
January 27, 2026
Violas are a versatile crop for many growers, serving a wide range of markets from early spring retail to premium landscaping projects and autumn retail. Within our assortment, Floral Power and Vivaldi are two strong and reliable series, each with its own strengths and market focus. This article highlights the key differences to help growers choose the right series for their production strategy and market.
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Floral Power: maximum flexibility
Floral Power is our largest viola series and a proven choice for growers who value availability, efficiency and a broad colour range.
Key characteristics
- Broad colour range and combinations
- Early and late flowering varieties
- For compact series, larger sturdy flowers
- Good natural branching for compact, uniform plants
- Suitable for smaller pots and pack production
Why choose Floral Power?
Floral Power is ideal for growers supplying high-volume retail programs. Its uniformity, strong performance, and broad colour palette help to plan production and respond quickly to market demand. The series performs consistently across different flowering windows, from early to late season.
Vivaldi: premium performance for high-end markets
Vivaldi is more suitable for the premium segment, offering superior plant habit and presentation for exclusive applications.
Key characteristics
- Early flowering varieties
- Floriferousness
- Large, sturdy flowers with strong colour impact
- Excellent branching and a distinct mounding plant habit
- Vigorous plant habit, pot filling
- Suitable for hanging baskets, large planters (30 cm and up) and landscaping projects
Why choose Vivaldi?
Vivaldi is the right choice for growers targeting premium retail, landscaping, and decorative container markets. Its superior branching and mounding habits create full, well-balanced plants that maintain quality in larger pots and hanging baskets, where presentation and durability are key.
“Vivaldi delivers strong growth and full pots with vibrant colours that customers love.”
Herman van Heumen, Grower
Flexible flowering timing for both series
Both Floral Power and Vivaldi offer flexibility in production:
- Continuous flowering throughout the season
- Up face flowering; good presentation
- Reliable performance across different climatic conditions
- Varieties are selected based on their performance in both spring and autumn
This allows growers to align production precisely with market peaks, requirements, and timing.
Retail production and premium applications
Both Floral Power and Vivaldi are strong performers, but they serve different purposes.
Floral Power delivers flexibility, availability and efficiency for standard retail production, while Vivaldi excels in premium applications where plant structure, presentation and performance add extra value.
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