In the review the three-season foliage interest of Kodiak® Mixx specimen is highlighted and is marked as an important step in the development of Diervilla as an ornamental genus.

A new marketing activity directed to plant influencers across Europe

Valkplant entered two novelties in the KVBC Novelty contest at Plantarium 2024. We are proud to announce that both novelties got awarded

A 3 years trial of ‘shrubby’ Veronica (formerly Hebe) has led to 9 new Awards of Garden Merit.

We took part with a Proven Winners® stand at the Garden Festival in Coppet (in Switzerland, 20 minutes from Geneva) the 4 &5 May 2024.

With a total number of 31 Hydrangea varieties in the European Proven Winners® program, it was the time to make a European version of the Proven Winners® Hydrangea guide.

Our partner in Germany, Sämann Baumschulen, presented Sugar Shack in a unique way at their in-house exhibition in January.

Proven Winners® Diervilla x splendens Kodiak® Mixx has won a KVBC gold medal and has been voted Best Novelty of the Plantarium 2023 winning a Green Retail Award.

Valkplant entered the plant in the Beste Novelty competition during the summer edition of Plantarium Groen-Direkt taking place on the 12 & 13th of June 2023. At the same time Valkplant is presenting Proven Winners® shrubs at the Flower Trials (13-16th of June) together with our European Proven Winners® annual partners.

We took part for the first time with a Proven Winners® / Valkplant stand at the Journées des Plantes in Chantilly (fair in France, north of Paris) from 12 to 14 May 2023.

In 2023, we have a full marketing calendar to promote the Proven Winners® brand through various activities.

Our highly valued partner in Germany Kordes Junpflanzen participated with a Proven Winners® booth at the Lebensart fair in Lübeck.

In France Proven Winners® sponsored the photo contest ‘Le plus beau jardin 2022’ of the consumer gardening magazine l’Ami des Jardins et de la Maison.

Congratulations to the U23 team who finished the championship in 2nd place and won the silver medal!

Our partner in Poland, Szkółki Kurowscy, put one of the new Proven Winners® panicle Hydrangeas, Little Lime® Punch, in the spotlight.

Valkplant is present at the Floriade Expo 2022 creating great visibility for Proven Winners® both in open ground as well as with a retail presentation.

Valkplant is introducing 4 new stunning Hydrangea paniculata varieties under the Proven Winners® brand.

As of spring 2022 a Proven Winners® branded truck has hit the roads in Germany for deliveries across Europe as an addition to our marketing efforts.

Did you know that there are short YouTube videos available of many Proven Winners® varieties on the “Proven Winners Europe Shrubs” YouTube channel?

In 2021 Proven Winners® participated in the TV-show Lodewijks Droomtuinen. As part of the cooperation presenter Lodewijk Hoekstra visited our Proven Winners® test and show garden LODEWIJKS DROOMTUINEN Proven Winners® show & test tuin, juli 2021 – YouTube

We have continued the successful collaboration between Proven Winners® and the Dutch TV show De Grote Tuinverbouwing in 2021. A wide range of Proven Winners® plants is presented in 20 shows from spring to autumn.

In 2021, Valkplant has introduced two new exceptional plants to its Proven Winners® assortment, Viburnum Oh Canada® and Buddleja Rocketstar® Amethyst.

In addition to the Proven Winners® ads, we have also featured the beautiful Loropetalum Black Pearl in consumer gardening magazines in France and Italy.

In 2021 we extended our print campaign to well-known magazines in France, Italy and Denmark to promote the Proven Winners® brand and varieties to consumers.

In 2021, Valkplant took a very important step towards sustainability by switching to a new Proven Winners® container made of 100% post-consumer recycled material.

To ensure the end-consumer can always find the Proven Winners® variety they want, we are pleased to announce that our new webshop is now online: www.provenwinnersplants.com

Proven Winners® Spiraea jap. ‘NCSX2’ Double Play® Doozie® has won a KVBC gold medal during the KVBC Summer Challenge 2020 and has been voted Best Novelty of the Plantarium 2020.

We are proud to present the new website of Valkplant! On the website you can find detailed and up-to-date information on the nearly 200 plants Valkplant represents. The extensive plant information not only a description, characteristic and the most important USP’s of a plant, but also images and a list of licence holders. On the […]

Click here to watch the item on the Proven Winners® test & show garden that was broadcasted on Dutch National Television on Saturday the 23rd of May. As part of the sponsoring by Proven Winners® of the Dutch TV show De Grote Tuinverbouwing an item was recorded in the test & show garden of Valkplant […]

In the may/june edition of Gardeners World Poland there are full page ads of Hydrangea Little Lime ® and Berberis Admiration to promote these beautiful varieties to the Polish consumer. Valkplant has been promoting these varieties over the last few years in Poland in both trade and consumer magazines. In trade magazines the emphasis is […]

After the successful introduction Hydrangea arb. BellaRagazza® Limetta, that was awarded a KVBC Gold Medal during the Plantarium 2018, Valkplant is now introducing the other varieties of the BellaRagazza® series: Blanchetta en Mauvette. The BellaRagazza® series is completely innovative and unique: the first dwarf ‘Annabelle’ type hydrangea’s in the world! Like the other Proven Winners […]