The first year of our lily hybridizing venture was 1977.

That year only Asiatic lilies were used.

A year later in 1978, Oriental lilies were added to our breeding program.

1990 was the year our whole family moved to the state of Oregon, U.S.A. where we started to import bulbs in order to

sell these to greenhouse growers as well as to wholesale companies.

Besides breeding lilies, we also grew several types of perennials as well as many of our own hybrid lilies.

In 2005 we decided to scale back and keep doing what we loved most: Hybridizing lilies, mainly Oriental Lily hybrids for

the cut flower and the pot flower industry, but also for the retail market.

In doing so, we were able to focus on all the parts of a good Oriental lily for the cut flower and pot industry.

It didn't stop in having a strong stem, good bud count and easy to force.

We were also able to hybridize more color and color combinations into Oriental lilies, some were colors of which people with knowledge said that it was impossible to do.

We are the only breeding company in the world that came up with a whole flower in the color Yellow and that in many different variations.

Orange is another color as is green.

will a blue lily also be possible?

We also created lilies of which the stem was very elegant with flowers that had a very nice and soft aroma.

This was possible as we were able to breed the genes of L. Speciosum in our Oriental seedlings.

We were also able to get most of our Oriental seedlings resistant against many viruses.

Although we are not using mineral oil or give our seedlings any protection against aphid, many of our 'older' hybrids are still virus free.