Willem van Riemsdijk (Stinze Stiens)

Dutch Crocus, Snowflakes and Snowdrops in the background at Stinze Stiens.

Dutch Crocus, Snowflakes and Snowdrops in the background at Stinze Stiens.

In the Stinzenplant season of 2019 the theme of the Stinzenflora-monitor is: ‘OndersteBoven van Stinzenflora’. The Dutch expression means something like ‘being flabbergasted’ by stinzenplants.  Literally OndersteBoven means ‘downside up’. So this year the focus will be: what is happening under the soil surface? The idea behind this theme is, among other things, to pay more attention to the soil in which the Stinzenplants grow and the management of that soil in such a way that the soil quality is improved, promoting the growth of the Stinzenplants. The soil in our garden at Stinze Stiens is not too heavy clay soil. This soil is per se not very suitable for a Stinzenplant garden, but it has a lot of potential. By increasing the organic matter content of the soil and stimulating the soil life, a very good soil quality can develop within a few years, which is very suitable for many Stinzenplants. – Read More –