PAEONIA PASSION….. Covering the load for Warmerdam Paeonia!

Love for the genus Paeonia and Passion in all our peony activities is what it's all about for us. Our family has been peony-crazy for a long, long time; Warmerdam Paeonia stands for over a hundred years of experience in peony growing. The 4th successive generation of the Warmerdam-family is now passionately envolved in growing peonies. We try to spread our peony-enthusiasm as much as we can!


PAST AND PRESENT
Our Warmerdam-family has been having green blood running through their veins for a very long time. At the end of the 19th century no crop specialization was present yet. In those days mixed cultures were common practice in our home area. Vegetables were mainly grown and some peonies ('Duchesse de Nemours', 'Rubra Plena') were grown already as well. My late grandfather expanded the peony assortment with particularly 'Sarah Bernhardt'. Next to peonies he mainly grew broad beans, strawberries, fresias and carnations.

Only one of my grandparents' five children was truely enthusiastic about peonies. Luckily for me this happened to be my father! My dad, Wout Warmerdam, switched to simply and solely floriculture. With this the vegetable growing days were over, as it was for many nurseries in and around Roelofarendsveen (our town of origin) in those days. Fresia, Ornithogalum and especially Paeonia became our main crops. In the 80s and 90s of the last century my father added a dozen varieties, bringing the total number of grown different kinds of peonies to around 15. Among these were the still very popular varieties 'Red Charm', 'Shining Light' and 'Pecher'.

Since the year 2000 the undersigned entered the peony adventure with full devotion. We are very proud to call ourselves 100% specialized in peonies, all side crops belong to the history books now. We have added very many new varieties to our peony assortment, resulting in the nearly 100 varieties that we currently grow with great pleasure and devotion.

Wout Warmerdam with 'Shining Light'.
We review the varieties in our stock every year, and the number of different cultivars proves to be ever growing. We aim at growing an assortment of distinctive peonies which have great garden- and/or cutting qualities. Next to supplying wholesale customers such as growers, export companies and landscapers we also ship peonies to retail customers all over the world.
Currently we only grow herbaceous peonies. Tree peonies we might be adding to our assortment in future times.

Besides growing a great number of varieties in relatively small quantities, on a different location we grow a number of varieties on a fairly large scale. Besides plant production we also grow peonies for the cutflower industry on little more than half a hectare of land (1.5 acres). In total we grow peonies on more than 1 hectare of land (about 3 acres). Nowadays this means we are a small-sized company, certainly in The Netherlands. We intend to keep it this way to secure our high quality standard.

QUALITY
Growing on a relatively small and thus manageble scale is a major objective of ours. Where possible we grow 'the old-fashioned' way. This way we try to avoid any possible loss of quality to the peony flowers and plants as well as to the environment to the very minimum.

Because we are a small family-business with no employees we ourselves do all the work during growing season. We check crop quality during growing season and we also prepare and deliver all orders ourselves. This way we always now what is going on, and you will always be in contact with the right person immediately. This contributes to the very high standard of quality that we like to maintain and in which we take such great pride.

Next to supplying a constant and high quality of peonies, personal service is very important for us as well. Whether or not you have purchased plants and/or flowers from us doesn't matter - we are always pleased to answer any questions on Paeonia that you might have. We like to contribute to the well-being of peonies - the genus simply deserves it! At Warmerdam Paeonia it is not just all about Warmerdam, Paeonia is what matters!

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE
This website is our latest renewal. Launched in spring 2005, this website's mission is to represent, promote and widely spread the beauty of Paeonia. It is our constant intention to update and renew this website.

The target group of this website is mainly private persons. However, the business sector is also very welcome to surf our website to learn more about peonies or to obtain high quality flowers and/or plants, as we are set up for wholesale orders as well.

This website contains a wealth of information on herbaceous peonies. This is something we very consciously have chosen for. We have tried to set up this website in such a way that it is both found pleasant for people who are looking for specific information on peonies, as for people who are still (fairly) unfamiliar with peonies. With a table of contents on top of each page we hope to have created an easy and comfortable way to use website.

Next to the truckload of information on herbaceous peonies we also display here our extensive peony assortment. We offer the possibility to order peony plants on this website, as well as cutflowers and other peony-related products.

As we have created and still maintain this website ourselves for 100%; we have (and will continue to) put a lot of time and energy in this website and we are very proud with the result as you see it before you. We hope that this website will be appreciated by many. Ofcourse we value your opinion a lot, whether it is good or bad. This is the only way for us to improve our website!

We wish you have a lot of fun on our website, and please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions and/or comments about this website or peonies.

Ruud Warmerdam