AALSMEER, Netherlands - The Netherlands is fighting to retain its crown as the world's top auction house for flowers as growers in Africa and elsewhere increasingly sell directly to buyers. The ...

Kenya was the largest foreign supplier to flower auctions held by FloraHolland, a co-operative which sells 98% of the plants and flowers auctioned in the Netherlands. The country is the world's ...

AALSMEER, Netherlands (Reuters) - Warehouses are not normally tourist stops, but one exception is the century-old Royal FloraHolland depot outside of Amsterdam where millions of flowers are ...

Dutch flower-auction company FloraHolland sells flowers to about 4,000 horticultural traders daily at its Naaldwijk facility. Now the worldwide cooperative of flower and plant growers, which this week ...

Dutch growers reportedly destroyed millions of tulips in recent weeks as the coronavirus crisis uproots the global floral industry. Some 140 million tulip stems were scrapped over the past month amid ...

For the Dutch, flowers represent both a passion and a major revenue source. One result: Travelers savor a floral wonderland in any season, but especially during spring. The Netherlands produces about ...

The auction of two 17th century oil still-life paintings of flowers was recently halted after a foundation claimed they were looted by Nazis during World War II. The 5-inch by 8-inch paintings were ...