higher temperatures and the start of the gardening season,” say Günther Esser and Cees Hoekstra, Managing Directors of Veiling Rhein-Maas. Marketing situation In January and February, which were characterised [...] personally with auction staff at the International Plant Fair (IPM) in Essen, the two trade fairs HortiContact (Gorinchem, NL) and Vaktentoonstelling (Zwaagdijk, NL), as well as the Flora Spring Expo (Royal Flora