Colorblends
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| Industry | Horticulture |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Schipper & Company |
| Founded | 1912 in Amsterdam, NL |
| Founder | Cornelis Nicolaas Schipper |
| Products | Flower bulbs |
| Website | colorblends |
Colorblends is a wholesaler/distributor of flower bulbs based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The company was founded in the Netherlands by the Schipper family in 1912. Colorblends serves landscape professionals and ambitious residential gardeners.
Background
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The company's website states that Schipper & Company started in the Netherlands in 1912. Cornelis Schipper moved the company to the United States after World War II.[1] Cornelis Nicolaas Schipper was born into a tulip farming family and emigrated to the United States in 1947. When he arrived in the United States he borrowed $1000 and purchased a car. He drove from town to town receiving orders for flower bulbs. He serviced florists and wholesale growers.[2]
Schipper & Company USA is still a privately owned business and Colorblends is part of the company. The company is located on the east side of Bridgeport, Connecticut at 747 Barnum Avenue and they feature a spring flower display garden attraction called the "Colorblends House and Spring Garden" which is located on 893 Clinton Ave on the west side of Bridgeport.[3] The company operates under the trade names: Colorblends Wholesale Flowerbulbs. [4]
Museum
[edit]Colorblends is one of the founders of the Amsterdam Tulip Museum in the Netherlands.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Colorblends Our Roots…Are Bulbs". Colorblends. Schipper & Company U.S.A. Inc. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Cornelis Nicolaas Schipper, 101". NewCanaanite. Newshound LLC. 29 April 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Spring is in the air: Bridgeport Wholesale flower bulb warehouse offers spring flower garden attraction". News 12 The Bronx. 1 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Schipper & Company, U.S.A., Inc". Buzzfile. Buzzfile Media LLC. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Tulip Museum in Amsterdam". Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.