基金会沿革
Willy Böttcher 铁线莲基金会苗圃（Foundation Willy Böttcher / Stichting Willy Böttcher）位于比利时弗兰德地区，是一处纪念同名比利时铁线莲育种家的家族式苗圃。Willy Böttcher 与他的儿子 Dominiek 在铁线莲圈子里活跃超过三十年，曾在各大园艺展与展览会上获得过许多奖项，专业杂志也常有报道。后来 Willy 去世、Dominiek 又遭遇严重车祸，加上家庭原因，父子两代一同将苗圃土地卖给了隔壁邻居 Jean Marie Dheedene，并由后者于 2014 年 4 月 1 日正式接手续办苗圃。
新一代接手与延续
Jean Marie Dheedene 接手的初衷很明确：「不能让父子两代积累下来的铁线莲知识就这么丢掉」。接手后他参加了多个铁线莲专业展会，向育种家与资深从业者请教，慢慢把苗圃的品种线与销售网络接起来，保留了 Foundation Willy Böttcher 的名号继续运作。苗圃现在的经营者以家族形式继续种植、展示与销售铁线莲，并保持原有的比利时低地常见栽培种与若干新引种的搭配。
访问与营业季节
苗圃对外每年 3 月 15 日至 10 月 15 日开放参观与购苗，访客需提前电话预约。访客可以开车抵达苗圃，苗圃提供停车空间，工作人员会留出时间现场交流品种选择与搭配方案，团队访客也可接待。日常访客通常以本地买家与铁线莲爱好者为主，邮件咨询则用于预订与远程沟通。
品种主线与展示
苗圃沿用 Willy 与 Dominiek 两代人留下来的铁线莲品种线，重点是常见栽培种与若干比赛获奖品种；网站每月会推出一个「Clematis van de maand」（本月铁线莲），配合图文介绍某一栽培种的花型、修剪组与适用场景。原网站除了销售功能外，也保留了若干老照片与种苗繁衍记录，供研究者与园艺历史爱好者参考。苗圃当前重点销售的明星栽培种包括 Clematis ‘Princess Kate’（’Zoprika’）与若干早春开花的 alpina 类常绿铁线莲。
网站维护与双语版本
苗圃网站 (fdnbottcher.be) 提供荷兰语与法语两个版本，长期由本地团队维护；荷兰语版本使用基金会域名，法语版本则沿用历史品牌域名。整体内容保持简洁，访客可以快速浏览本月铁线莲、目录与联系方式，并按季节直接询问购苗或预约参观。基金会名字至今保留在网站的页眉与页脚里，是对 Willy Böttcher 与 Dominiek 两代人三十多年铁线莲工作的致敬。
About the Foundation
Foundation Willy Böttcher (Stichting Willy Böttcher) is a small family-run clematis nursery in the Flanders region of Belgium, named after the late Belgian clematis breeder Willy Böttcher. Willy and his son Dominiek were active in the clematis world for more than thirty years, picking up awards at trade fairs and exhibitions along the way and earning coverage in the trade press. Willy’s death, a serious traffic accident that sidelined Dominiek and other family circumstances eventually led the two of them to sell the nursery land to their neighbour Jean Marie Dheedene, who formally took over the operation on 1 April 2014.
The New Operator
Jean Marie Dheedene’s motivation in taking over was simple: “the expertise that the father and son had built up should not be lost.” Since then he has attended clematis trade fairs, taken workshops with specialists and breeders and gradually rebuilt the nursery’s variety list and customer network, while keeping the Foundation Willy Böttcher name running. The nursery continues today as a family-style operation that grows, displays and sells clematis, keeping the original line of Belgian-lowland cultivars while adding a few new introductions of its own.
Visiting and Opening Season
The nursery opens to visitors and buyers from 15 March to 15 October each year, by prior phone call. There is parking on site, and the team sets aside time to walk visitors through the stock and talk about variety choice and garden placement. Group visits are welcome on the same basis, and email enquiries are used for advance orders and out-of-hours questions.
Variety Line-Up and Display
The catalogue continues the line that Willy and Dominiek built up over the decades, with an emphasis on well-established Belgian cultivars plus a handful of award winners. The site runs a small “Clematis van de maand” (Clematis of the month) feature that pairs each month’s pick with notes on flower shape, pruning group and garden use. A back catalogue of older photographs and propagation notes is kept online for researchers and garden-history enthusiasts. Current standouts in the sales line include Clematis ‘Princess Kate’ (a.k.a. ‘Zoprika’) and a selection of the early-flowering Atragene (alpina) group.
Website and Bilingual Setup
The nursery’s site is maintained locally and published in both Dutch and French. The Dutch edition uses the foundation domain, while the French edition is served from an older brand domain. The site is deliberately simple — visitors can quickly check the Clematis of the month, browse the catalogue, and either email or phone ahead to book a visit or place an order. The foundation name still sits in the header and footer of the site as a tribute to Willy and Dominiek Böttcher and their thirty-plus years of clematis work.
Official Site: http://www.fdnbottcher.be/
For more on Belgian clematis breeders and heritage nurseries, see the Royal Horticultural Society clematis register resources.
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