Bulbs: What bulbs are you planning to plant this fall?, 2 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I order my bulbs from several places. There are a number of very good ones.

For lilies I rely on B&D Lilies. Great lilies, truly first rate, and many varieties, and good prices!I We have lost some great vendors like Faraway Flowers and Buggy Crazy, but B&D is great for old and new cultivars and I can afford to buy three, which I prefer.

For a fantastic value and lilies that are equal to the best, check out Hallson Gardens (Watchdog 30). The selection is much smaller than B&D, but if they have what you want, the values are ridiculous, and the bulbs are outstanding. The price per bulb goes down if you order more than one. Crystal Blancas, for example, were something like $2.50 each, and $2.00 if you bought three. Each bulb produced three flowers. If they have what you are seeking, no one has better prices. Below, please see my first year Crystal Blancas, which I bought last year. 3 bulbs, 3 flowers each, $6.00 total.

The second picture is 3 first year Dimension. Again, $2.00 or so dollars each, 3 bulbs, 9 flowers, $2.50 each bulb. If they have what you are seeking, the quality is equal with the most expensive lilies I have ever purchased.

The Lily Garden is wonderful but it is pricey. Ditto Old House Gardens.

Old House Gardens has a minimum $30 order per season. If you order from the catalog, which covers spring and fall, you have to place a $30 order from each. But unbeatable sized, especially for daffodils and tulips. Five daffs will cost you more than at other places, but they are double nosed and reproduce so rapidly that you will have more than you need in a few years. A small selection of superb lilies.

For tulips, alliums, daffodils and a billion minor bulbs, John Scheepers and its wholesale arm Van Engelen are great and the values are terrific. 32 different kinds of alliums, for heaven's sake. Stuff that is hard to find anywhere else. 9 kinds of camassia. Tons and tons of tulips. I get my tulips from cheepers - multiflowering, species, late doubles, single lates. Scheepers has a $30 minimum and Van Engelen $50, but there are hundreds and hundreds of bulb varieties - unless I am mistaken, more than anyone else. A particular bulb will come in every color available, something equally worthy smaller entities just can't provide.

Slightly more expensive, but wonderful, are Brent and Becky's Bulbs. I order from all three and I can't tell the bulbs apart.

I have heard good things about other companies bu these are the ones I order from personally, and I ordered from all of them except the Lily Garden in the past two years.

Does this help?