Bulbs: where to order?, 1 by vossner

vossner wrote:
frilly, first of all, what specific bulbs are you considering? For now, I'm gonna address my lilium bulb experience, but I would safely say it covers most of the other types of bulbs I have purchased.

As to the "bulb not being what I ordered" issue, I used to get a lot more upset in times past than I do now. If they're pretty, then, I just enjoy and mark them for future transplant. I imagine I would still get pretty miffed if I had spent lots of $$$. The lilies I've gotten are mostly co-op acquisitions or sales, so I don't feel too shortchanged if I get the wrong thing.

What I've gotten from Brent & Becky's, bert, faraway flowers, buggycrazy, ednies, southern bulb co, (who else am I forgetting?) has been accurate, with one exception (see pic below). It really didn't bother me. I bought 5 bulbs and I got more than five blooms, so it's possible that rather than getting a "wrong" bulb, I got an extra "not what I ordered" bulb. I'm ok with that--will just move it in the fall, maybe, or maybe i'll let it be.

I had a tiff w/ van engelen, the wholesale arm of scheepers, but it was a customer service issue, not a bulb health or ID issue. In fact, what I got from VE eventually bloom as what I ordered. I think more people than not are happy w/ scheepers/ve.

The only bulb where "not what I ordered" is still an irritant is amaryllis. I think that is b/c 1 bulb is ONE show so if I get the wrong one, it disrupts the whole plan I had conceived in my head. When I got the wrong bulb, my sources either sent a replacement or credited me, even months after I've purchased, so I was generally content with that.