Best online shop for Spring bulbs ???

sudzs

I've never bought garden plants online so don't know which are the good places so it would be great if anyone could recommend a good online garden shop please. I just looked at Mr Middleton and they seem very pricey.

OscarMIlde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058377349/best-online-shop-for-spring-bulbs

I'm not a huge fan of Mr Middleton for bulbs TBH. I've had a few orders where the bulbs weren't the colour/variety I selected once they grew. I ordered two pink and white dinner plate begonias this year and one was a hideous bright yellow small begonia. Similar happened last year.

If it's a large order then bulbi.nl is very good for tulips. Unfortunately they have a large shipping fee so not worth it for small orders. Never bought bulbs but Farmer Gracy sometimes has sales and free shipping.

Woodies might be a good bet. They would have a pretty quick turnover so I imagine bulbs in good condition. Any I bought there were good and what they said.

sudzs

Thanks for the tips. I think I'll avoid Mr Middleton. That's pretty bad that your bulbs came up the wrong colour. Similar thing happened me with Ebay. I bought pale cream coloured Nasturtium seeds and when they came up I could see red tinges on the stems of some. Turned out they were just the regular bright orange and yellow ones. Luckily I was able to whip them out well before they got a chance to spread their seeds.

Just editing to say I've looked at bulbi.nl and Farmer Gracy and neither have just a plain white old fashioned tulip. They're all so fancy! Well bulbi.nl does have them but I'd have to buy 250 !!

rje66

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rje66

https://www.lispoppleflowersandbulbs.ie/

slystallone

Whats the latest you'd want to be planting tulip bulbs?

sudzs

I would say best to get them down in the next couple weeks. But you'd probably be ok up to the end of November.

OscarMIlde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122751921#Comment_122751921

I think it's a bit late in the year for bulbi.nl. All the good ones are gone. If you see them anywhere though buy exotic emperor in cream. They are really beautiful.

strawberry

J Parkers have just opened a distribution center in Ireland. I ordered from them a few weeks ago, delivery took a while but they've got a decent selection and the bulbs were good quality when they arrived.

https://www.jparkers.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopHUj15qX1ba4hSaVFbASZVZ9lagMg4cymjlAmfg__2JPDDO46B

bored_newbie

I've ordered bulbs from here a few times and wasn't disappointed.

https://theirishgardener.com/products/special-offer-on-spring-bulbs?variant=41042456314021