For an easy introduction to the wonders of antique bulbs, let us choose for you — and save! We’ll send at least $35 worth of diverse, time-tested, fall-planted bulbs for just $30 (plus shipping). They’ll all be labled, great for your area, and may include daffodils, lilies, hyacinths, tulips, peonies, crocus, and others. It’s fun, easy, and a deal!

Please order by USDA hardiness zone. (Don’t know yours? Find it here.) Limit 1 sampler per address, please.

Enrich your summer garden with the lush color and fragrance of heirloom lilies! We’ll send 5 easy classics including our 2003 Bulb of the Year, tough and gorgeous ‘Black Beauty’. For zones 5-7S/9WC only.

For 2, 3, or more of each variety, order additional samplers.

The fragrance of lilies wafting through your garden on a warm summer night is an unforgettable pleasure. Sniff 3 different, easy favorites (some possibilities are pictured here). For zones 5-7S/9WC only.

For 2, 3, or more of each variety, order additional samplers.

More varied than most gardeners realize, tulips can be early, late, fragrant, wild, double, ruffled, striped, and more. Here’s an easy introduction to that blissful diversity. We’ll send you 12 bulbs: 3 fragrant early ‘Prinses Irene’, 3 ruffled late ‘Black Parrot’, 3 double Victorian ‘Peach Blossom’, 3 wild slender ‘Florentine’. For zones 3-7aS/8WC.

For 6, 9, or more of each, order additional samplers.

Double tulips may be out of fashion, but don’t confuse fashion with beauty. These 5 very rare doubles are exceptionally beautiful. You’ll get 1 each of ‘Willemsoord’ (1930, ruby and ivory), ‘Murillo’ (1860, history’s most famous), ‘Mr. van der Hoef’ (1911, fragrant), ‘Harlequin’ (1912, burgundy misted), and ‘Anna Sluyter’ (1930, sunset hues). This was a special, one-time-only sampler offered in 2012 and we won’t be offering it in 2013. Sorry!

Tough enough to laugh at high heat, poor soils, and even hurricanes, these beauties have graced gardens throughout the South (and warm West) for generations. We’ll send you 1 red spider lily, 1 oxblood lily, 3 ‘Excelsior’ Spanish bluebells, 3 ‘Gravetye Giant’ snowflakes, and 3 Southern grape hyacinths. For zones 7-8bS/9bWC only.

   For more of each variety, order additional samplers.

These sweet little wildflowers will multiply happily in light shade and soil that’s not too dry in zones 5-7bS/8bWC. You’ll get 5 Grecian windflowers, 5 winter aconites, 5 snake’s-head fritillaries, 5 silver bells, and 5 Siberian squill.

For 10, 15, or more of each, order additional samplers.

Herald the new year’s renaissance with this tapestry of purple, white, lavender, gold, and striped crocus. You’ll get 25 corms – 5 each of 5 of our gems – all individually labeled. For zones 4-7bS/8bWC.

For 2, 3, or more of each, order additional samplers.

For a lifetime of luxurious beauty, plant our easy heirloom peony sampler this fall. We’ll send you 3 of our favorite old-fashioned doubles — 1 pink, 1 white, and 1 rose-red. Give them a sunny spot and they’ll reward you with abundant blooms for a century or more — and they make great cut flowers! For zones 3-7S/8WC only, please.

For 2, 3, or more of each variety, order additional samplers.

Jonquils and Southern gardens go together like biscuits and gravy. We’ll send you 4 of the best, all easy, fragrant, and cherished – 3 N. jonquilla ‘Early Louisiana’ , 3 true ‘Campernelle’, 3 ‘Sweetness’, and 3 ‘Trevithian’. 12 bulbs total, for zones 6b-8S/10WC.

For 6, 9, or more of each variety, order additional samplers.

Got snow? If you garden in zones 4-6 (or 4-8 on the West Coast), this sampler of diverse, beautiful, time-tested WHITE daffodils is made for you. We’ll send you 3 bulbs each of 4 easy favorites – 3 ‘Beersheba’, 3 ‘Irene Copeland’, 3 pheasant’s eye, and 3 ‘Thalia’. All are easy to grow and sure to make your next spring lovelier than ever!

For 6, 9, or more of each variety, order additional samplers.

Sample the rich colors and fragrances of these most-endangered bulbs. Easy to force and great in the garden (zones 5-8aS/10WC). We’ll send five different singles, our choice, all terrific!

For 2, 3, or more of each, order additional samplers.

Bursting with extra petals, double hyacinths were once the most prized. Rediscover their antique charms with this sampler of 4 unique beauties, including our Fall 2008 Bulb of the Year, ‘Chestnut Flower’. Save the Doubles! For zones 5-8aS/10WC.

For 2, 3, or more of each, order additional samplers.

Tulips in old gardens are often a hodgepodge of survivors no garden book would recommend but that always looks cheery and right. This ever-popular sampler honors those time-rich jumbles. You’ll get 15 late-spring jewels: 3 lilac ‘Bleu Aimable’ , 3 primrose ‘Golden Harvest’ , 3 deep purple ‘Greuze’, 3 ruby ‘Kingsblood’, and 3 ivory ‘White Triumphator’ (replacing ‘Dillenburg’ which is a total crop failure this year). For zones 3-7aS/8WC.

For 6, 9, or more of each, order additional samplers. We hope to offer this sampler again in 2013, but we may have to include different tulips in it. Please check back in June or subscribe to our email newsletter for an alert.