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Spring shipping 2012 is OVER. Thank you! We’ll start taking orders for NEXT spring June 1.

Our Spring-Planted Crown Jewels

Throughout our site, these treasures are highlighted with a green or purple bar and the word RAREST. Most you can’t get anywhere else in North America, and the rest you’d be very hard-pressed to find. That makes them extra-endangered – and extra-exciting in the garden.

Capitals indicate bulbs that are NEW or returned to our catalog after a hiatus.


Theron, 1934

Ehemanii canna, 1863

Bluebird, 1968

Jane Cowl, 1928

Red Kaiser Wilhelm, 1881?

antique montbretia, 1879
Andries’ Orange, 1936 — flower arranger’s delight
Arab Queen, 1949 — a whirlwind of autumn leaves
atropurpurea, 1789 — wild original, dark and velvety
Blue Danube, 1948 — mysterious, bluish lilac
Clair de Lune, 1946 — elegant and wildflowery
Hockley Maroon, 1935 — shimmering drop of vintage sherry
Jane Cowl, 1928 — undulating bronze
Jersey’s Beauty, 1923 — 20th century’s most celebrated
Lavengro, 1953 — soft, dreamy lavender
Madame Stappers, 1947 — chocolate foliage, radiant flowers
Mrs. H. Brown, 1947 — love-child of the ‘Bishop’ & ‘Clair’
Mrs. I. De ver Warner, 1920 — saved by Kentucky farm family
Mrs. le Boutillier, 1934 — red dinner-plate, glints of gold
Nellie Broomhead, 1897 — Victorian gem, from Japan
Old Gold, 1947 — flickering like a bonfire
Prince Noir, 1954 — ruffled, dark burgundy cactus
Prinzessin Irene von Preussen, 1912 — rare white, serene and charming
Red Kaiser Wilhelm, 1881? — mutant form of ‘Kaiser Wilhelm’
Sellwood Glory, 1951 — dark burgundy on silver
Stolz von Berlin, 1884 — pink perfection
Tommy Keith, 1892 — ruby and ivory
White Aster, 1879 — world’s oldest garden dahlia
Wisconsin Red, 1910? — pass-along ruby-red
York and Lancaster, 1915? — mysterious history
GLADIOLUS
Bibi, 1954 — vibrant pink and rose batik
Contentment, 1957 — misty, lavender-pink
Green Lace, 1961 — daintily ruffled and cute as a button
La Coruna, 1957 — ruby and smoke
Lucky Star, 1966 — a truly fragrant glad!
Starface, 1960 — rapturously beautiful
Sunbonnet Sue, 1967 — warm apricot-buff with a sprinkling of freckles
DAYLILIES
Circe, 1937 — chiffon yellow classic by Stout
Corky, 1959 — sweet little flower with famous friends
lemon lily, 1570 — fragrant daylily, true stock!
Orangeman, 1902 — mango-colored stars, extra old
Theron, 1934 — dark landmark
SPRING DIVERSE
antique montbretia, 1879 — the antique original
Ehemanii canna, 1863 — arching sprays of dangling flowers

See WHAT’S NEW this year.

See our FALL-PLANTED RAREST bulbs.

See our CUSTOMER FAVORITES.

Click here to see our SPRING-PLANTED SAMPLERS, collections to bloom in summer.

Click here to see our FALL-PLANTED SAMPLERS, collections to bloom in spring.

See our past and present BULBS OF THE YEAR.

Fall-Planted Bulbs
Spring-Planted Bulbs
Gift Certificates
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Why Heirlooms?
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