Why is buying seeds & bulbs online so painful and where would you suggest shopping?

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• Arthur1 Posts: 542

  September 2022

  Worth a go getting seeds via the seed distribution from the Royal Horticultural Society or the Hardy Plant Society. You have to be a member and there is a small charge but you get some interesting plants.

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  September 2022

  I would agree Chiltern seed is the best. However the very best tulip bulbs in my opinion come from Sarah Raven.

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• Redwing Posts: 1,511

  September 2022

  Another vote for Premier Seeds.

  Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.

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• Lyn Posts: 23,190

  September 2022

  MikeOxgreen said:

  I don't need any bulbs, but if I do i'll know where to go 
  Thanks for all the replies, lots of leads to follow up now. 

  You did ask about bulbs in the title of your thread. 

  Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 
  
  

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• Chris-P-Bacon Posts: 943

  September 2022

  Never had an issue with this company..
  
  https://www.realseeds.co.uk/
  

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• Nollie Posts: 7,529

  September 2022

  Buy/Pre-order in advance regardless of sowing times and then store until needed. As JennyJ says, it’s all about timing. Pre- Brexit I used to browse at the Organic Garden Catalogue soon after Christmas and place one big seed order for the whole year. I always got the varieties I wanted. The only exception was seed potatoes for which I had to pop over the border to France to buy from a GC.
  

  Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.

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