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Where to buy bulbs?

City_balcony_gardenerCity_balcony_gardener Posts: 14
in Plants
For the last few years I bought almost all my bulbs from Wilko online, they were cheap and always performed great. Any recommendations on affordable shops (ideally online) to buy bulbs? 
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I would go with a wholesaler like Gee Tee - buying in bulk is so much cheaper


  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Farmer Gracy perhaps. 20% off all tulip bulbs if you're quick.
    https://www.farmergracy.co.uk/
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Kiss My Grass. https://www.kissmygrass.co.uk/products/9/Flower-Bulbs/

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2023
    Sarah Raven is particularly good for tulips and unusual plants you can't get elsewhere. There is a 30% discount on spring bulbs today.

    Year long 15% code  GIL23YR


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    Gee Tee 15%  discount code this year GW23SUB



  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    I'd be a wee bit careful with Gee Tee Bulbs.  I wasn't overly impressed with their Snowdrops ( in the green ) or Woodland anemones some 6 or 7 years ago.  Not to say they haven't improved since then but ........ ?
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Chelsea designer Bunny Guinness uses Gee Tee as her main wholesale bulb and tuber supplier and finds them great. I have used them for about ten years and I like them a lot. The staff are very helpful.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I use Peter Nyssen and am never disappointed.

    I once bought tulips from Sarah Raven but they all had blight. Once bitten twice shy.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Sarah raven is more expensive than most. peter Nyssen are one of the cheapest and I have always found them good.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited September 2023
    Just ordered some spring bulbs  this morning from Sarah Raven didn't give me the chance to use the any code although it was advertised as @Fire mentions. It was only a small order so I thought that might be why? Paid full price but went ahead as I wanted good quality bulbs.
    Ah just found out think you need to buy some of the expensive garden junk they can't sell to qualify.
    Forty Fritillaria meleagris £11.95 Sarah Raven or twenty five Peter Nyssen for £8.00 didn't check postage but nothing in it.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2023
    No, it should be fine to add just the code. You can only use one code at a time. You add it to the 'discount voucher' box


    I do find people on this forum spend an an inordinate amount of time slagging off good companies and plants. We are in the business of offering options to readers, not shutting them down. Sarah Raven, Nyssen, Gee Tee, Famer Gracy, Avon bulbs, they are all fine and offer different options. Whether I had a SR raven that didn't come up ten years ago is neither here nor there.


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