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Bulbs in the green - snowdrops and bluebells - when do they start selling them? and where to buy

Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
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I'm planning to buy bulbs in the green for the first time next year - snowdrops and bluebells.
Does anyone know when online places start selling them?
I signed up for an email alert on one place but I'd quite like to know when it might be ...
I was also wondering if bulbs in the green are generally OK bought online, or is there any particular retailer you would suggest?
Thanks very much.
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They’ll sell snowdrops at the end of February to March.
    Bluebells bloom in May so I suppose some time after that.  I’ve never bought any. 

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    They’re available straight after they’ve flowered. 

    I’ve bought loads from this place 
    https://broadleighbulbs.co.uk/wp/ 

    Absolutely reliable and reputable in my experience. 

    You can order in advance and they’ll send them when they’re available. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    edited December 2023
    Thank you both!  I will look into that place you mentioned, Dovefromabove.
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    edited December 2023
    I checked out the snowdrops at Broadleigh Gardens - there are so many different varieties to choose from with some really beautiful ones I have not seen before. I like the look of their starter packs too.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Gee Tee do them too - in the green
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited December 2023
    Agree Broadleigh are top notch especially for special named bulbs./but they are not cheap.

    If you want quantities of ordinary snowdrops Galanthus nivalis /or double flowered ones then Eurobulbs are excellent.
    They are field grown in UK,  dug up and dispatched Jan/Feb.
    Over the years I have bought many 1,000 of snowdrops and been delighted with quality/cost.
    Plant in small clumps of 3/5/7 bulbs...takes no time at all to plant 1,000
    Look out for adverts in newspapers/magazines or Google after New Year.

    https://eurobulbs.co.uk/shop/all-bulbs-and-plants/featured/single-snowdrops-galanthus/
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Joe at Monksilver is a snowdrop specialist. He has a catalogue of a wide range of snowdrops. Email him if looking for a particular type.


  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Thank you @Fire, the english bluebells in the green on that site look good.
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    Ooo the eurobulbs look good @Silver surfer, I might go for them.
  • Pink678Pink678 Posts: 498
    I will save the Monksilver site @Fire, thank you. I see he does ferns too which I am interested in.
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