Bulb Preview

Sale dates 2009: October 9 & 10, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

We'll be conveniently located at the front of the Greenhouse complex and the Hahn Horticulture Garden on Washington St. You can once again pre-order to reserve bulbs or just come shop our sale!

E-mail to reserve bulbs: bulbsale@vt.edu. Reserved bulbs MUST be picked up prior to 6:00 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, or will be returned to inventory.

Please include your name, e-mail, daytime phone, plus the type and quantity of bulbs you'd like to reserve.
E-mail orders taken through October 7. We'll send you a confirmation and total amount due at pickup (cash or check only, please).

Tulips - the essential spring garden display!
Don't give up on tulips if you have a deer problem...try planting them in containers for your deck or patio. Plant 15-20 bulbs in a large (3-5 gallon) ceramic or fiberglass (winter-proof) pot - spectacular!

'Hokie® Blend'

Tulip Mix

Our signature item!

The sunny apricot-orange is touched with gold and the plum-purple provides a wonderful contrast. Mid- to late-spring bloomer, 24" tall.

A great gift for Tech alumni or parents. Guaranteed to irritate any 'Hoos in the neighborhood! Note the lower price this year!

25 bulbs/$14.95 (mix)

Tulip Mix

'Maybelline'

Blush pink, marmalade orange, and just a touch of ruby red comprise this cheerful mix. 22" tall, mid to late spring bloomer.

25/$14.95 (mix)

Tulip

'Flair'

Bright red-and-yellow blooms that catch fire in the sun. This tulip has many good characteristics: large flowers, a strong constitution and an exceptionally long bloom time. Starts with the daffodils in early spring and goes on and on.

25/$14.95

Double Tulip Mix

'Pink Cloud'

Luscious peony-like tulips of soft baby pink and pure snow white. Bbest planted in drifts toward the front of the border. They also make magnificent cut flowers.Height 16-20". Lightly fragrant. Very limited quantities.

25/$16.95 (mix)

Tulip Mix

'French Blend'

An all-color mixture of long-stemmed tulips, bright as lantern globes. Perfect for use in cut flower arrangements. They look great in the garden, too. Each bag contains at least 8 different varieties. Late spring.

25/$14.95 (mix)

We love the species tulips! Lady Jane is a great little perennial tulip with cups of creamy white streaked rosey-red on the outside. In sun the tulips open to white stars. Blooms April/May. Height 10".

25/$14.95

Daffodil 'Yellow Cheerfulness'
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Yellow Cheerfulness is an heirloom variety, grown since 1923. The soft yellow, double flowers more closely resemble a gardenia than a daff and occur in clusters atop strong stems. She has a wonderfully spicy fragrance and multiplies easily.Mid to late bloomer.
Height 16". Deer resistant.

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Daffodil

'Accent'

Ivory white with a salmon cup. Accent was a major breakthrough when it was introduced nearly 50 years ago. Many other pink cups have since come and gone, a testament to Accent's enduring appeal and value in the landscape.
Height 16". Deer resistant.

15/$14.95

Daffodil 'February Gold'

Another very early bloomer (is it ever too early for color?). One of the earliest and longest lasting of all daffodils. The flowers are bright yellow throughout with recurved petals and prominent slender cups. Among the very best daffodils for naturalizing.
Deer resistant.

15/$14.95

Daffodil 'Barrett Browning'

The petals are pure white with frilled orange-red cups. Very free-flowering and early, and one of the best for naturalizing - we have hundreds of these in the Hahn Horticulture Garden. Barrett Browning has been around for more than 50 years and is still tremendously popular. There are no other early-blooming daffodils with this striking color combination. This daffodil is named after the famous poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

14" tall. Deer resistant.

15/$14.95

Daffodil 'Ice Follies'

Very large, silvery white flowers with a wide lemon-yellow cup that turns pure white as the flowers mature. One of the strongest growers ever and great for naturalizing, North and South. 18" tall. Deer resistant.

15/$14.95

The last of the alliums to bloom. Cute little wine-red flowerheads wait until early summer to color up. Puts on a nice show when planted in dense clusters in a perennial border. Beautifully with purple coneflower (Echinacea). Bonus: Absolutely deer resistant.

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Pinkish-purple Crocus tomassinianus ("Tommies") brings an elfin charm to the garden in late winter. A delightful early crocus and one of the easiest to grow. Flowers prolifically in most situations, and deer and squirrels generally leave it alone.

25/$7.95

Dutch crocuses never fail to surprise the eyes after a long winter. Freely planted, they proclaim in colorful drifts that spring is on its way. Purple Haze is a blend of large, goblet-shaped flowers in white, purple and white striped with purple. 4" tall.

25/$7.95

Scilla siberica

Blue Squill

The teensy blue squill is excellent for naturalizing beneath deciduous trees...from a few tiny bulbs planted the first year will come a wonderful colony! The electric true-blue provides a shot of color on it's own or makes a great companion for the earliest yellow daffodils such as February Gold. 4" tall, deer resistant.

25/$7.95

An underused bulb that tolerates quite a bit of shade. It bears spikes of lightly fragrant, porcelain blue, bell-shaped flowers toward the end of the spring. Ideal for naturalizing below shade trees.The stronger and bigger cousin of the English bluebell. 10" tall.

25/$14.95