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Fall Bulb Festival – Preorder Online

September 8 – 22, 2011

Order your bulbs online to ensure that you receive the items you want. Bulbs purchased from a leading Dutch supplier are delivered just days before the sale — timed to coincide with ideal planting conditions. Fresher and larger, these competitively priced bulbs produce more stems and flowers. Get these beautiful and highly sought after bulbs before they sell out!

The bulb sale and preorder pick-up are located in Burnstein Hall of the Regenstein Center. Preordering is available to everyone. Regular Garden parking fees apply for pick-up. All preorders must be paid by credit card via the Web. Preorders may be picked up in Burnstein Hall during the Fall Bulb Festival: Friday, September 30, noon to 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Preorders are processed in the order received. Bulbs are subject to availability and substitutions are not allowed. To ensure that you receive what you want, we encourage you to preorder your bulbs early. Orders cannot be shipped.

PHOTO: Allium GlobemasterAllium ‘Globemaster’
Ornamental Onion

This is the biggest of them all! It has a 10” globe of silvery pinkish-purple florets that last up to a month in June. Stems reach 2-3’.

1 bulb/bag $9.50

PHOTO: Allium sphaerocephalonAllium sphaerocephalon
Drumstick Onion

The rich burgundy florets of this selection form a tight oval blossom about 1” in diameter. The unusual flowers are very long lasting and emerge in May-June, creating an eye-catching display. One of the most reliable of all Allium, it reaches 2-3’.

25 bulbs/bag $6

Narcissus ‘Tahiti’
Div. IV Daffodil – Double

Midseason to Late. 14-16”. The large, long lasting and beautifully shaped flower is soft sulfur yellow with bright orange-red inner segments. This show flower has particularly strong stems.

10 bulbs/bag $12

PHOTO: Narcissus Tete a teteNarcissus ‘Tete a Tete’

Division XII. Early. 6-8”. These small, bright yellow flowers produce multiple stems. An heirloom bulb that is great for rock gardens, borders, and forcing.

10 bulbs/bag $5.50

PHOTO: Tulipa PInk ImpressionTulipa ‘Pink Impression’
Impression Series Darwin Tulip

Midseason. 20”. An incredibly luminous specimen, both in the garden and as a cut flower; its petals show a range of rose tones that mature to deep pink.

10 bulbs/bag $6.50

PHOTO: Tulip Queen of NightTulipa ‘Queen of Night’
Single Late Tulip

Late. 24”. Produces deep velvety maroon hues. Adds shadows to a sunny garden. Looks beautiful with
N. 'Thalia' (available at the Fall Bulb Festival).

10 bulbs/bag $6

Tulipa ‘Marilyn’
Lily-Flowered Tulip

Midseason. 22”. A lily-flowered variety new to the Fall Bulb Festival. Beautiful white arching petals splashed with red at the base.

10 bulbs/bag $7

PHOTO: Tulip Spring GreenTulipa ‘Spring Green’
Viridiflora Tulip

Late. 18”. Elegant, waxy, white flower with soft green feathering down the center of each petal.

10 bulbs/bag $8

PHOTO: Striped SquillPuschkinia libanotica
Striped Squill

Pale blue to white, starlike flowers with dark blue striping are clustered at the top of the stems in April. These are wonderful in rock gardens, in perennial borders and under trees and shrubs. They are undemanding, remain trouble-free and increase rapidly. Matures to 4-6” tall.

25 bulbs/bag $5

PHOTO: Scilla sibericaScilla siberica
Siberian Squill

This one, with its beautiful blue flowers, is the most familiar in our area. It readily naturalizes, creating a wonderful blue carpet.

25 bulbs/bag $8.50