Bulbs (Garden Bulbs and Flower Bulbs), Garden Bulbs, Plant and Flower Bulbs for sale Online.
Flowering bulbs including daffodil bulbs and tulip bulbs are available for sale direct from online or mail order flower bulb suppliers. Flower Bulbs provide the gardener with such a range of forms and color. Tulip Bulbs, Daffodil Bulbs, Hyacinths, Crocus, Liliums, Iris, Paeony Roses, Gladioli, Dahlias, Day Lilies and Begonias (includes mail order bulbs and bulb catalogues) Nurseries, Mail Order Flower Bulb Nurseries, Specialist Bulbs Nurseries and Retail Nurseries
Bulbs - Mail Order Garden Bulbs, Plant and Flower Bulbs
Perhaps the most popular of all garden bulbs are those that flower in the spring. Everyone have a favorite spring flowering bulb, ours are fritillaria, a little different and a huge variety. We also like Narcissus bulbocodium or 'Hoop petticoat' daffodils and species tulips are a little different as well.
List of Spring Flowering Bulbs
Allium
Anemones
Babiana
Chionodoxa (Glory of the Snow)
Crocus
Daffodils
Dutch Iris
Erythronium (Trout Lily)
Freesias
Fritillaria
Galanthus
Hyacinths
Ixia
Jonquils
Lachenalia
Muscari
Ornithogalum
Ranunculus
Scilla
Sparaxis
Triteleia
Tritonia
Tulips
Watsonia
Bulbs for Indoors
Many bulbs are suitable for growing indoors, or at least for flowering indoors.
Perhaps the best is the Hippeastrum that does well indoors in a well lit position, filtered light is best. With great showy flowers in late winter hippeastum are easy to care for and can be rested outside in a shaded position when dormant.
Planting Garden Bulbs and Flower Bulbs in the Garden or Containers.
Mail Order bulbs and bulb plants are a fantastic way to buy bulbs direct from the grower. With a huge variety of bulbs available for sale online you can soon have a display of flowering bulbs during almost any season.
It is important when planting bulbs to select good quality bulbs direct from the grower. Bulbs should not be soft, damaged, show any sign of disease or have a 'bad smell'. Start with good quality bulbs from reputable suppliers.
How to plant bulbs
Bulbs need to planted at the correct time for maximum performance. Bulbs also need to be planted the correct way up and at the correct depth. The general rule for planting spring flowering bulbs is to place them 2-3 times as deep as the height of the bulb itself, pointy end up. Many summer flowering bulbs have different requirements, so ask for instructions if in doubt. Some bulbs need to be planted with the neck of the bulb at or above ground level.
Many flower bulbs perform well in pots, but be careful of watering requirements and also be aware that pots placed in the sun can get very hot.
Propagating new plants from Bulbs.
Bulbs are propagated by division or from seed. Division is easiest for the home gardener, propagating bulbs by seed is excellent for the more experienced gardener. Some bulbs may take 7 years to flower from seed.
Garden Bulbs and Flower Bulbs - Online Bulb Suppliers - Mail Order Bulbs for sale in Australia
BRYAN H TONKIN
'Sylvan Vale' 375 Olinda Creek Rd, Kalorama, VIC.3766
Ph (03) 9728 1295 Fax (03) 9728 1299
Including a large range of Rare and unusual bulbs, corms and perennials
HILLVIEW RARE PLANTS
400 Huon Rd South Hobart TAS 7004
PH (03) 62240770
Cool climate bulbs for the collector and the gardener. Wide range of crocus, cyclamen, galanthus and fritillaria in Australia
TESSELAAR BULBS
357 Monbulk Road SILVAN VIC 3795
Phone: 03 9737 9811 Fax: 03 9737 9706
Offering you Australia's largest range of guaranteed garden worthy bulbs, plants and perennials. Visit the Tesselaar website for growing guides, free full colour catalogue or to purchase direct.
HANCOCK'S DAFFODILS
2 Jacksons Hill Rd, Menzies Creek VIC 3159
phone (03) 9754 3328 fax (03) 9752 5877
Hancocks Daffodils (since 1917) hundreds of different varieties of daffodils as well as other beautiful spring & autumn flowering bulbs for home gardeners. Free colour catalogues available. Tulips, Daffodils, Alliums, Freesias, Iris and many other bulbs.
BULBS DIRECT
Phone 03 52505132 Fax 03 52505116
email:info@bulbsdirect.com.au
Bulbs Direct specializes in mail order flower bulbs. With over 400 varieties of premium quality bulbs and prompt mail order service.
BRENDA LYON SPECIALTY BULBS
'Falkirk' 2070 Edith Rd Oberon NSW 2787
PH (02) 6336 1282
email: brenlyon@bigpond.net.au
Daffodil Specialist with a garden featuring over 2000 varieties. Visit the farm the last two weeks in September.
BROERSEN BULBS Pty Ltd
365-367 Monbulk Rd, Silvan, Vic., 3795
Phone: 03 9737 9714 Fax: 03 9737 9707 email:sales@broersenbulbs.com.au
"Bulb growers since 1951. Specialising in a comprehensive range of bulbs and perennials. Strictly wholesale only. Australia wide mail order service."
C & M DREWITT
PH/Fax 03 9737 9827
Specialising in rare and unusual bulbs, alpines and rock garden plants mail order or nursery sale by appointment. Catalogues April and November
MISTYDOWNS
P O Box 398 Creswick Vic 3363
Phone 03 5345 2847 Fax 03 5345 1200
Retail & Mail Order Specialist Growers of Heritage Roses, Unusual Perennials, Tree and Herbaceous Peonies. Mail order and Nursery Sales. Over 1000 immages on our Web site.
AUSTRALIAN GARDENER
55 Old Emerald Rd, MONBULK VIC 3793
Mailing Address: PO Box 231, MONBULK VIC 3793
Phone: 03 9751 9595 Fax: 03 9756 7844
Established in 1953, we provide top quality and affordable flowering bulbs, perennials and plants to all Australian Gardeners. Visit our website to view our entire range of plants and to purchase online.
KAYDALE PLANTS & BULBS
phone
(03) 64 291 293
Mail or phone order plants & bulbs.
Large range of rare and unusual bulbs and plants.Includes Daffodils, Fritillaria, Trillium, Erythronium, Dicentra, Liliums, Species Tulips, Alliums, Cyclamen and many more. email: kaydale@bordernet.com.au
SHERINGA PERENNIAL PLANTS
Greenhill Rd Carey Gully SA 5144
phone: 08 83903153
Specialist growers of perennials and bulbs
SUE & GARRY REID'S RARE & SPECIALITY BULB NURSERY
43 Wallace Road Allans Flat Victoria 3691
Tel: 02 6027 1514
PINE MOUNTAIN NURSERY
442 Russells Road, Pine Mountain Ipswich QLD 4306
phone: 07 54643976
Pine Mountain Nursery is a mail order plant nursery and also specialises in breeding elite agapanthus, clivia and other warm climate bulbs.
E.E.COSH
162 Tintenbar Rd Tintenbar NSW 2478
PH (02) 66878356
The very rare Worsleya rayneri. Price and availablity on request.
BUDA HISTORIC HOME and GARDEN NURSERY
42 Hunter St Castlemaine VIC
PH/FAX: (03) 54721032
email:buda@castlemaine.net
KANGAROO ISLAND BULB FARM
47 Kohinoor Rd Kingscote SA 5223
PH/Fax (08) 85532480
TITANIUM ORNAMENTAL PLANTS
PO Box 575 Kuranda Queensland 4881
PH 0416215067
email: a-phallus@titanumplants.com
Mail order nursery specialising in rare Amorphophallus species, such as A. titanum, gigas, decus-silvae, hewittii and others.
EERIE DELIGHT
PO Box 66 Castle Hill NSW 2154
PH/Fax (02) 96346793
email zebrina@one.net.au
A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant.
A bulbs leaf bases generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. The leaf bases may resemble scales, or they may overlap and surround the center of the bulb as with the onion. A modified stem forms the base of the bulb, and plant growth occurs from this basal plate. Roots emerge from the underside of the base, and new stems and leaves from the upper side.
Other types of storage organs (such as corms, rhizomes, and tubers) are sometimes erroneously referred to as bulbs. The correct term for plants that form underground storage organs, including bulbs as well as tubers and corms, is geophyte. Some epiphytic orchids (family Orchidaceae) form above-ground storage organs called pseudobulbs, that superficially resemble bulbs.
All plants that form true bulbs are monocotyledons, and include:
*Onion, garlic, and other alliums, family Alliaceae.
*Lily, tulip, and many other members of the lily family Liliaceae.
*Amaryllis, Hippeastrum, Narcissus, and several other members of the amaryllis family Amaryllidaceae.
*Two groups of Iris species, family Iridaceae: subgenus Xiphium (the "Dutch" irises) and subgenus Hermodactyloides (the miniature "rock garden" irises).
Bulbil
Some lilies form small bulbs, called bulbils in their leaf axils. Several members of the onion family, Alliaceae, including Allium sativum (garlic), form bulbils in their flower heads, sometimes as the flowers fade, or even instead of the flowers. The so-called Tree onion (Allium cepa var. proliferum) forms small onions which are large enough for pickling.
Some ferns, such as Hen and Chicken Fern grow offshoots on top of their fronds, which are also referred to as bulbils.
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