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Bulb Seasons

Find out when to buy your favourite bulbs. We’ve answered all the common questions to help make your shopping experience easy and enjoyable.

When is Spring bulb Season?

We release our Spring bulbs for sale from late January through to around late May each year. Spring bulbs include Tulips, Daffodils, Freesia, Scilla (also known as Bluebells), Anemones, Ranunculus, Dutch Irises, Iris Reticulata (mini Irises), Hyacint

When is Lily Season?

Our Lily range is usually available to purchase online from around mid June and stays available until mid-July (or until sold out). Lily season includes a huge range of varieties - Oriental Lilies, Rose Lilies (Double Orientals), Christmas Lilies, As

When is Peony season?

Our Peonies (Paeonia) are available for sale from around mid/late June. We don’t take orders before then, as horticulture can be full of surprises, and we like to wait until we know exactly what’s ready and thriving for the season. Want to be the fir

When is Dahlia season?

Dahlia season for us is the busiest season of the year, with many varieties selling out in minutes (crazy, I know!). Dahlia season kicks off late July, when we release our exciting new range online, and this year’s collection is shaping up to be a re

When's Saffron season?

We usually harvest our Saffron bulbs (corms) in December, with sales running online from December through to early March. That said, this season’s crop didn’t perform as well as we’d hoped, so we’ll be keeping all our stock to grow on for next year.

Why are your Dahlias all sold out?

Dahlia season is our most popular season of the year. Up 70% of our stock can sell out within just a few hours. While stocks are currently showing as sold out, this is simply because we haven't reached Dahlia season yet. You can sign up to be notifie

When is Begonia season?

Our Begonia will be available to purchase online from the beginning of August. We don’t offer pre-orders before then, as horticulture can be full of surprises, and we prefer to ensure everything is ready to go before we list varieties for pre-order.

Do you have Alliums?

Unfortunately, we don't grow Alliums (as much as we'd love to!).. Alliums cannot be imported into NZ due to the risk of bringing diseases into the country. Believe it or not, NZ has quite a significant Onion industry (growing well over 200,000 tonnes

When's Hippeastrum Season?

We usually sell our Hippeastrum at the end of the year. Around December. Want to be first in the know when Hippeastrum season starts? You can subscribe to our newsletter here, and we’ll email you as soon as they’re ready to order.

When's Garlic Season?

We sell our Garlic from around late April through to June each year. We don’t take pre-orders simply because horticulture can be full of surprises - nature doesn’t always run on a strict schedule!. Want to be first in the know when Garlic season star