So I wanted to show you some bulbs that I ordered online from K.Van Bourgondien at dutchbulbs.com. I placed my order in early September and they were delivered in October. The company ships at the appropriate planting time for one's area.
When I ordered, I had the Home Depot website open in one tab and the dutchbulbs.com site in another. I compared prices on similar packages between the two sites. In the end I chose dutchbulbs because their prices were very slightly lower for my total order than Home Depot's, and their selection was better. The tulips were an especially good deal, while the crocus were slightly more for the quantity I was ordering. I did have to pay for shipping. Whereas if I'd ordered from Home Depot, I would have received free shipping. I still came out very slightly ahead. Despite just a small savings, I had also heard good things about this company from others.
Here's my experience:
The box arrived about 10 days ago. I couldn't plant right then, so I put the box into our cold storage room. The box itself had ventilation holes, something I'm not sure about with Home Depot boxes for bulb shipments.
I ordered 100 tulip bulbs and 100 crocus bulbs. This is how they were packaged inside the box.
The bulbs were packaged in ventilated bags.
Upon opening the bag of tulips, they mostly looked very good, and they were good sized.
There was 1 bulb, however, that was very moldy. The rest of the bulbs were in good condition.
The crocus bulbs all were in good condition and were good sized.
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| lunchtime -- halfway through |
We got them all planted just in time before the rain returned. So, I'll see next spring how they all did.
My thoughts:
If I were to order only tulips, I would definitely choose dutchbulbs.com again, due to their great prices on tulips in particular. I'm not too disappointed with the one bulb that was moldy. I would expect that could happen with a Home Depot order as well. Like I said, we shall see how they perform next spring.
By the way, this is an unsolicited review -- simply my opinion as a full-paying customer.
