B&B 50% off wake up EGO

cynthianovak

17 years ago

HI All

I just happened to check thier site and found that the 50% off sale is ON now. It wasn't this afternoon.

cynthia who got 5 Blossom Peacock Hippaestrum. I've had them before and they are stunning!

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katob Z6ish, NE Pa
17 years ago
I dabbled a bit this morning.
Some new daffodils are on their way to PA!
xanadu
17 years ago
The website was down for days while they prepared this. I know, I was checking every few hours. 31 varieties and 367 bulbs will soon be on their way. I can't buy from their early summer sale, it's too hot here to plant so this is the one I indulge in.
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katob Z6ish, NE Pa
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xanadu - thanks, I narrowed my order down to 9 varieties and now I feel like I really showed restraint!

I'm going to go order some hellebores now to reward myself. That's it though. No more orders this year.... (big deal right? Just a month left LOL)
ladychroe
17 years ago
Here's what I got:
(clockwise, by group)

Ixiolirion
Tulip "China Pink"
Tulip "Renown"
Hyacinth "Sky Jacket"
Hyacinth "Miss Siagon"
Muscari "Plumosum"
Muscari "Blue Spike"
Anenome "Violet Star"
Anenome "Blue Shades"

Tulip "Salmon Pearl"
Narcissus "Double Smiles"
Tulip "Banja Luka"

Tulip "Queen of Marvel"
Tulip "Apricot Emperor"
Crocus "Blue Bird"
Dwarf Iris "George" & "Danfordiae"

{{gwi:31956}}

Grouped by Spring, Early Spring and Late Spring.

Any thoughts from people who have tried any of these bulbs?
irish_rose_grower
17 years ago
I've heard that they may lower it to 75% after 50, has anyone else heard this?

By the time it goes down to 75% most of the hippeastum I want will be gone I'm sure.
ladychroe
17 years ago
What?!
xanadu
17 years ago
Oh, ladychroe, last year I think they only dropped prices to 75% off out of their storefront, not online, and many varieties are gone by then.

The Anemones you purchased have done very well for me, increasing in size and display since I planted them three years ago. I love them so much that I got more this time. I can't grow tulips well here so I don't have much to say about them but Muscari, now...Muscari azureum is lovely, if you want to add something else to your order:))
leslie197
17 years ago
Iris danfordiae has been a poor returner for me. It did put on a wonderful show the first year, with diminishing returns in subsequent years. For me it blooms about a week before my Iris reticulata.

I have had better luck with a number of varieties of iris reticulata, but have not tried George (which I have seen listed as I. reticulata and also I. histrioides). Please let us know how George does for you next year. I like to add 50 or so of some variety of small iris (too cold here for Dutch Iris) each season because they sort of leap out of the ground before anything else is ready to go.

It is my impression that none of these small iris are particularily long-lived naturalizers, but they do make a lovely show in early spring and bloom well before most of the things on your list including the crocus. BTW, you will like Crocus Blue Bird. I have a small daylily bed edged entirely in this variety & it is a stunner. People will ask you for the name of this variety.

I, like Xanadu, have also had excellent luck with anemone blanda. Blue Shades has a nice blue purple color. The flower is somewhat smaller than the flower of A. White Splendour, but has a nice impact in the spring garden and looks especially nice with pinks and yellows . Note that the color of Blue Shades is not as blue as that of the stray flowers of Scilla siberica (a big spreader) in the left middle of the picture, so it is a good idea to plant them well away from each other if the color combo bothers you.

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P.S. Be sure to plant the big Hyacinths near a doorway so you can smell them as you go in and out of the house.
ladychroe
17 years ago
Wow, Leslie, I don't know if I've ever seen anything prettier than that photo above. The color combo doesn't bother me; I think it's gorgeous when different shades from the same color family mingle together like that.

I'm glad to hear that the small irises jump out before even the crocus. I pace my beds in winter looking for the tiniest hint of springtime. These should be nice.

Does the foliage of spring irises and anenomes fade by summer like other spring bulbs?
laperouse
17 years ago
You are all a bunch of enablers! (;-o) Here I had been hauling myself out in the garden to plant the remainder of the 1000 bulbs that I really didn't have space for unless I either dug a new bed or just dug them into the lawn (the latter of which happened) despite my ailing back that went out in the middle of bulb planting season. And then comes this post about B&B 50% off sale. What do I do? I order another 150 bulbs (which is showing great restraint :-))!!! I will just have to pretend that my computer is broken - if it does go to 75% off - who knows what I'd do?

I figure my back will be healed just in time for Spring planting of all my wintersown babies - hehehehe.

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jenni88
17 years ago
Whats the B&B site? Thanks!
laperouse
17 years ago
That is the website for Brent and Becky's Bulbs. A fabulous place to get bulbs.
laperouse
17 years ago
Sorry, I forgot to send you the link. here it is.

marianne

Here is a link that might be useful: Brent and Becky's Bulbs
irish_rose_grower
17 years ago
Anyone know if they have an order min?
sedum37
17 years ago
They don't have an order minimum but the minimum shipping is $5.00. If you live in the East it is 10% of your order. Note the shipping is applied to the price of the bulbs before the 50% discount. So for example if you order $100 of bulbs and the shipping $10, you pay $50 plus the $10 shipping. Just something to remember...

They do have some nice selections still left if you are into forcing... A lot of miniature daffodils and early (short) tulips, so it is worth checking out.
leslie197
17 years ago
After blooming is over, Iris reticulata foliage elongates to about a foot, or a little taller. The foliage is, however, very thin. It is fairly noticeable if you have large patches of small iris as I do, but pretty much invisible if you only have a few bulbs.

It takes awhile for this foliage to die back and it will look something like a thin covering of pine mulch when it dies down. Since it is an early bloomer it is gone by the time most of my daylilies in these areas are starting to put on some good foliage, or they mingle together and I can't see it any longer.

The anemone foliage is attractive and I sort of wish it would stay around a little longer. It disappears pretty quickly.
tehegemon
17 years ago
I just called to inquire if their remaining bulbs will be further discounted on their web site ~ no such luck. 50% is their deepest online discount and spring-blooming bulbs may be ordered until Monday, December 4th. So, counting today, there are 4 days left to order.
decolady01
17 years ago
Well, I managed to get an order in before the sale was over:

Daffodils:
Carlton
Abba
Bridal Crown
Cheerfulness
Lemon Silk
La Belle
Derringer
Bahama Beach
Tripartite
Mondragon
odorus flore pleno (plenus)
nanus var. lobularis
Minnow
Rip van Winkle
Sun Disc
W. P. Milner
Golden Bells
willkommii
Baby Boomer

Tulip
Lady Jane

Amaryllis
belladonna

Muscari
botryoides 'Album'
aucheri 'White Magic'

And I know where I'm going to plant them. LOL. Now just to make the time when they arrive.

Becky
mmqchdygg
17 years ago
crud- no more orders being taken?
decolady01
17 years ago
The sale ended Monday, 4 December.

Becky

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