Best Places to Buy Bulbs Online

By: Kristin Beane Sullivan

Reliable and recommended: Use these web sites to buy bulbs online from the comfort of your own home.

Trusted companies to buy bulbs from online

Looking to buy bulbs online this year? Here are some of our favorite mail-order garden companies that sell large, healthy and beautiful bulbs. See what we like about each one in the list that follows. Then learn our best tips for buying bulbs, whether you’re browsing garden centers or mail-order shopping.

Breck's www.brecks.com
Classic source for a wide variety of bulbs and the plants you can grow with them
Brent and Becky's www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com
Excellent selection of bulbs, especially if you love daffodils
Colorblends www.colorblends.com
Wide variety of bulbs, be sure to check out the tulip mixes that bloom in a variety of colors from early to late spring
Easy to Grow Bulbs www.easytogrowbulbs.com
Wide variety of bulbs and perennials, many of them unusual
John Scheepers, Inc. www.johnscheepers.com
More than 700 varieties of flower bulbs (if you’re ordering in large quantities, check out the sister company, Van Engelen)
The Lily Garden www.thelilygarden.com
Great selection of classic and new lilies
Longfield Gardens www.longfield-gardens.com
Lots of different types of bulbs, great photos
Old House Gardens www.oldhousegardens.com
Specializes in heirloom flower bulbs; we love the stories behind each one
Van Engelen, Inc. www.vanengelen.com
More than 700 varieties of flower bulbs, minimum order for each