Neal, from Nijssen tuin I ordered:
Anemone blanda: (in blue shades and white splendour) to top up existing plantings
Crocus: Ruby Giant and Jeanne d'Arc, again topping up woodland plantings; and Sativus (the ones I planted a few years ago never did anything - so I'm trying again for the saffron)
Erythronium citrinum (really pretty - it comes from the US) but was well expensive - to add to my collection of erythroniums
Iris reticulata Clairette (saw these at a friend's place and loved them)
Lilium regale (tried these before without success but they are so pretty and a classic....)
Muscari: latifolium (don't have it) and Peppermint (very pretty); great for underplanting
Narcissus: Tete Boucle; Bulbodocium subsp bulbocodium. Most varieties I wanted were already sold out
I'll have to get my act together earlier next year!
Allium sikkimense (we have lots of alliums but not this one, and I have the perfect place for them)
Snakeshead fritillary (for woodland naturalising)
Martagons: Lilium martagon 'Claude Shride';
martagon 'Fairy Morning';
martagon Albiflorum;
Tulipa Blackjack (2008)
Tulipa Vincent van Gogh (2011, fringed)
Tulipa Absalon (Rembrandt, from 1780, I love the muted colours)
Tulipa Yellow Perfection (buff coloured breeder)
Tulipa alba regalis (single early from 1620, really elegant, old-fashioned shape)
Tulipa Columbine (1929, Rembrandt)
Tulipa humilis Persian Pearl
Tulipa humilis Violacea Black Base
Tulipa tarda (already have it but want to spread it around)
It will be interesting to see how the historics perform - I think they have a richness that is somehow lacking in a lot of the moderns (though it might just be my reaction to the dates!) I'll let you know what I order from Hortus Bulborum (I'll be trying to keep it down...
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