Spring planted bulbs
We focus so much on fall-planted bulbs around here. Some attention to the spring planted bulbs is overdue!
Of course— there are dahlias (as tuberous roots). We don’t really consider them to be “bulbs” — but they kind of fall into the same category. We are starting our dahlias fresh this year from cuttings. We felt we needed
We grow lilies in succession almost year round here. We grow them outside for as long as they can be without affecting their bloom cycles and then we pull them into a greenhouse or indoor grow space (our basement). A reliable wholesale lily bulb supplier should be able to help you with periodic drop shipping on a larger order over time. Emily and I made a course that offers more details and help with lilies as a significant production crop through The Lily Workshop. We grow lilies in pots and in crates. They can also be planted in succession in the ground, rather than all at once.
We also have gladiolus started - those are being crate grown. You can see, they are sprouting up. We have difficulty in our heavy clay soil with growing glads — they seem to fall prey to disease or thrips quickly. So hopefully these will do better in well draining crates under cover.
Our calla lilies are starting to errupt. They are also starting in crates. We’ve also grown them in bulb pans before (low pots). And we’ve grown them in indoor grow spaces, too.
We are starting some crocosmia (perennial) this year. They have started beautifully in these 50-cell trays. When we’re past frost, we’ll plant them out into our display garden. We started them in these cell trays— the same ones we use for pre-sprouting anemone, ranunculus and freesia, due to the size of the bulbs. They fit so well. Trays like this save us the time - we can quickly see which bulbs are doing well, and it’s easy to slip a table knife in and pull out a plug to check on one that seem slow.
We have started some curcuma, too, and will be offering them wholesale through our bulb company with immediate shipping in the next couple of weeks.