The Heirloom Bulb Sale was a big success! There are still some bulbs available through the museum shop (see list below). Hours are M-F from 9am to 4pm. Call:
(781) 894-2798 for more information.

All bulbs are subject to Massachusetts state sales tax of 5%.

Species tulips
Native to the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and the Caucasus, species tulips offer a unique choice of unusual flowers and dazzling colors. Wonderful for rock gardens. Bulb size: 5-6cm. Plant 4-5” deep and 6” apart.

Tulipa biflora
Circa 1776, this fragrant beauty has three white flowers with large yellow hearts and red-edged foliage. April blooming. Ht: 8”

Order Number: 001
10/$7.50    20/$14.00     50/$25.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

 

Tulipa humilis violacea
Syn: The Red Crocus Tulip. Circa 1860, this purplish-rose tulip has a yellow base and greenish-yellow anthers. Bulb size: 5 to 6 cm. Early April. 4" to 6". HZ: 4-8.

Order Number: 002
10/$6.00    20/$10.00    50/$22.00
QTY IN STOCK: 20

 

 

Tulipa marjoletti
An heirloom variety dating back to 1894, this somewhat taller species variety is a jewel-toned bi-color of pale creamy-yellow and deep ruby-red. Bulb size: 8 cm. May. 16". HZ: 3-8.

Order Number: 003
10/$8.00    20/$15.00    50/$25.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

Multi-flowering tulips
These bouquet-flowering tulips produce at least four, full-sized flowers per stem. Technically not a class of tulips unto themselves, but part of the single late group, they make for full garden display as well as lush cut flower arrangements. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Height: 16" to 20". Bloom time: May. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-8.

Tulip Candy Club
A reliable multi-bloomer, it is ivory white with pale pink feathering and pinkish lilac edges. Ht: 18”

Order Number: 004
10/$10.00    20/$18.00    50/$35.00
QTY IN STOCK: 50

 

 

 

Single early tulips
These lustrous, cup shaped tulips bloom long before any of their longer-stemmed siblings. Featuring strong stems, they stand up well to rain or wind and open fully in sunny weather. They are excellent bedding and forcing tulips as well. Top size bulbs: at least 12 cm. Height: 12" to 16". Bloom time: Mid-April. Plant 6" to 8" deep and 6" apart. Horticultural zones 3-8.

Tulip Keizerskroon
Dating back to 1750, this mildy fragrant heirloom is bright scarlet edged in yellow. Tremendously valuable for garden restorations. Bulb size: 12 cm/up. Mid-April. 12" to 14". HZ: 3-8.

Order Number: 005
10/$10.00    20/$18.00    50/$45.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

Allium
The flowering Onions are unique, exotic and great fun with dramatic color and unusual show stopping forms. Rodent and disease resistant. They like rich well drained soil with good sunlight. Its low growing foliage is best masked by other perennial plant material that allows these unique blooms to appear magically suspended above the garden. Plant allium bulbs 6-8” deep and 8-10” apart.

Allium triquetrum
Circa 1789, pendant, creamy-white, bell-shaped flowers with distinctive, green midveins and a triangular stem. Naturalizes nicely in partial shade and somewhat moist soil. Bulb size: 6 cm/up. May-July. 18". HZ: 4-8.

Order Number: 006
10/$8.00    20/$15.00     50/$25.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLDOUT

 

Allium Firmament
Spectacular 8" spheres of long-lasting, purple globes with shimmering silver anthers. Bulb size: 9 cm/up. May/June. 24". HZ: 5-8.

Order Number: 007
5/$12.00    10/$22.00     25/$55.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

 

Allium cernuum
Syn: A. recurvatum, the Nodding Onion. Native to the Alleghenies, it is light pink to lavender with pendant, bell-shaped flowers. Bulb size: 6 cm. June-August. 8". HZ: 4-8.

Order Number: 008
10/$9.00    20/$16.00    50/$38.00
QTY IN STOCK: 10

 

Ornithogalum balansae
Circa 1884, this dwarf species throws off multiple, white flowers with faint green coloring on the petal’s reverse. Just lovely! Bulb size: 5 cm/up. March/April. 5". HZ: 5-8.

Order Number: 009
50/$10.00    100/$18.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

 

Eremurus Bungei
Syn: E. stenophyllus. Circa 1834, bright yellow, maturing orange. Top size tuberous rootstocks. May/June. 3' to 6'. HZ: 5-8.

Order Number: 010
3/$9.00    6/$16.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

 

Narcissi
These nursery grown heirlooms deserve a special spot in a garden border or rock garden. Plant 4-5” deep and 4-5” apart.

Narcissus jonquilla simplex
(species miniature)
Circa 1750, this late flowering fragrant species has many golden yellow flowers per stem with reed like foliage. Bulb size 6cm. Blooms April-May. Ht:10-12”

Order Number: 011
25/$10.00     50/$18.00    100/$32.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

Narcissus albus plenus odoratus
Often known as the “Double Pheasant’s Eye”, this 1861 heirloom has a double white perianth and a subtle, yellow, frilled center with a red rim. Fragrant. Bulb size: 10/12 cm. April/May. 12" to 14". HZ: 4-9.

Order Number: 012
10/$18/00     20/$25.00     50/$60.00
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

Narcissus Mount Hood
Cultivated in Holland in the 1930s, this superb, white trumpet daffodil opens creamy yellow-white and gradually turns glistening ivory-white as the long-lasting blooms mature. It has been winning horticultural awards since 1937. Bulb size: 14/16 cm. April. 18" to 20". HZ: 3-7.
Order Number: 013
10/$10.00     20/$18.00     50/$42.50
QTY IN STOCK: SOLD OUT

 

Narcissus Fortune
Circa 1917, this award-winner is a long-lasting, vigorous grower with a well-overlapping, yellow perianth and a marigold-yellow crown, flushed red at the edges. Bulb size: 14/16 cm. April. 18" to 20". HZ: 3-7.

Order Number: 014
10/$9.00     20/$15.00     50/$35.00
QTY IN STOCK: 100

 

 

 
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