B&D Lilies is a family owned and operated farm in Port Townsend, Washington State, specializing in garden-tested bulbs for more than 35 years.
B&D Lilies has been a family owned and operated farm in Northwest Washington State, specializing in garden-tested Oriental, Trumpet, and Asiatic bulbs, selected for soil and weather conditions across the country, for more than 30 years. Founded in 1978 out of the love of the highly fragrant garden lilies, our first catalog was a mimeographed (remember those?) letter size page passed out at the Jefferson County Fair in Port Townsend, WA the summer of 1978. The bulbs flourished, the business grew and before long, flower and garden shows were added to our selling venues in 1985.
Our children, plus a host of neighbors, have planted, weeded, harvested, packed and shipped lily bulbs all across North America since the beginning. All of our bulbs are grown here in the Pacific Northwest, where hybridizing of the modern garden lily began. Hybridizers such as LeVern Friemann, Leslie Woodriff, and Jan de Graaff pioneered the breakthrough in easy to grow hybrids many years ago.
We send informative emails to customers about once a month. To receive our snippets of information called "Timely Tips from our garden", an email notice when our newest Catalog is on-line or On-Sale items, plus Flower & Garden Show Info and Coupons, look for the newsletter link on our homepage.
As lilies gained in popularity, the cut flower marketers began to select bulbs that did well in greenhouses, were of uniform stem size, and packed easily in cut flower boxes; fulfilling consumer's desires for lilies in floral arrangements. As home gardeners discovered the modern lily bulb was easy to grow, many of these cut flower types also made their way into commerce; some were very good, but others simply marginal when exposed to the rigors of the varying American landscape. Sadly, there is little valid information in the garden center, home building store or the mass marketing, "offer it all" catalogs to help people choose the correct lily for their personal location.
B&D Lilies takes the guesswork out of choosing bulbs for the home garden. We have been testing (and discarding) hundreds of potential new cultivars over the last quarter century. Some "flash in the pan" hybrids look promising, then begin to decline in stamina after a few years, while other seedlings may not show their stuff at first, but produce a stunning, reliable show, year after year. Those are the bulbs you want; the ones that provide an investment for your time and money; bulbs from B&D Lilies.
Our bulbs are AMERICAN-GROWN in the Pacific Northwest, which allows firm, mature bulbs to be harvested in time for safe delivery to you FALL through SPRING to any mailing address in the lower 48 states and Alaska. Advantages include: fresher bulbs on a natural cycle, better root systems and taller stems (usually with many more flowers the first year).
Lily bulbs - Asiatic, Oriental, Trumpet, OT/Orienpet hybrids, Longiflorum, Martagons, all garden tested varieties for the home gardener.
