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Beautiful Bulbs!

kjaros — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:14:16 +0000

This year, the Arboretum offers you two opportunities to acquire extraordinary bulbs for your garden while helping support our mission!

1. The Arboretum Store’s Annual Bulb Sale

Find a treasure trove of unique specialty bulbs. Choose from 150 spring-blooming varieties, including frittilaria, allium, camassia, winter aconite, glory of the snow, scilla, hyacinth, snowdrop, plus tulips, daffodils and crocus. You’ll find a wide variety of colors, sizes, and bloom times. You can also purchase books, hand tools, large tools, gloves, bulb fertilizer, garden trugs and much more fun gardening items!

2. Bloominbucks.com
Brent and Becky’s Bulbs, one of our trusted vendors, offers you an opportunity to grow a beautiful garden and support the Arboretum through their Bloomin’ Bucks Fundraising program. Throughout the year, you can purchase a spectacular array of bulbs, seeds, perennials, cut flowers, gift certificates and gardening items and a generous 25% of the proceeds will be given to The Arboretum. This program lasts all year long! Here’s how it works:

* Visit http://www.bloominbucks.com
* Select The Morton Arboretum from a pull down menu of all registered organizations.
* Click on “GO” and you’ll be at the Brent and Becky’s Bulbs website where you can begin browsing and shopping.

Order whatever you want, in whatever quantity you want – books, bulbs, tools, supplements, gift certificates – ANYTHING – and 25% of your order goes to the Arboretum!

Thank you! Your purchases will help The Morton Arboretum make the world a more beautiful, healthier and greener place.

Spring Bulbs

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:04:37 +0000

Name: carson Lauffer
Email: Laufferc266@sbcglobal.net
This is probably an easy question but here goes. The ice has shoved many of my bulbs to the surface of the ground. What is the best way to care for them until it’s warm enough? Is covering them with 2″ of dirt adequate?

Carson D. Lauffer

Annual Fall Bulb Sale

kjaros — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:36:34 +0000

Buy bulbs this fall! Behold beauty next spring!

BULB SALE – 150 VARIETIES!
Tulips. Crocus. Daffodils. Irisis. Specialty Bulbs.

September 27 – Member-only Sale

September 28 – Open to all visitors

9 am – 4 pm in the Special Events Room at the Visitor Center

Members! Don’t miss the Arboretum’s amazing Bulb Sale! Be the first to choose from a fabuloous selection of nearly 150 varieties of tulips, crocus, daffodils, irises and specialty bulbs to plant now for gorgeous color.

Select from among the best old favorites and the newest introductions to enhance your garden.

Check our website for a full listing of the bulbs, growing information and prices.