Zeba Species Lily Double Tiger Lily FLore Pleno
Brasilia Oriental Lily Touchstone Orienpet Lily
Anouska Double Lily Natascha Double Lily
Sea Shell Bush Peony Athens Patio Peony
Christmas Velvet Bush Peony Astilbe Fanal
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Summer in Bloom Wreath Fall Harvest Wreath
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We are taking online orders immediately to be shipped starting in February. Orders will be fulfilled in the order received, so be sure to put your order in early - we do sell out of product, so don't delay! You may insert special instructions in the "comments" section of your online checkout page if you have any questions or comments about your order.
We try to ship orders at the time that is right for planting in your zone. Below is a zone map, as well as a table that outlines rough shipping times based on your zone. Please note that you can always request a specific date for your order to be shipped. Just send us an email to let us know.
ZONE | Spring Planting Timeframe |
Zone 4 & Below | April 20 - May 10 |
Zone 5 | April 15 |
Zone 6 | March 20 |
Zone 7 | March 1 |
Zone 8 & 9 | February 20 |
Zone 10 & 11 | February 15 |
We are listing a nice selection of Oriental Lilies, O.T. (Orienpet) lilies, and Trumpet lilies. We are also pleased to offer a fine selection of Martagon Hybrids and Species Lilies for the collectors out there. Our Martagons are large this year and very reasonably priced.
In addition, we have an impressive line of Herbaceous Peonies, most of which are available as very large root divisions, underpriced by comparison with other online sources. Stock is limited to what we have in our barn. Items will be removed from the site, once sold out.
We regret that we have very few of our signature "Bulb-zilla" selections available this season. Unusually hot growing season prevented bulbs from sizing up (as we would normally expect). We always strive to provide the biggest bulbs possible, however, and will feature large sizes (18-22cm), but very few of the Bulb-zilla size grade (22+ cm).
We use postal service priority mail to ensure timely delivery and best rates for our customers. Sorry we don't ship outside the USA.
]]>We will not be sending a catalog each year from this point on. We will, however, be sending a Quarterly E-Newsletter to our subscribers, which will include valuable information, promotions and deals. Please use the website to shop and either order online or come to the shows and select from our display and impressive stock.
NOTE: Our Lily Bulb inventory at the shows is almost entirely grown in the Pacific Northwest, and not sourced through brokers offering cut flower planting stock. There may be a few new items outsourced through Dutch growers, if they arrive here on time, but these will be clearly identified.
North Hall, booth 2426 (look for green canopies overhead).
Booth #69 in the Atrium (Center Hall). Free admission. Food bank donations appreciated.
Clark County Fairgrounds. Plant Building. Free admission. Pay parking
Jan continued attending the Seattle market for several years, while she also pursued other avenues of growth, such as the distinguished Northwest Flower and Garden show in Seattle. She has been attending this second largest garden show in the country ever since it first began in 1989, despite having three more children during this time.
Once the current owners, Gabrielle and Abigail, were born in 1990, Jan had begun growing her own flowers (lilies, peonies, iris, alstroemeria, daylilies, and many more) on a farm property on which her three youngest children would spend a good amount of their childhood. During the summers Jan attended the Olympia farmer’s market to sell her home-grown flower bouquets, again often bringing her two eldest children along for the ride, and even teaching her eldest daughter the ropes to creating one of her beautiful bouquets. This daughter continues to have a flare for flower arranging and, being in southern California, often sends us photos of her interesting and different flower combos! Jan’s son made friends with many of the other farmer’s market vendors, and learned a great deal about cultivating the plants we sell. He continues to work with The Lily Pad, and has attended nearly all of the Seattle home and garden shows since 1989. His face is a recognizable one there!
Jan’s three youngest daughters have memories from a very young age of spending hours playing on the farm while their parents worked. When they got older, they spent many summers and weekends helping their mother cut and bucket lilies and other flowers to bring to the farmer's market. While accompanying Jan to the farmer's market and Seattle home and garden show, Jan's daughters learned everything their mother could teach them about making flower arrangements and bouquets, growing and caring for the plants, and moreover how to connect with their community and customer base.
Jan began to sell perennial bare roots and lily bulbs that she grew on the farm, becoming one of the few domestic growers of many varieties of lily bulbs. As the years went by, Jan began to transition out of cut flowers, and focus exclusively on bare roots and bulbs that she grew herself.
Unfortunately, the contract to which Jan leased the land for her flowers was terminated when the property owner decided to develop the land. After years of hard work and dedication to cultivating this piece of land, Jan and her family spent that fall digging up all her bare roots and bulbs. These became the rootstock for future grows. The Lily Pad was able to work with other local growers of bare roots and bulbs to contract grow their rootstock for purchase each year. This arrangement has continued since, with the goal of eventually cultivating their own plants once again.
When Jan decided it was time to retire from The Lily Pad in 2018, her youngest daughters, Abigail and Gabrielle, for obvious reasons wished to continue on with the business legacy, and turn it into what it is today. Abigail and Gabrielle remain committed to the same standard of excellence when it comes to bulb quality, knowledge and expertise, and customer service and satisfaction. At the same time, their youth and spirit brings new life and modernity to their family business.
The passing of the business into their hands will look more or less the same in it's trade. We want to continue to serve our customers and provide them with the best bulbs and bare roots we have, but we also hope to modernize the business, make it our own, adding some new and exiting things, and even begin cultivating our plants again, with the latter being a more gradual transition. We hope The Lily Pad will continue to thrive under our ownership, and we can't thank our customers enough for helping our family get there!
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