NZ Bulbs

23/06/2026

Lilies are a garden favourite for their tall stems, elegant blooms and impressive fragrance. But did you know there are some quite distinct difference between the various varieties? Read on for a brief run down on the lilies we stock at NZ Bulbs and how they differ from each other. And drop us a comment with the lilies you like best and why...💬

Shop lily bulbs here 👉 https://nzbulbs.co.nz/Category/lily-bulbs

21/06/2026

Our dahlia harvest is well underway and as we process the tubers we are adding more stock to our website. So, if there are any varieties you like but they’re out of stock, simply click the stock notification button to get an email when we add more stock.

Shop here 👉 https://nzbulbs.co.nz/Category/dahlia-tubers

There's still plenty of time to order and there will be a lot more stock added as we continue to process the crop.

14/06/2026

40% off all remaining spring bulb stock* 🌷🌷🌷

Shop here 👉 https://nzbulbs.co.nz

*Excludes Peonies, Dahlias, Lilies, Garlic, Accessories and Gift Vouchers

26/05/2026

We are almost finished planting our garlic at the nursery. Today Mark (on the tractor), Colin and Cam (on the back) were planting Aorangi Marbled Purple Stripe galic, which we sell as Aorangi MPS. t's a great tasting and long keeping garlic, plus easy to grow.

While tradition says that garlic should be planted on the shortest day of the year, we strongly encourage our customers to plant earlier than that. We always plant late May at the nursery. Planting around now is particularly important for home gardeners to ensure there is more growth on the garlic before the inevitable garlic rust rears its head around November.

After we harvest in December/January, depending on the cultivar, the stalks are trimmed back before being placed in our drying racks and dried outdoors for a couple of months. Once dry, the garlic is cleaned and graded ready for sale from late March onwards, which you can purchase to plant your own crop or to eat.

𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲
🧄 Ensure the soil is nice and fine to a depth of 15cm
🧄 Break the garlic bulbs into individual cloves (for printanor, only plant the largest third - the other 2/3 will never grow into decent sized bulbs)
🧄 Plant them in rows spaced about 8cm apart to a depth of 20-25mm. Rows should be 40cm apart so the plants get plenty of light as they grow larger.
🧄 Feed them well in early September and again in early to mid November. Garlic makes most of its size from late October onwards. Use a balanced N:P:K, 12:12:12. Don’t use high nitrogen fertilisers. Garlic really likes a good feed.
🧄 Harvest when they’re ready when they start to droop and before the outer leaves die right back. The outer leaves (lower down) form the protective outer skin around the bulbs and if they remain intact then the bulbs will be wrapped and will keep much longer.

24/05/2026

𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 🤩 Shop here 👉 https://nzbulbs.co.nz/Category/dahlia-tubers

We currently offer over 180 varieties with more to be released after harvest when we can be sure of stocks. They range from compact pot dahlias to spectacular giant dinner plate dahlias, including the world-renowned Hammett range.

We have initially stocked our web site with a very low percentage of the numbers we expect to harvest, to be certain that our harvest will easily cover these numbers. As the harvest continues we will keep updating our web site with increased stocks. This means that a lot of varieties will soon show 'out of stock' - make sure you click on the 'stock notification' link to place your name on the list to be contacted as soon as more stock is made available to order.

Which variety is on your wish list this year?

08/05/2026

22/04/2026

GIVEAWAY CLOSED // Congrats to our lucky Facebook winner Amy Harris who has been contacted via DM 🧄🧅

GARLIC & SHALLOT GIVEAWAY! 🧄🧅

To celebrate garlic and shallot planting season, we’ve teamed up with NZ Bulbs to give away a mixed garlic and shallot pack including your pick of FIVE varieties from the list below: Printanor, Ajo Rojo, Marbled Purple Stripe, Artichoke Blush, Artichoke Cream, Elephant, NZ Early Purple, plus French or Asian shallots.

We’ve also included all the goodies you need to grow these flavourful favourites with success - 1 x Tui Vegetable Mix 40L, 1 x Tui Organic Mini Sheep Pellets 1.5kg and 1 x Tui Vege & Herb Liquid Superfood.

To enter:
🧄 Follow NZ Bulbs
🧄 Follow Tui Garden Products
🧄 Tag a gardening friend who might also like to enter!

For another chance to win head to our Instagram page

Entries close 22 April 2026. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook. Please keep an eye out for fake pages that spam competition posts.

22/04/2026

We sent a box of our tulip cut flowers to Gemma this week so she could demonstrate how the flowers look and how they are packaged. She also included some of our tips on what to do with the flowers to keep them looking their best as long as possible. One final note, keep them out of direct sun and heat, and remember to change the water every day or two.

🌷These will be available on our website on Sundays to order to North Island main centres (sorry South Islanders - they need to arrive quickly). We typically dispatch on Monday and Tuesdays, except for next week when all orders will ship on Tuesday due to ANZAC day. Unfortunately, we can't take pre-orders.

🌷$49 + shipping - 35 stems per box.

🌷Visit here and click 'stock notification' to receive an email when they're back in stock https://nzbulbs.co.nz/Item/Tulip-Cut-Flowers Please note, they sell out quickly.

19/04/2026

For those of you who were interested in our tulip pic we posted last week (first photo), here are some more pics of the tulips in the greenhouse. These pictures were all take at the same time, showing different patches at different development stages. We take them out of the chiller twice a week, so there's always a succession of flowers.

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𝗖𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀
Cut flower tulips are available now, continuing through to early spring. Colours available vary each week, as different varieties come into flower. Each bunch has five stems so the box lot is a total of 35 stems for $49 plus delivery.

We ship flowers only on Monday and Tuesday each week by overnight courier, but we can only ship to North Island larger centres so there are no delays with deliveries.

Order now for shipping from Monday.

https://nzbulbs.co.nz/Item/Tulip-Cut-Flowers

14/04/2026

These tulip flowers were heading out to the cut flower auction this afternoon. Always looks great from above!

The bulbs are all from Holland and have been enjoying their winter slumber in our coolstore. We could not have locally grown bulbs flowering until late August at the earliest.

When we get them out they think it is spring as it is warmer than the chiller and they're in flower in under three weeks. It still amazes us. We've only been picking for 5-6 days.

This is why so many tulips are grown in Southland in NZ - all for export to the northern hemisphere to undergo the same process there. It's the only way to fill a production gap.

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