Flowerbulb and garden related Links

If you are interested in more information about flowerbulbs, gardening, gardening by state, or prepare your visit to the Netherlands we suggest you start with the following sites:

Links to Flowerbulbs

• American Daffodil Society (ADS)

  ADS was founded in 1954 to promote wider interest in daffodils; to encourage scientific research and education on daffodil culture, breeding, diseases, pests, exhibiting, and testing; to encourage, coordinate, and sponsor shows and exhibitions of daffodils; to record and disseminate horticultural information about daffodils and issue publications for such purpose; and to register daffodil varieties and standardize their names in cooperation with international authorities.

• Amsterdam Tulip Museum

  Learn the story of the world's most dangerous flower, whose beauty drove rich and poor, Emperors and Sultans to ecstasy and bankruptcy. Founded in 2004, the Amsterdam Tulip Museum seeks to fill a void in the history of the tulip. Amsterdam has no comparable institution dedicated to telling Holland's fascinating horticultural story. Located in the Jordaan district, the museum offers a special reward for anyone interested in gardening, or simply sightseeing in Amsterdam.

• Daffodil Depot

  Do you do dig daffodils? We do, and we think you should, too. Daffodils are beautiful, deer- and rodent-proof, and perennial. Plant them in a sunny, well-drained location and they will brighten the garden and landscape for many springs to come. While having a few bulbs is nice, there is nothing like seeing a mass of daffodils in a garden bed or at the edge of woods.

• Hortus Bulborum established in 1928

  Treasury of historical bulbs The Hortus Bulborum is the only museum garden in the world where you can find over 3,500 different tulip, hyacinth, daffodil and other bulbous cultivars, species and varieties in bloom. Nowhere on this globe you will find such a fine selection of old bulbs in one place.

• International Flower Bulb Centre

  A website of the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center/ North America, dedicated to eveything about bulbs and bulb flowers for North American gardeners.

• International Bulb Society

  Gallery of the World's Bulbs. A pictorial and cultural guide to the world's geophytic plants (commonly known as "bulbs").

• Keukenhof

  Nowhere else in the world are the flowers and colours of the spring as glorious as at Keukenhof. Here you can find endless inspiration while you relax in the beautiful surroundings of the park. Keukenhof offers you the opportunity to see millions of bulbs in flower, fantastic flower shows and the largest sculpture park in the Netherlands and is the most photographed place in the world. Enjoy the spring!

Links to Gardening and Garden related products

• Anything 4 Gardening

  Quickly locate links and resources for anything gardening...or garden related, from plants and seeds to tools and equipment to growing info...and more.

• B&D Lilies / Snow Creek Gardens

  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.

• Better Homes and Gardens

  One of the most widely circulated magazines in the United States. The website is one of the biggest and most complete for gardeners.

• Bobbex Repellents

  Bobbex Repellents are the most effective long lasting sprays on the market. Bobbex is environmentally compatible, using only natural ingredients that stop herbivore browsing by using multiple smell and taste deterrents and will not wash off.

• Droll Yankees Bird Feeders

  Droll Yankees is known as the makers of the world's best bird feeders, having introduced the first tubular bird feeder in 1969 and being acknowledged as the standard bearer since then.

• Garden Watchdog

  Dave's Garden, the website where friends share their triumphs and dilemmas in their home gardens and their lives. Dave's Garden is also a place for gardeners to share seeds or plants with other gardeners, and has so much to offer, you are certainly going to find something that will have you coming back daily, as well as making you proud to tell your friends and family about your new gardening home on the net.

• GardenWeb Bulbs Forum

  A forum meant for the discussion of plants that grow from bulbs, corms or rhizomes--how to plant and care for them, recommendations for selections, sources for plants, etc.

• Irish Eyes Garden Seeds

  Irish Eyes - Garden City Seeds is a quality provider of potato, vegetable, flower and garden seeds. We have just the right seeds for your home garden, including heirlooms seeds, certified seed, and organic gardening supplies.

• Mail Order Gardening Association

  Find gardening catalogs and publications

• National Gardening Association

  The National Gardening Association (NGA), founded in 1973, is a nonprofit leader in plant-based education. Serving a national audience with timely materials designed to foster an appreciation for the benefits of gardening. Their mission is to promote home, school, and community gardening as a means to renew and sustain the essential connections between people, plants, and the environment.

• NOFA Northeast Organic Farming Association

  NOFA extends the vision, principles and expertise of organic agriculture to the landscapes where people live their daily lives. They offer courses in organic land care run an accreditation program for professional, publish guides, books and brochures on organic land care.

• Vixen Hill Cedar Products

  Manufacturer of quality cedar Gazebos, Porch Systems, Shutters, and Outdoor Structures since 1980.

• World of Weeds

  Over 200 Weed Identification Lists with Pictures by State or Region in North America.

Gardening by State - some useful links to University and Government websites

• The United States National Arboretum

  The mission of the U.S. National Arboretum is to conduct research, provide education and to conserve and display trees, shrubs, flowers, and other plants to enhance the environment.

• National Park Service

  Tulips make up the biggest part of the total spring planting in the National Capital Parks. For the 1995 season, a total of 327,600 spring bulbs were planted, including 251,900 tulips, 42,200 daffodils, 29,850 muscari, 3,600 hyacinth and 50 anemone. National Park Service gardeners prepare the beds and hand-plant the bulbs in November throughout the Nation's Capital. In order to achieve uniform results in flower size, height and blooming period, new tulip bulbs are imported from the Netherlands and planted each year.

• Cornell University Plant Clinic

  The Clinic is designed to provide plant disease diagnostic services for anyone interested in plant diseases. Services include analysis of plant material and soil for bacterial, fungal, viral, and nematode pathogens as well as suggesting appropriate control measures when available.

• University of Minnesota

  Gardening and Commercial Horticulture programs include educating northern home gardeners as well as horticulture production and service industries.

• Missouri Botanical Garden

  Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark.

• University of Missouri

  Horticulture publications.

• Montana State University Garden Guide

  This site has been designed to answer your most frequently asked garden questions. Priority for answering questions will be given to Montana residents.

• University of Nebraska Horticulture

  University of Nebraska Lincoln Extension publications offer research-based, peer-reviewed objective information in a wide range of topics.

• New England Wildflower Society

  New England Wild Flower Society is a 107-year-old success story! Nationally recognized as one of the nation's leading plant conservation organizations. Conserving native plants to protect our healthy, beautiful, and diverse ecosystem.

• Web Garden at Ohio State University.

  Horticulture & crop science in virtual perspective.

• Penn State Consumer Horticulture Center

  Penn State Department of Horticultar's effort to educate consumers about horticulture and gardening-related topics.

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

  The 2003 US National Arboretum "Web Version" of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 1475, Issued January 1990.

When you will visit the Netherlands here are some useful Links

• Amsterdam Tulip Museum

  Learn the story of the world's most dangerous flower, whose beauty drove rich and poor, Emperors and Sultans to ecstasy and bankruptcy. Founded in 2004, the Amsterdam Tulip Museum seeks to fill a void in the history of the tulip. Amsterdam has no comparable institution dedicated to telling Holland's fascinating horticultural story. Located in the Jordaan district, the museum offers a special reward for anyone interested in gardening, or simply sightseeing in Amsterdam.

• Holland

  Official website of The Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions. To enjoy the blooming bulb season plan your visit at the end op April.

• Hortus Bulborum established in 1928

  Treasury of historical bulbs The Hortus Bulborum is the only museum garden in the world where you can find over 3,500 different tulip, hyacinth, daffodil and other bulbous cultivars, species and varieties in bloom. Nowhere on this globe you will find such a fine selection of old bulbs in one place.

• Keukenhof

  Nowhere else in the world are the flowers and colours of the spring as glorious as at Keukenhof. Here you can find endless inspiration while you relax in the beautiful surroundings of the park. Keukenhof offers you the opportunity to see millions of bulbs in flower, fantastic flower shows and the largest sculpture park in the Netherlands and is the most photographed place in the world. Enjoy the spring!

• Room to rent in Amsterdam

  If you are looking for a place to stay in Amsterdam