Comments regarding Easy to Grow Bulbs

I ordered about 13 different kinds of bulbs that were on sale (because it was late in the season) in December 2021. They came within a couple of days and all of them looked great, even the ones which had begun to sprout a little. I planted them over the next 2 weeks and they're doing really well. I've ordered from this company for at least 18 years and have always been pleased with my bulbs.

I ordered during prime shipping season in Oct-Nov and received my shipments right away. The amaryllis all did very well, as did the narcissus, which were the biggest bulbs I'd ever seen. I had no luck with forcing the freesia but not blaming the company as it was my first time with freesia indoors. Happy enough with the hyacinths. Due to their rapid shipping and prices, will definitely use them again this fall.

I took a chance on ordering from Easy to Grow Bulbs, and am VERY happy I did! I fell in love with the description of allium Silver Spring on the Scheepers website, but ordered the bulbs from Bluestone Perennials because it was much cheaper (and I am a fan of Bluestone). About a month ago I got a message from Bluestone they could not fill my order. Checked Scheepers, they were sold out. Tried ordering from Brent and Becky’s, who accepted my order, but then told me they were sold out. I saw them on Easy to Grow Bulbs and gave it a try, ordering 3 packages from them, mostly expecting a message that they were also sold out. Much to my surprise, I received the bulbs last week, and they look fine! All the thumbs up to Easy to Grow Bulbs for supplying the bulbs I wanted when all my usual, very reputable suppliers failed. I plan to give them more of my bulb orders in the future!

It was already a gamble for me, in Colorado, to order bulbs from a California company. When I read the Dave's Garden reviews it was even more clearly a gamble.

But I wanted madonna lily bulbs and hardy cyclamen corms so much that I gambled.

And however the lilies and cyclamens turn out for me, I want to testify to the large size and excellent condition of all nine corms of all three cyclamen species and all three madonna lily bulbs. If they don't work for me it's not the fault of Easy to Grow, but some combination of Colorado and my own stupidity. They were stunningly beautiful.

Well, I’m sad to see reports of those who had negative experiences w/ETGB. Ours was overwhelmingly positive! The tuberous begonias would knock your socks off! The blooms are huge! We’re talking in excess of 6” across in dazzling colors. We ordered cannas, all stunning & healthy. But the begonias are breathtaking. We took them (several hundred) to a local greenhouse & had them potted up late March/early April. We acknowledged risk of frost during shipment (which we had! Late April snowstorm; who’d have thought?). The vast majority did beautifully & were in full bloom when we transplanted them into the garden [they were all potted into 4.5” square pots]. The cannas have taken right off; stunning, healthy foliage & expect to have them bloom soon (they normally bloom Aug.-Oct. for us]. Anyway, I couldn’t be happier w/the results. I’ve never had or seen tuberous begonias this big or as vigorous as these. I would upload photos as proof but I’m not that tech savvy. Anyway; no complaints here. The tubers that we ordered from them are breathtaking; not exaggerating...I’ve never seen anything like them & have been in the professional horticulture trade for 40 years.

I've had a really good experience with Easy to Grow Bulbs. I have purchased a Fig Tree, Freesias, Paperwhites, Amaryllis, Ixia, Sparaxis, and a few others. All have proven to be successful so far! I'm very excited to see my new Amaryllis bloom. Customer service has always been great, and all of my items have been as described. I will definitely purchase from them again!

I have not ordered much from them, but I am impressed with the health of the items they sent and the way they take care of errors.

Both plants I ordered are growing extremely well. The difficulty was that the Calla Lily, once it bloomed, proved to be the wrong variety.

Trevor responded to my complaint the day after I sent it. All of the calla lilies were out of stock, so a replacement was not possible. He immediately offered store credit and then, at my request, changed it to an order for a plant of the same price that I could get in the ground this year.

I would definitely order from this company again & would recommend it to others.

Ordered spring bulbs for the first time from them this year. Bulbs all appeared to be in nice condition. They were way larger than I thought they would be. I had a couple of bulbs that didn't come up why I'm not sure and when I contacted easy to grow bulbs the immediately refunded the money back to my card for those two bulbs. With customer service like this I for sure will be ordering bulbs next year from this company.

Posted on November 2, 2018, updated May 23, 2019
Posted on October 22, 2018, updated November 2, 2018
I have placed 3 orders with this company lately, and every order has an issue or few with it:
- rotten bulbs (2, 3 or even half-pack)
- instead of mix of double freesias they sent me just blue ones
- adventure pack is missing in one of the orders
- instead of 10 large bulbs of starflower they sent 6 relatively big and 4 really tiny ones.
They didn't respond to my email regarding one of the orders, so I guess I have to just let it go. Certainly, never ordering from them again, and would not recommend it to anyone. Very disappointing.

Just received my big, fat Oxblood Lilly bulbs.Have order from these folks for years and have never gotten a single bad bulb & they have fast shipping. Have always gotten BIG, robust bulbs.

All my bulbs and roots arrived large and healthy. I am amazed at the large plants I now have of dahlias, four of clocks, and lilies. Not sure about the Elephant Ear (has not surfaced yet) or the Tuberoses (2 finally have appeared)I have no experience growing these last two so the verdict is out on those although I am a patient gardener. I would order again.

This company is awesome.
I bought Anemone. They are all good beautiful bulbs.
Customer service also great. I asked some questions via e-mail, they replied to me immediately even their busiest season. I didn't buy huge at all but still they treated me nice. Mr. Trevor is wonderful. I will comeback. Thank you very much.

I am absolutely ecstatic about the order I just received from Easy to Grow Bulbs. I ordered several plumeria in a few different colors and they look amazing and the packaging clearly shows that their shipping department cares about the plants. =)

I have just planted them with succulents for containers on my patio and I can't wait to see the flower buds open up into blooms!

I find it so odd that @mcsnail below was disappointed with the plumeria. Granted the there wasn't a huge rootball on these young plants, there was definitely a nice loop of roots towards the bottom of the cane.

I made sure to be especially delicate when transplanting from their growing pot into my containers so as not to break the fresh roots.

I just wanted to share my experience since it seems most online reviewers are constantly out for revenge rather than to thank and encourage the positives about a company.

I've ordered from them several times now, and I wanted to offer Trevor a shoutout for outstanding service regarding a failed item from my Spring order. One of the dahlia tubers I got was broken during transit and he happily sent me a replacement, which I greatly appreciated since I had plans for it already.

Overall I have had an exceptional experience with this company and would recommend them to new or experienced gardeners alike. They true to their guarantee, offer a quality product, and at a fair price and have excellent customer service.

5 STARS!!!!!

Posted on October 9, 2017, updated May 24, 2018
I've been ordering from Easy to Grow Bulbs for over ten years and have had nothing but positive experiences. I'm an expert gardener and they have the biggest amaryllis bulbs Ive ever seen, I wouldn't get them from anywhere else. I thought I would try another company and the bulbs they sent me were whimpy and sad, I guess I learned my lesson.

I'm always impress with the kindness and thoroughness of their customer service, shout out to Dena and Rachel for your help with my cannas last spring! I'm surprised to read some of these reviews saying the customer service has gone down. I just placed a large order like I do every year, and a few of the things came a little later than expected because of hurricane Harvey in texas. I placed a quick call to Rachel, she was sympathetic and looked up my order to see when it would be shipping, it turns out it had already shipped and arrived the next day. A few reviews mentioned that their stuff was late, well yeah of course this is a devastating national tragedy their is nothing Easy to Grow Bulbs can do about it. You have to take everyone's opinion with a grain of salt I guess.

You have a customer for life over here and I tell everyone I can about your company. Thank you for the selection and bulbs you offer

I can't address any one else's (bad) experiences but my experience with this company has been nothing but good. I've placed a lot of orders this year and probably spent around $600 or $700 and not had a complaint. All my orders have arrived promptly and the vast majority of the bulbs have been quite nice. Every once in a while, in a package of multiples, there might be a single bulb that isn't "all that" but that's about it.

I just do not know how much I can rave about the customer service I received. I have read the negatives and the 16, yes 16 times I have called about my order,cause I kept changing my mine. The young girl has been so helpful. She helped me on the soil temperature, the diffrent types of Amrylis and fruitilarias. She made sure that my order was complete also called me to make sure my address was spelled right. When I got my package it was packed so pretty ,like they really care so much about the bulbs making it safe to my home.Those Amrylis I got ,oh my they were big and so pretty and I can not wait for the flower to pop out. I guess being nice to folks they take care of you. I have recommended them to my garden girlfriends. I even got a facebook to follow them. Nice company,nice people ,great bulbs for both my plants well done on the packaging too. Thumbs up in my book.

Posted on October 18, 2017, updated October 18, 2017
Posted on October 5, 2017, updated October 18, 2017
Posted on October 4, 2017, updated October 5, 2017
I used to love this store because they are in California; they ship late in fall and early in spring; and they carry some bulbs/plants for warm weather that are hard to find in other places.

But I have experienced bad customer service with them for my recent order. I placed the order in August, which is supposed to ship in mid-September. It was not shipped yet in October. Then I would like to add two items to the original order and a person named Rachel replied that I have to pay a separate full shipping charge, although they are just combining the items with my previous order and shipping them together. I followed up and asked why they need to charge a full shipping fee and got no reply. Today I asks them to cancel my original order so that I can place a new one with the two extra items. Guess what did they do? 20min after I request canceling the order, they shipped it and told me it can not be cancelled.

Well maybe I should be happy because my bulbs are finally shipped?

Anyway I will try my best not to deal with this company anymore, and to tell friends about their bad services.

Posted on August 1, 2017, updated August 1, 2017
I ordered two packs of three "Labyrinth" dahlias in January. they arrived in spring and have just started blooming. Unfortunately they are not Labyrinth, not even close. I understand that mistakes happen, but when I ordered multiple packages, it's odd that they were both wrong (and both the same wrong). I wrote to the company about a week ago asking for a refund and have received no response. I'll leave this as a neutral review for now because I understand that they may not have a lot of staff at this time of year, but I certainly hope I'll be getting a call or email back soon as obviously this is a rather large problem. Summers are short here and it's such a bummer when a garden design is screwed up because you received the wrong plants.

I shop for flowers and bulbs fairly often, and am often disappointed with the results of my purchases online..

.after reading review Dave's watchdog, I bought bulbs and seeds from this company... dahlias, phlox, and several others....
. I received my items quickly, and am thrilled to be able to say that every bulb I received has come up and is growing nicely!!! would recommend highly.

Posted on March 31, 2017, updated April 4, 2017
My only experience here is with passiflora. For the price you pay here, you would expect to get stronger looking plants. If I have the choice, I will order passiflora from AlmostEden first and foremost. Those were the healthiest looking passiflora I have gotten, strong, thick vines. The ones from EasyToGrowBulbs come spindly with spotted, holes leaves that look to be dying. I made two orders, first as a test order, a Betty Myles Young and Lambiekins, with standard shipping. When they came in looking awful, I sent an e-mail to the company explaining this, and was told this happens with shipment. Well, the 2nd order I paid for 2-day shipping to see if it made any change. Nope, the same. The plants don't just become so pitiful with a couple of days in a box because I have received other passiflora that looked fantastic from other companies through the mail. The health of the plants to begin with comes into question. Aside from this, none of these plants have come packed well - bent and torn leaves, bent and broken vines, soil tossed around. When they are pulled out, there is an appearance of them being mashed together. Some of them look like they will recover enough to quickly put out new growth, but a few of them have such thin vines that most of the growth has broken off and looks like it will be very slow to come back. One of these, passiflora 'Aragorn' has such a cracked base that it most likely will never be healthy even if it manages to live - it already has yellowed leaves and lack of vibrance. Another, Constance Elliot was bent and split from the packing. I did e-mail photos to the company but have heard nothing back. Initially, I was shocked to see online prices of passiflora, and yes this company has competitive prices with the others out there, as well as more variety. But I do expect healthy plants and overall I have not experienced that from this company.

I ordered a small number of Allium Bulgaricum bulbs from Easy to Grow Bulbs though Amazon.com this past February.

Less than a week later I received a package of narcissus bulbs from ETGB. I thought it was odd, as I didn't remember ordering any narcissus bulbs, and (I hate to admit it, but) I hadn't noticed that the bulbs I ordered from Amazon were sold by ETGB. I had received a gift of ETGB bulbs from a friend a few months previously, and I thought maybe she had sent me another lovely gift out of the blue.

I put them aside, still in the opened box, thinking I'd save them for Easter time.

A day or so after that, I began to wonder when my allium bulbs were going to arrive. Then it clicked. Sort of. I checked the ETGB box again and actually read the invoice. It had someone else's name and address! So, I hadn't received a gift from my friend.

Well, hmmmm...I'd ordered from ETGB a few years ago. Maybe there was a glitch in their computer system and my name & address had been accidentally plucked from the archives and substituted on the address label for that of the rightful purchaser of the narcissus bulbs.

I contacted the company to let them know they'd sent me an order meant for someone else. I still had not figured it out!

A very pleasant ETGB CS rep replied within 24 hours, thanking me for letting them know. She then asked me if I had placed an order and if I'd received it. Wow--only then did it really click! I checked my Amazon order and confirmed the connection.

ETGB told me to keep the narcissus bulbs and said they'd get my order out to me right away. Two days later my allium bulbs arrived.

OK, so, yes, they screwed up. I assume the other customer received my order and invoice, as well. But ETGB fixed the problem in a professional manner and ASAP. After checking to make sure there was no credit card info on the invoice, I figured all's well that ends well.

I decided not to wait for Easter. The narcissus bulbs are blooming beautifully and fragrantly now, which is what made me think to write this review.

A great company to deal with. Fast shipping and well packaged bulbs!

Early in June, I placed an order with Easy Grow Bulbs for a Passiflora Hybrid "Betty Miles Young". When I placed my order, I asked what would be the best way to plant this Passion Flower and Christina told me to get a large pot to plant it in because of the zone in which I live The plant arrived in great condition. I planted it and placed the pot near a fence. The plant has gown beautifully and I now have 38 buds on it in various stages of development. I also purchased a "Chicago Fig Tree" which produced delicious figs this year. I am so pleased with Easy Grow bulbs their quality plants, service and the information provided by Christina. I will definitely be placing orders again.

First of all I want to state that I believe that the true test of a company is not when things go perfectly but when they go wrong. And on this Easy to Grow Bulbs has exceeded all expectations!

A few weeks ago I ordered an Amorphophallus bulbifer rhizome. Shipping was prompt and communication was great. However, when the rhizome arrived it was covered in mold, and one side was very soft. I was extremely disappointed and was anticipating further difficulty. I immediately emailed them and explained (this was the weekend).

On Monday morning I had a reply, a very nice apology from Christina and a promise to send out a replacement. I assumed I would have to mail back the bad one, but she assured me I needed to just throw it away and another would be in the mail soon. So today the replacement arrived, with another very nice apology (not even necessary, Christina, I could not be happier!).

I would not hesitate to order from this company again, nor would I hesitate to recommend them to my friends. They did a great job with this. Mistakes happen, but good companies make it right and this what Easy to Grow Bulbs did!

I have ordered from this company several times and been very pleased with the customer service, size of the bulbs, and plant performance every time! I just received and planted this year's order. The bulbs were large and healthy, and I'm looking forward to a beautiful garden this year! Great company to order from!

I ordered about 40 amaryllis bulbs in March to be used as baby shower favors. (a mix of appleblossom and pink pizzazz). The bulbs are gorgeous, fat, and healthy. It is obvious they were grown and selected with care. The shower was on March 20th and many of the attendees are already posting pictures of their amaryllis is full bloom. I highly recommend Easy to Grow Bulbs, especially if you need to buy in bulk for a party or shower. This ended up being the best favor I could have used since the celebration continues after the party is over.

Posted on March 10, 2016, updated March 11, 2016
Ordered snail vine last week. In two days I got an email showing shipped with tracking #
Not bad for peak season! Projected delivery Thur came Wed. With over 15 years of mail order gardening I can honestly say I never received a more beautiful plant. Ordered Vigna Caracalla that came well rooted and very well branched in a 5x5 pot packed quite nicely (not a single broken stem). Longest stem is 16"!

I live in Las Vegas, NV where Spring arrives early, it is short and if you do not plant before the desert heat arrives your newly planted items burn out. Easy To Grow Bulbs went way beyond the best customer service I ever experienced to facilitate my order and kept me informed at every step. I am most grateful for their efforts. They have interesting bulbs providing year round colors to the garden like ARUM ITALICUM and the hard to find LILY OF THE VALLEY GROUND COVER. Their prices are reasonable. In addition they are sending me a pack of free bulbs, no idea what they are but I love surprises! No question about it, I will be a returning customer!
Marianne Laslo

I live in Colorado with a short growing season, so I like to start my plants indoors. All the other websites were willing to send my begonia tubers earlier than was appropriate for this zone (if they had some available) for and expedited price. Easy to Grow Bulbs sent them right away with no additional charge. They were here in 2 days, and they look great. I'll order from them again.

Posted on March 1, 2016, updated March 4, 2016
Posted on March 1, 2016, updated March 1, 2016
Posted on April 4, 2015, updated March 1, 2016
I give Easy to Grow Bulbs a high rating on customer service and very good quality products.
I've ordered Belladonnas, day lily, ranunculus, bearded iris, Dutch iris. My day lily "Rocket City" turned out be something else. My Dutch iris turned out to be something else. My Tennison Ridge bearded iris is in bud right now but looking very yellow, again it's something else. I ordered it back in Oct of 2013 and this will be the 1st year blooming.
I have not contacted them on Tennison Ridge. I hate to be a pest! But on all other things that went wrong they have been polite and willing to correct the mistakes. They sent me 2 Rocket City day lily for one wrong one but I can't report on those two until they bloom. I can't order from them again because I want what I order. Whoever is packing items is doing a horrible job. If they are getting their products from other sources that are making the mistakes they need to find other sources because it's very disappointing as a customer to order something and get something else. The belladonnas are doing well but haven't bloomed yet for being disturbed. They may take a few years. I'm hoping they are what I ordered.

I am the garden manager for the Horticultural Art Society Public Gardens in Colorado Springs. I ordered 300 Daffodils from them - and wow! They were the biggest, most beautiful bulbs I have ever seen. So happy I have found this company. Plan on ordering some peonies shortly - not only for my work garden, but also for my home. Very, very pleased.

Posted on October 22, 2015, updated December 11, 2015
Order quickly and accurately fulfilled and shipped. Excellent quality - all bulbs good-sized and very firm with no sprouting. Threw in a free package of white chionodoxa. Will order from them again next year.

I am having a party in December and wanted to have paperwhites blooming in time for them to be centerpieces for the tables. I wasn't sure exactly when I should order them so that they would be blooming in time, so I emailed Easy to Grow Bulbs. They responded to my email immediately, and told me that I could order the bulbs that day, and they would ship them so that I could plant them at the appropriate time for them to be blooming at the party.

The bulbs arrived exactly on the correct date for me to plant them. And, the bulbs are huge! I didn't realize until after I had ordered from them that their paperwhite bulbs are the highest quality and size. I've never seen paperwhite bulbs this large! They started rooting in just 1 day from planting.

I am very impressed with the excellent customer service and quality of the product. I will definitely order from them again!

Posted on November 4, 2015, updated November 11, 2015
I too am a first time customer. I have been watching for a good price on the butterfly amaryllis for a few years. I just decided to take the plunge and buy one from them this year. The bulb is very much alive and healthy it seems. Prices are good considering the size of bulb I received. Shipping is fast and reasonable too.

First time customer, and very pleased with the service and the quality of the bulbs I received. I only wish I had found their site earlier in the season. Many of the unusual bulbs I wanted to order were sold out. I will definitely be ordering earlier next year.

Great company great service and great prices!

ordered twice from this company in late spring/early summer. both orders arrived, promptly, flawlessly, w/ all items healthy and true to my order. going to be the alternative to 'the hosta farm' when their 'fall bulbs' come into stock. ordered hostas, astilbes, butterfly bush, chicago fig, honeysuckle,- all are doing stupendously

This past spring I ordered 2 Antioch hostas, 2 Concertina bearded irises, plus 2 of the Bicolor Butterfly Bushes. All plants arrived well packaged, with no damage. Shipping was quick. Since then all plants are growing great! I did run into a problem, though......when the butterfly bush bloomed, I realized it wasn't a Bicolor. I had been sent two Lavender ones, and they had been mismarked. I contacted the company, and they were wonderful to work with. Dena was very quick to respond, and after seeing the picture of my blooms, assured me I wasn't imagining things. She immediately sent two replacement Bicolors. Fantastic service, Dena was just a peach to talk to, and I can't wait to place more orders!

Posted on June 9, 2015, updated June 10, 2015
Posted on May 30, 2014, updated June 9, 2015
After several failed experiences with rooting plumeria cuttings I decided to order from Easy to Grow Bulbs based on their good ratings and the price of the plant including shipping. I received a well packaged and well rooted cutting. I was a bit nervous about the lack of leaves but after a three weeks it finaly sprouted some leaves. I am thrilled to finaly get a growing plumeria. I would definately order from this company again.