About us

A small bulb supplier, run by people who plant what they sell

Petalora is an online-only nursery specialising in flowering bulbs, corms and bare roots. We are deliberately small: a short catalogue, a lot of checking, and no interest in selling you a bulb that will not flower.

Why the catalogue is short

Most bulb shops list hundreds of varieties and hope some of them work in your garden. We would rather stock fewer things and know each one properly: which zone it returns in, how deep it wants to sit, whether it naturalises or should be treated as an annual, and what grade actually flowers.

If a variety cannot be supplied at flowering size in a given season, we would rather leave it off the site than substitute a smaller grade and let you find out in April.

How we work

• We grade before we pack. Circumference is measured per lot. The grade goes on the product page, not in the small print.
• We ship in season. Autumn bulbs ship in autumn. Sending a tulip in July is a good way to turn a healthy bulb into compost.
• We answer email ourselves. One inbox, one business day, a real reply rather than a template.
• We stand behind the box. Sixty days. Replace, refund or credit, your choice.

What we actually sell

Spring-flowering bulbs planted in autumn — tulips, daffodils and narcissus, hyacinths, crocus, allium. Indoor bulbs for winter, including amaryllis and waxed amaryllis that need no soil at all. Alongside them a handful of bare roots, corms and tubers for the warm half of the year, plus a small selection of seed for growers who like starting from scratch.

Where we are

We trade online and ship by post, so there is no shop counter to visit. Everything goes through one channel, which means a written record of every order and every question — useful for you when something needs sorting out.

Questions before you buy are welcome: contact us or email Contact us.