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You should receive our 2008 Van Engelen Wholesale Price List any day now. (Click here if you want to request our catalog.) We have added many new varieties of tulips, narcissi, miscellaneous bulbs, amaryllis and bare-root herbaceous peonies for fall planting. You may also want to take a peak at our WEBSITE SPECIALS.

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New Varieties for 2008

Greigii Tulip Maria Christina: New! This two-tone beauty is blush
pink with pinkish- white petal edges and raspberry flames. 12” to
14”. (5490)

Single Early Tulip Christmas Orange: New! This sultry beauty is
smoldering orange with broad cherry-fuchsia flames. 16”. (5151)

Single Early Tulip White Marvel: New! Considered to be the best
white in its class, this sturdy bloom opens ivory-white and
matures to glistening white. 14” to 16”. (5870)

Triumph Tulip Boston: New! An amazing two-tone beauty, it is
straw-yellow with thick, rich merlot-red petal edges. 20”. (5112)

Triumph Tulip Rembrandt’s Favorite: New! A mutation out of Hans
Anrud, this strong and sturdy bicolor is glistening snow-white
with deep blueberry-purple flames. 22”. (5733)

Triumph Tulip Swinging World: New! With similar coloration as
Aristocrat, a beloved old variety, this Konijnenburg & Mark
hybrid is violet-pink with pale pink to ivory-white petal edges.
24”. (5793)

Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulip Hakuun: New! Japanese hybrid “White
Cloud” is a color breakthrough in the Giant Darwin Hybrid class
because it opens and stays glistening white. 20”. (5394)

Giant Darwin Hybrid Tulip Jaap Groot: New! A mutation out of
Golden Apeldoorn, this new creamsicle-of-a-variety is white with
orange-yellow flames and feathering and marginated foliage. 22”. (5426)

Peony Flowering Tulip Blue Spectacle: New! A good replacement for
Lilac Perfection, it is deep violet-purple with a blue sheen and
a fully double form resembling that of an actual Peony. 20”. (5104)

Peony Flowering Tulip Yellow Mountain: New! This opulent, puffy
sport of Mount Tacoma is dreamy pale lemon with faint, almost
undiscernable, green flames licking the lower exterior petals.
18”. (5883)

Single Late Tulip Bleu Aimable: Back again! An award-winning
sport of Blue Parrot, circa 1910, it is exquisite shades of lilac
with a blue sheen. 24”. (5098)

Single Late Tulip Stunning Apricot: New! Long-lasting on sturdy
stems, this new beauty is dazzling deep coral-apricot with paler
petal edges and a hint of a warm raspberry glow. Boasting of
French tulip lineage, it is good for warmer climates. 28”. (5780)

Viridiflora Tulip Flaming Spring Green: New! A heralded mutation
out of Spring Green, it is a gorgeous bright white newcomer with
intriguing purplish-red and green flames. 20”. (5316)

Viridiflora Tulip Formosa: New! This award-winning heirloom is
brilliant yellow with green flames. 12”. (5318)

Viridiflora Tulip Virichic: New! This jaunty beauty has an
elegant, almost Lily-like form and exotic coloration. It opens
dreamy pale rose with tawny yellow highlights and green flames
and matures to a darker purplish-pink with green flames. 18”. (5838)

Large Cupped Narcissus April Queen: (2b) New! A bit later
flowering, April Queen puts on a royal show with large,
outward-facing 4” flowers. Beautifully formed, she has an
ivory-white perianth and a bright lemon-yellow cup with an
orange, ribbed edge. Circa 1936, April Queen is a good
naturalizer. 18” to 20”. (8023)

Large Cupped Narcissus Copper Queen: (2a) New! Sturdy and
long-lasting, this sultry Irish naturalizer has burnished
copper-yellow petals surrounding a bowl-shaped, scarlet-orange
cup. 16” to 18”. (8077)

Split-Cup Narcissus Papillon Blanc: New! Circa 1940, the “White
Butterfly” has 3 1/2” ivory-white petals with a greenish-white
cup emblazoned by a yellow sunburst that gradually matures to
white and a petite green eye. A bit later-flowering, this lovely
heirloom is slightly fragrant. 16” to 18”. (8348)

Species Miniature Narcissus cantabricus: New! The first year
available in the U.S., Narcissus cantabricus is the snow-white
form of Narcissus bulbocodium conspicuus, the Yellow Hoop
Petticoat. We have longed to carry this diminutive gem in our
collection for over a decade. It has the same delicate,
funnel-shaped flowers and narrow grass-like foliage as N.
bulbocodium conspicuus and is similarly prized for award-winning
forced pots. Limited supply. Bulb size: 6 cm/up. (8059)

Anemone nemorosa Robinsoniana: Back again! Syn: Wood Anemone.
Preferring rich, moist soil and partial shade, this rare 1870
woodland naturalizer has lavender-blue flowers with yellow
stamens on pale green centers. Limited supply. top size rhizome.
8” to 12”. HZ: 5-8. (2589)

Camassia leichtlinii coerulea Blue Skies: New! A spectacular new
cross between C. cusickii and C. leichtlinii coerulea, Blue Skies
is the most heavenly shade of pale sky blue imaginable. 24” to
30”. (3041)

Single Peony Bowl of Beauty: New! This floriferous Single
Japanese beauty has opulent fuchsia-pink flowers filled with
frilled lemon-yellow staminodes with white highlights. Fragrant.
Early to mid. 32”. (8964)

Single Peony Do Tell: New! This winsome Japanese beauty is
shell-pink with a darker center erupting with frilly deep rose,
yellow and pinkish-white staminodes. Early to mid. 30” to 36”. (8965)

Double Peony Moonstone: New! Intricately and fully double, this
exquisite variety is the palest blush-pink imaginable with a
heady fragrance and strong stems. Mid. 36”. (8942)

Double Christmas Flowering Amaryllis Rock ‘n Roll: Back again!
Luminous deep red wth occasional snow-white stripes. 30 cm/up. (9442)

Double Christmas Flowering Amaryllis Snow White: Back again! The
opulent double white. (9446)

Miniature Christmas Flowering Amaryllis Lemon Sorbet: New! This
prolific bloomer has beautifully formed flowers of pale
ivory-lemon with a luminous green throat. (9462)

Miniature Christmas Flowering Amaryllis Zombie: New! This
floriferous wonder is light to dark salmon-pink with white
striations and highlights. (9466)

Single Royal Dutch Hybrid Amaryllis Gervase: New! This huge bloom
has pale to deep magenta-pink flames and striations with
glistening white highlights and feathering, and unique red
anthers. (9015)

Miniature Royal Dutch Hybrid Amaryllis Pink Star: Back again!
This precious bloom is rose-pink with a white, star-shaped center
and a luminous green throat. (9129)

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