McClure Zimmerman Fall 2021 Quality Flower Bulb Brokers Save 10% on orders through August 1, 2021! Apply promoEODFall21 coupon code, when ordering online. U R Q ALI IO T R Y E P U S Flower Bulb Catalog and Planting Guide D G E E U T A R A N For the Dedicated Bulb Enthusiast Bulbs • Corms • Tubers • Rootstocks Order Online: www.mzbulb.com • Call Toll-Free: 1.800.883.6998 What's Inside Tulips .................................................... 3-7 Miscellaneous & McClure Zimmerman Species Tulips ................................... 8-10 Daffodils ............................................. 11-16 Welcome to Our Fall Miscellaneous & Small Bulbs ....................................... 17-37 Flower Bulb Catalog Fall-Flowering Dear Bulb Enthusiast, Bulbs - Colchicum - Crocus ...........36-37 Spring is a glorious time of year, isn’t it? Here in Wisconsin, we may have to go through a long, cold Complete Index ................................... 38 winter to get there, but it sure is worth it. Trees and shrubs flower and leaf out, perennials make their appearance, and bulbs push through the ground to display their flamboyant blossoms. Sometimes we Order Form ............... Inside Back Cover think that skipping winter would be nice, but we wouldn’t want to miss spring for anything. Okay, let’s talk about ‘the elephant in the room’. If you’re new to our catalog, then you’re probably How to Order wondering what we’re talking about, but our long-time customers have surely noted quite a difference. Yes, we opted to add some color to inside pages of the catalog this year. It is our hope that the color By Internet: www.mzbulb.com will enhance your experience and not detract from it. If you are so inclined, send us an email and let us Credit card orders only. Set up an account and know what you think. take advantage of many benefits such as order history, online gift certificates, and more. To all of our current customers, thank you for your continued support throughout the years. To all newcomers, we offer a warm welcome. By Phone: 1-800-883-6998 Credit card orders only. Wishing you success in your gardening endeavors, We accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover and Your Friends at McClure & Zimmerman American Express. Phone order hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday. P.S. Please note the new location of our order form on the inside back cover. This new order form saves paper and is a little more environmentally friendly. If you wish to place an order by mail, please clip off By Fax: 1-800-374-6120 the back cover, fill out the form, and pop it into an envelope. Or, place your order through our website. Credit card orders only. Available 24 hours a day. Mail Your Order Form: Simply fill out our convenient order form, include check information, money order, or credit card number and insert in an envelope. Mail to: McClure & Zimmerman 335 South High Street Randolph, WI 53956 Save 10% on orders through Customer service: E-mail inquires: August 1, 2021! 1-800-546-4053 Questions and other correspondence may be sent to us via our E-mail address: See code on our front cover. Customer service representatives will be available to answer your questions from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 [email protected] During peak season, p.m. CST Monday thru Friday. please allow 48 hours for a response. Our Guarantee to You Reading our Catalog Commercially propagated bulbs, Size of bulb Size: 16cm/up Healthy bulbs, True to name... H. orientalis We guarantee your bulbs and rootstocks Genus name Fragrant Dutch Hyacinths will arrive in excellent condition and will be Light Common name Garden Hyacinths true to name. If you have any doubts about S = Sun [Ht: 10", Bl: E, Zones: 4-8, S/SSH, SH = Shade quality when your planting stock arrives, tell Approximate Height 36/sq. yd.] us promptly. We’ll issue a credit voucher for SSH = Semi-Shade the unsatisfactory material. We reserve the Bulbs Required With their fine form, lovely colors and heady S/SSH = Sun or right to request return of the merchandise to Number of bulbs required fragrance, the familiar spring hyacinths are a Semi-shade receive adjustments. per square yard to give a not-to-be-missed joy of spring. If you plant them full look the first year. If any plant material fails during the growing deeply in well-drained garden soil enriched with bulb food, hyacinths will perform well for many Specific description of season and we are notified within one year Approximate years. species and/or variety from date of shipment, we will issue a credit Bloom Time toward future orders provided the stock has VE = Very Early Aiolos–Thick, dense bright white blooms. Top been planted according to instructions and in E = Early notch! growing zones recommended in our catalog. M = Midseason #F63827 Price Code: B Sale items will only be issued a credit voucher L = Late for the purchase price. We do VL = Very Late R QUA not guarantee against losses IO L R IT Sept = Month E Y due to weather, animals or P HYACINTH PRICE CHART U Price other factors beyond our S Hardiness Rating 6 12 24 48 96 Code control. All bulbs sold by Refer to Zone Map Item Number A 10.95 18.95 34.95 60.95 101.95 G McClure & Zimmerman are U D (p.38) Use this code B 11.45 19.95 35.95 63.95 109.95 A E Price Code commercially propagated. RANTE C 11.95 20.95 37.95 69.95 119.95 to order the Refer to price chart if bulbs D 12.45 21.95 38.95 72.95 124.95 variety. are not individually priced E 14.95 25.95 47.95 89.95 149.95 2 ❧ = New = Multi-flowering tulip = Tulips recommended for the south (with precooling) = Tulips recommended for forcing A Few Words on Tulips Kaufmanniana Single Early Tulips We are pleased to present our 2021 list of Tulips [Bl: E, Zones: 3-8] several hundred prime garden tulip varieties [Bl: VE, Zones: 2-8] Use: border, cut, forcing and species to represent all colors and forms. Use: border, rock Size: 12cm/up Our list provides both the beginner and the garden Single Early Tulips produce tulip connoisseur with an outstanding selection Size: 12cm/up large, single blooms on stout 10 of tulip cultivars. This tulip has short stems to 18 inch stems. Many have a Tulip Classifications and large flowers with slightly fine, sweet scent. Their moderate In the early 1900’s, it became apparent that a reflexed petals. The blossoms heights make them a good choice classification guide was necessary to organize resemble waterlilies when fully open and for forcing indoors, and they make a the numerous types of tulip cultivars available. are notable for their striking color combinations dramatic show when planted in early The eventual result was the Classified List and and large multicolored bases. Ground-hugging, spring beds. International Register of Tulip Names published wind-resistant foliage is sometimes mottled or Aafke–Violet with rose-red veins and by the Royal General Bulbgrowers’ Association. striped. As dependable perennial bloomers, these lighter lavender-pink edges, base ivory. Fragrant Our catalog bases its tulip classifications on tulips are smartly used for permanent plantings and strong. Ht: 12" their database. and are wonderful companions for early and #F65253 Price Code: D midseason daffodils. Hardiness and General Culture Apricot Beauty–Soft salmon-rose Unless otherwise noted, all tulips are hardy in Kaufmanniana type–Waterlily Tulip. The petals overlaid with apricot. Fragrant. Ht: 18" Zones 3 to 8. Like most perennial bulbs, they are creamy-white, base is golden yellow and outer #F65256 Price Code: E need good drainage and enjoy full sun. In fact, petals are carmine-red on the reverse. Ht: 8" the main reasons for tulip failure after the #F65202 Price Code: C Bestseller–This hot-blooded sport of ‘Apricot Beauty’ is warm coppery-orange first season are (1) lack of adequate sun, (2) the –Large blooms open to reveal pure white Ancilla suffused with pink. Ht: 18" destruction of foliage before it has ripened fully, petals and a golden base outlined by a distinct red #F65265 Price Code: G (3) in warm climates planting too early in the ring. Exterior petals are soft pink splashed and fall and (4) too shallow planting depth. rimmed with rose. Award winner. Ht: 6" Candy Prince–Silvery violet-blue with Spacing #F65204 Price Code: E an ethereal glow, almost as if washed by moonlight. Ht: 12" Tulips can be planted quite close together, up to Early Harvest–Orange-red blooms tipped 40 hybrid, top size bulbs per square yard. Wild with gold; inside deep orange with a yellow base. #F65270 Price Code: B tulip bulbs are much smaller than hybrids and Mottled foliage. Winner of multiple awards. Ht: 10" ❧ Christmas Dream–Vibrant fuchsia-red, you can plant up to 60 bulbs per square yard. #F65209 Price Code: E fragrant blooms glow in sunny spring landscapes. They’ll actually grow like ground covers. Fritz Kreisler–Soft salmon-pink with creamy A sport of ‘Christmas Marvel’. Ht: 14" Tulip Bulb Sizes edges, deeper pink inside with a red-ringed yellow #F65273 Price Code: G We sell only the largest size hybrid tulip bulbs. base. Quite striking when fully open. Ht: 12" Christmas Marvel–Satiny cherry-pink. Measured in centimeters around the widest #F65215 Price Code: G Fragrant. A superb forcer. Ht: 12" part of the bulb, the largest size is 12cm/up (the #F65275 Price Code: D “up” means that some bulbs in the lot will be Giuseppe Verdi–The exterior carmine larger than 12cm).