View the current photos at “news” or follow the Facebook page of the Hortus Bulborum where our photographer Peter keeps you informed of all the beauty in the garden, so that you can still enjoy the beautiful historic flower bulbs that are now in bloom (‘Luckily we still have the photos’). The flower bulb packages can be ordered online from the webshop, order your favorite historical flower bulb package here:

Order historic bulbs online from the Hortus Bulborum

Welcome to the website of the Hortus Bulborum Foundation. The foundation manages the unique Hortus collection garden with its 4,000 spring-flowering historical bulbs. This collection consists primarily of tulips, narcissus and hyacinths, but there is also a small number of Fritillaria and crocus, primarily the C.vernus types.

In addition to functioning as a gene bank, the garden has a seasonal display of thousands of heirloom bulbs, some of which are no longer in commercial production. Certain tulips originated in the 16th century. The Fritillaria persica on display was already in cultivation as early as 1577, while the oldest narcissus is several centuries older yet. The garden, therefore, provides a fascinating overview of these immensely popular spring bloomers grown through the centuries. Thanks to headmaster Pieter Boschman who started the collection in 1924, the visiting public has the pleasure of enjoying such legendary tulips as the ‘Duc van Tol Red and Yellow ‘(1595), ‘Zomerschoon’ (1620) and very popular during the Tulipmania (1635-1637) period or the exotic parrot tulip ‘Perfecta” (1750) and many other fascinating examples.