Flower bulbs are offered in different sizes. Sometimes this can be confusing. As a result, wrong conclusions are drawn about the suppliers. Some are assumed to be cheaper than others. However, this appearance is deceptive in the flower bulb world. The slogan ‘the bigger, the better’ still applies here. Big bulbs produce bigger flowers than smaller ones.
The photo on the right shows the difference in flower production between a large and a small Endear daffodil bulb. The photo on the left shows a 10/12 bulb, which is generally a common size for daffodils that you can buy for a bargain. As you can see, this bulb produces only one flower stem with about 5 flowers. The picture on the right shows the same daffodil with a bulb size of 14/16, supplied by us, the FLUWEL COMPANY. Four flower stems are made from each bulb, 2 stems with 5 flowers and 1 stem with 3 flowers and another stem with 2 flowers. I separated the flower buds so I could count the individual flowers. The last bulb with an even larger size produces as many as 15 flowers, three times as many as the smaller daffodils you can buy for a bargain. So keep this in mind when buying bulbs: Size matters.
A word about size
Our aim at Fluwel is to send only top size bulbs. Why go to the trouble of planting only to see the results diminished because you took too small bulbs? Your savings will be minimal and the time and effort you spent on planting will have been almost for nothing. Larger bulbs simply give better plants with more impressive flowers.
Here is a tool that most Dutch tulip growers use. The different holes allow you to quickly determine the bulb size.
The bulb size is calculated from the circumference in cm. If you see a tulip variety labelled size 12+, this refers to the diameter of the bulb (this is the maximum size generally available).
