The scoop on 'Costco Wholesale'

Costco is great if they have what you're looking for (since their selection is somewhat limited). I especially like to purchase my bulbs there, since I can get a bag of 60 tulips for about $10 and a bag of 24 lilies for $15 or less. Their colour combinations are always nice too.

The bulbs I've purchased have always been very healthy, and a very good size as well...often larger than what I see at some local nurseries. I have never seen any mold growing, and in the case of the tulips, the paper covering is almost entirely intact on every bulb in the bags I purchased. Collections with different varieties always have each separated and clearly labeled. I haven't had any problems with the plants not coming up, and the lilies I purchased have been multiplying like crazy since I bought them a few years ago (many of the younger ones are even blooming!). The tulips are also doing very well.

They also offer some nice looking fruit trees (peach, apricot, nectarine and plum where I live) that are selected to thrive in your specific climate (in my case, low chill varieties) as well as bare root roses. I was tempted to purchase some fruit trees since they were a good size (but still a year old) and only $10! But then I realized I had no place to put them!

In short, very good products at a low price if you want to wait in a large line for them :)

Bought two bags of tulips, 50 bulbs each, for $8.79 each. The bulbs were healthy and large (12+ cm, as advertised). Their selection was limited, but the prices exceptional. Also had bags of 100 King Alfred type daffs for $16. Good sized DNI/II bulbs. They were in mesh bags, so I poked at a few to check them out, and they seemed healthy. I just don't need 100 daffs this year.

My neighbor bought the bag of daffs from Costco last fall for $20, and they all came up and looked great this spring. Will keep everyone posted on how the tulips do.