Direct a closer view on the red - sonatini I believe - AMICO. I vote for this cultivar because of its uncommonly superiorly proportioned flowers and its intense and deep color.
I firstly got awareness of this hybrid by a picture in Veronica's book and I was instantly thrilled.

I like the idea of possibly getting Hadeco bulbs... I haven't looked at their website in a while, but I do know they have some beauties!

I already have a few Hadeco bulbs, purchased through different sources... I have Amalfi, Joker, Baby Doll and a few others... they're beautiful flowers! I notice that some of their varieties are offered through companies we already do business with... not very many varieties, though.

After perusing their website, my wish list consists of the following varieties...

White Sonatini
Molto Bello

Yellow Sonatini
Buttercup

Striped Sonatini
Bright Spark
Piccolo

Pink Sonatini
Cupido
Bellisimo
Thai Thai

Peach Sonatini
Trentino

Red Symphony
Bambara

Striped Symphony
Razzle Dazzle

Yellow Sonata
Lemon Sorbet

Other Sonatas
Fanfare
Ballerina

Please keep us informed as to what's happening! I'm definitely interested in getting a few Hadeco bulbs next fall! I especially like the yellow and green varieties, although most of what they offer is just gorgeous!

Many thanks to Jodi for adding to the wish list so quickly and to Sir Hans for directing our attention to the attributes of the beautiful Amico!

Blancawing, you and Jodi pretty much covered my first choices with the exception of the following doubles:
Symphony,
Double Symphony
Double Pink Symphony
Sonata
Double Harlequin

Blanca, thank you for initiating this possible order! =)

I would be interested in any of the following:

Double Pink Symphony
- First Love

Double White Symphony
- Snow White

Green Sonatini
- Jungle Bells

Peach Sonatini
- Trentino

Pink Sonatini
- Bellisimo
- Cupido
- Peach Blossom
- Thai Thai

Sonata
- Ballerina
- Lemon Sorbet

Stripped Sonatini
- Amico

Thanks again. =)

I am interested with Hadeco bulbs.
These look beautiful
Alfresco
Joker
Zombie
Snow White
Double Harlequin
Double Pink Symphony - First Love
Fanfare î
Ballerina
Jungle Bells
Jade Serpent
Rozetta î

I acquired Trentino, Razzle Dazzle, Snow White, Alfresco, Joker, and Rozetta that you list above locally. They were available either in stores or from online vendors. I don't mind if you want to order them in the big package. I am just telling that they are currently available.

Blanca, I will send you my list privately when I have a little time to run through all the varieties... You know, I have to have everything that is not in my collection yet, so it will take time for me to compare. :o)

Folks, this is great! We are well on our way.

Please give me an idea if you are interested in one bulb of each variety on your list, or multiples. I often like to plant in threes, especially with the miniature varieties.

Soultan, I look forward to receiving your long list. CHAD in action...LOL! I have also purchased these Hadeco varieties: Zombie, Rock n' Roll, Piccolo, Milady, and Christmas Star locally or via mail order. However, there are some varieties that I have been unable to locate anywhere.

Thank you to everyone who has responded, or who is planning to look over the Hadeco website and consider joining.

Oh sorry, yes. Trentino, Razzle Dazzle, Snow White, Alfresco, Joker, Rozetta, Zombie, Rock 'n Roll, Piccolo, Milady, and Christmas Star. These are the locally available I could lay my hands on form your lists.

While I would really like to order in multiples, single bulbs of each variety are all I have room for and budget for. It will take some major rearranging to fit them in the collection, but I'm sure I can manage! That's why I call it "my jungle"!

So, that's one each, please!

It would also be nice to know what kind of price range are they thinking about in consideration of these bulbs. Plus, we will definitely have shipping costs involved as well to us. So it is a budget item too. Family would behead me if I ordered all of the sudden 30 bulbs in one package and not in the nice paced out way I usually do, so they don't really notice the final amount and mass...

I fully understand your concerns.

I mentioned $8-10/bulb to Kathleen based on the information previously posted by Maria (shown below).

Please remember that, at this point, we are only providing a list of the varieties we are interested in purchasing to see if Easy to Grow is able to make a shipment happen.

Before we commit to purchase anything, we will need to negotiate a firm per bulb price. It would be great to have input from all of you on pricing if/when we get that far.

* Posted by mariava7 z7VA (My Page) on
Sun, Jan 13, 08 at 0:55

Mr. CB explained that to me before...

A shipment of bulbs from SA to US would require one crate so as to keep the cost of shipment and paper works/permits down. Most SA varieties (blooming size) are small in bulb size, thus the 3000 bulbs to fit in the crate. We would not be able to buy these SA varieties for the prices they offered them, average $8-10/bulb, if it weren't for these 3000 bulb/shipment. More bulbs/shipment means lesser shipment cost/bulb.

I am definitely in on this and working on my list! It will greatly resemble Jodi's but have to figure quantities still.

Me too me too!

I would probably not order all of the following at one time, but these are the ones I would most like to have a chance at -- 1-3 of each, depending on price and variety --

RED SYMPHONY
Bambara

PINK SYMPHONY
Candy Floss
Milady

DOUBLE PINK SYMPHONY
First Love

STRIPED SYMPHONY
Razzle Dazzle

DOUBLE STRIPED SYMPHONY
Rock 'N Roll

DOUBLE SYMPHONY
Rio

DOUBLE SONATA
Fanfare

SONATA
Joker

STRIPED SONATINI
Amico
Bright Spark
Little Star
Lucky Strike
Piccolo

PINK SONATINI
Cupido
Peach Blossom

Wait . . wait for me . . . haven't been around for awhile -- Been sidetracked with my obsession for orchids. Recently ordered from Easy to Grow Bulbs. Sure hope this works out. Here's my list:
WHITE SYMPHONY
Snow White
Fluffy Ruffles
STERHART SYMPHONY
Razzmatazz
Rosetta
DOUBLE SONATA
Alfresco
Ballerina
Harlequin
Fanfare
Zombie
PEACH SONATINI
Trentino
GREEN SONATINI
Jungle Bells
DOUBLE SYMPHONY
Ragtime
DOUBLE PINK SYMPHONY
First Love

OK, here is my wiah list, but I would porbably not order more then half of it. THe ones I want most are Buttercup, JAde Serpeant, and Thai Thai.

Sonata DB
* Fanfare

Symphony
Bambara
Barotse 3
Milady
Wedding DAnce 3

Sonata
Fanfare 3
* Zombie 3
Cokctail 3
First LOve 3
* Lemon Sorbet 3

Sonatini
Baby Doll 3
Belladonna 3
Bellissimo 3
Buttercup 3
Jade Serpeant 3
Jungle bells
Lucky Strike3
Peach BLossom 3
Thai THai 3
Trentino 3

Dear Jodi, Soultan, jstropic, paxfleur, mymanga, lizalily, amazindirt, kitty747, and all others who have kindly expressed interest,

I am so very sorry to report that, despite KathleenÂs strong urging, at this time Easy To Grow Bulbs has decided to forgo pursuing the Hadeco order.

Kathleen will still be pursuing the possibility over time, and I will keep you posted if she is able to make any progress.

I truly wish that this had turned out differently, and I sincerely hope that we will all help one another to find ways to obtain the bulbs on our Wish Lists.

Blanca...Your efforts have not gone to waste. I will save these Hadeco wish list and inform you all IF I could avail of any of these varieties. If everything goes well, we "might" get more Hadeco varieties this coming season.

I have contacted one of the Hadeco bulb importers here in US. They WON'T include other varieties in their shipment even if we would be paying them the price they want. They said they will only import the varieties that they would carry in their catalogue. Oh well...

There are other Hadeco bulb importers here in US. Charles (Mr.CB) has kindly sent me a list of them. He would like these varieties be available to us. But the best way is to "ride along" with these bulb importers shipment. I will try to contact the other bulb importers. Hopefully, one of them would be...less selfish???

Blanca,

Thank you so much for all your effort! I am sorry it didn't work out, but hey it was worth trying right!!!

Yes, Blanca, thank you for going through the trouble to try to get Hadeco varieties imported... I think your efforts will pay off in the long run, as bulb importers see that the American public really want these bulbs! The more the public demands something different, the more effort importers will put into satisfying those demands, and eventually Hadeco varieties will become a part of the annual catalogs sent out by different companies!

Blanca, Maria and everyone else involved in trying to get Hadeco bulbs imported... thank you!

Even though some Hadeco registered varieties are available through a handful of bulb companies, it would be nice to see a lot more of their beautiful varieties being sold.

Ohh, I can't believe I forgot this thread.

Maria -- do you still have the compiled list from this post? If so, can you post it here so we can strike out what was made available this year and what we may be able to look forward to next season?

I for one, was able to acquire Alfresco, Bellisimo, Lemon Sorbet, Jade Serpent, Jungle Bells, Trentino, Zombie, Snow White, Rozetta, Fanfare, Cupido, Bright Spark, and Little Devil this season so I'm in Hadeco Heaven. :)

This is the list of Hadeco varieties released this season according to my source. Some made it to USA, some not unfortunately. I think we can still order this from Holland if we want to...70 bulbs/variety if I am not mistaken.
Alfresco® (db)
Amalfi®
Amico®
Baby Doll®
Bambara®
Barotse®
Basuto®
Belladonna®
Bellisimo®
Blushing Bride®
Bold Leader®
Bright Spark®
Candy Floss®
Carnival®
Christmas Star®
Cocktail®
Cracker Jack®
Cupido®
Double Six®
Fanfare® (db)
Firecracker®
Gold Medal®
Green Dragon®
Harlequin®
Hollywood®
Honeymoon®
Intokazi®
Jade Serpent®
Joker®
Jungle Bells® (db)
Lemon Sorbet®
Little Angel®
Little Devil®
Little Star®
Merry Christmas®
Milady®
Miracle®
Molto Bello®
Pavlova® (db)
Peach Blossom®
Piccolo®
Pizzazz®
Ragtime® (db)
Razzle Dazzle®
Razzmatazz® (db)
Rock 'n Roll® (db)
Rozetta® (db)
Snow white® (db)
Sun Dance®
Top Choice®
Trentino®
Vesuvius®
Virgin®

Oh wow -- so will Holland ship directly to us (non-manufacturers) if we were able to order 70/per variety? There are definitely some names on there that I've never heard of...Pavlova? Sun Dance? I will have to look a few of those up. How interesting....this must've taken you a bit of time to come up with; thank you for your time and efforts Maria. :)

This company ships directly to individuals in Europe. All we should need is a USDA import permit. I have not contacted them directly. I cannot handle 70 bulbs/variety.

That's an awful lot per variety! I don't know anyone who could handle that many... I wish I knew more people in the industry! If a few different retailers split an order, that might work out.

Well... hopefully, the Hadeco varieties will become more mainstream as time goes by... I'd sure love to have a few on that list!

Count me in for a minimum 30 bulb order at $8=$10 per bulb. I only have a few Hadeco bulbs. I've looked at their blubs on their site and I can have a list prepared in a matter of days.

I want to add to this post the info I received this evening from Aaron at EdensBlooms. In my message to him about the order I was placing, I mentioned the forum here. He added at the end of his reponse back to me the following: "I'm hoping the forum will be able to help me chose new bulbs for next season." Since he has access to ordering bulbs from Hadeco, this could be an avenue to getting the goodies! I told him not to be suprised if he was contacted by members here soon.

Hope this helps!

-Frank

Perhaps at the same time, we could persuade him to try to obtain larger bulbs... some seem a bit immature. Although, in order to keep pricing down, I'm sure taking the smaller bulbs is feasible. The size and maturity of the bulb dictates price.