My favorite bulb suppliers haven't updated their lists for 2024 yet. I'm jealous that you can already see yours :(

Yeah, fall isn't here yet for us either. But there have been some upticks in spring. Bagged and small box stuff in the big box stores seems to have gone up again. Something that was 4-5.99 a few years ago has shifted through the buck+ to .59 point and this year is up again and back to the .99 point. Larger potted stuff has gone up several dollars over the last few years.

Must be Canadian prices :-)) 25 camassia bulbs from my favored supplier are $9.00 at 2024 pricing.

I haven’t really done any serious ‘bulb shopping’ since I discovered a wholesale place in the middle of the pandemic. One of the YouTube channels I follow did a recent video on some of the sticker shock prices she has seen recently, and she’s in Michigan. Look at this one for a pot of forest grass!

I want my favorite small nurseries to stay in business so I'm still buying but I'm making careful lists and sticking to them. No impulse purchases.

Cecily, you make a great point. I do have a favorite nursery or two and I will still need things that I can't easily reproduce. We use a lot of bagged mulch. Liquid seaweed fertilizer has really gotten dear, but I can't see not using it. I probably only use one large bottle a season. Perennials and shrubs I still can afford to buy a few every season. As you said, careful lists and no impulse purchases should make the best compromise. And of course, buying when on sale. I just got an email for 20% off lilacs this week. And another Perennials 10 for $49. They are $5.99 individually. That's a large increase from past years. I would think a lot of the increase has to do with shipping costs. Have you tried to ship even a small box lately?

We also still have a local plant sale every Mother's Day weekend. Other local gardeners who have established gardens and are always dividing and ending up with plants to share, sell and the prices are really still very reasonable. I end up with a lot for my money. And I know one of the sellers and he starts seeds in the winter to sell as a hobby and he makes a lot of money on that one weekend.

@Lalenoxxa: what/where is this magical bulb wholesale place that you speak of?

Id like to know as well,please!

Yes, there's no link in your post.