Deadline and Ordering:

Orders must be received by 30 September. 

No orders will be shipped beyond the 48 contiguous, continental states.  (There will be no international shipments for the 2023 season—we apologize for this inconvenience to our overseas customers.)  

You will receive an automated email confirmation of your order.

All offerings are limited in quantity.  As they become unavailable, they will be listed as Out of Stock.  

We dig through our collections—divided into various sections across nearly four acres—on a rotating basis, with different sections dug annually.  Each section contains unique varieties that typically will not be offered again until we return to that section after a complete digging rotation.  To avoid disappointment, don’t delay.  We cannot fulfill requests from a previous year’s offerings.  

Minimum Order:

$35.00 (excluding shipping and sales tax).

Pricing:

Pricing is per bulb for all daffodils, per two or three-fan division for all daylilies, and per rhizome for irises, unless otherwise noted in listing.  At checkout, a discount of 10% is automatically applied to all orders of $250.00 or more.   

Multiple Orders:

For customers who have already placed an order in 2023 and wish to order more, please use coupon code ORDERMORE to deduct additional base-rate shipping.  Click the Redeem Your Code link and enter the code.  This code must be entered prior to completing your purchase.  Do not enter this code in the Special Requests or Order Comments boxes, as it will not apply. 

Tax Exemption:

If you or your organization are tax-exempt, please use coupon code TAXEXEMPT to remove taxes from your invoice.  Click the Redeem Your Code link prior to Checkout to avoid paying tax on your purchases.  Do not enter this code in the Special Requests or Order Comments boxes, as it will not apply. We must receive your emailed pdf or mailed, printed exemption letter within two weeks of ordering to avoid order cancellation.  

Payment:

Payment options at checkout are PayPal or mailing a personal check or money order made payable to PHS Daffodils.  If paying by check or money order, please write your order number in the check’s note field.  Checks and money orders must be received within two weeks of your order to avoid order cancellation.

Gift Certificates:

Digital gift certificates are available on the PHS Store page.  If redeeming a digital gift certificate, the unique code must be entered into the specified gift certificate code box at checkout.  Gift certificates must be redeemed within two years of purchase.

Cancellations and Refunds:

Orders may be cancelled for a full refund within 20 days of ordering (excluding associated PayPal fees); thereafter, we will only refund 50% of the order (excluding associated PayPal fees).  Refunds given will be made via mailed check, not via PayPal.

Shipping and Handling:

We fill and ship all orders in the order received, not by hardiness zone.  We cannot guarantee a specific delivery date.

Daffodil orders are filled and dispatched beginning the first weekend of October and continue through November.  The dormant daffodil bulbs need to be planted prior to the soil freezing, anytime from mid-late October through December or even into early January, depending on your climate.  Open the parcel to allow your bulbs fresh air, and store them in a dark, cool, well-ventilated area until you are ready to plant.  For warm climates, your bulbs will likely need stratifying for the best spring flowering.  We cannot accommodate requests for shipping prior to the first weekend in October, to ensure proper curing has been achieved.   

Daylily orders are dispatched from late August through October.  Daylilies are live, bare-root plants dug fresh to order and must be planted within a few days of arrival. Unlike many daylily growers, we remove the bulk of the plant’s fans, sending only a clump of roots with attached crowns.  (This method has proven highly effective for immediate reestablishment in their new home.)

Iris orders are dispatched from August through September.  Irises are semi-dormant rhizomes dug fresh to order and must be planted within two to three weeks of arrival.

Bulb and Plant Condition and Size:

All products mailed to you are free of pests and soil, and to the best of our knowledge—and as they are annually inspected—free of disease.  All products sold are flowering size and, unless otherwise noted, are top-size as they grow and are harvested in our climate.

Note:  Our products grown in Midwestern heavy Hoyleton loam produce smaller plants overall.  Our daffodils are smaller than what are generally received from Dutch importers.  Our daylilies and iris plants are similarly smaller than container-grown, fertigated, or Pacific Northwestern commercially-grown stocks.  However, they are no less healthy and vigorous, and are ready to provide many years of beauty in your garden.  We wouldn’t send them to you if we wouldn’t be happy to receive them!

Treatment:

Our production is conducted in an environmentally-conscious manner.  Insecticidal and fungicidal applications, if warranted, use only OMRI-listed (Organic Materials Review Institute) products.  However, depending on field capacity and humidity conditions at the time of digging, a 10% chlorine dip may be employed to prevent rot issues whilst curing.  During summer, fall, and winter months we allow our no-till fields to fully grow with natural cover from native and other wild plants, somewhat mimicking the natural daffodil environment.  This provides a rich, nourishing, and protective habitat for our pollinators and other wildlife.  We endeavor to be the best stewards possible of this precious, wild space (see our posts on Instagram).

Note:  PHS Daffodils uses only recycled and repurposed materials for shipping (boxes, packing material, labels, and bulb bags—the bags have been sterilized prior to re-use).  Our labels are re-used vinyl bedding tags from our local botanical garden, and the PHS Daffodils product name is handwritten in black Sharpie.  We include only your ordered products and a copy of your order in the parcel, with nothing else, in an attempt to save money and the environment at once (specific planting guidelines are hyperlinked in the aforementioned Shipping and Handling section).  Please recycle your boxes and the packing material, and re-use the mesh bags for other gardening purposes.

Substitutions:

We endeavor to fulfill every order as received.  However, depending on the harvest and summer curing outcome, some products may prove unsuitable at shipping time.  In this event, we will happily refund your money or provide a substitution of equal or greater value.  Please indicate on your order which option you prefer; otherwise, if necessary, we will substitute.

Gratis:

We greatly appreciate your support of our passion and business (though we like to think of it more as a fun weekend hobby and a break from our weekly professional endeavors).  Thus, with every order we supply gratis bulbs, divisions, or rhizomes, perhaps extras of purchased products or of products not listed on our website.  Please let us know what you like—certain colors, flowering season, flowering types, etc.—and we will do our best.  This information can be shared with us in the Special Request box at checkout. 

Our Imagery:

Unless otherwise noted, all photos on our website and social media feeds were taken by us and are our domain.  With photo credit given, we are happy to share hi-res images.  We do not use filters or color enhancements in any way.  Whenever possible we try to show the full range of an individual variety’s color and morphological nuances throughout the life of the flower as it grows for us.  To that end, the flowers are photographed in the field, on the spot, regardless of weather and lighting conditions in that moment.  We do not supplement lighting or clean or prep the flowers in any way, taking the most natural approach possible.   It is important to note that climate, weather, soil nutrition, available moisture during bud set and flowering stages, and light exposure can greatly impact the flower’s color and, in some cases, its morphological characteristics. 

Daffodils in particular may experience subtle to dramatic color metamorphoses during flowering:  pinks often open yellow and greenish-orange; reverse bicolors often open all yellow before the corona turns white; and many white varieties open with some degree of yellow throughout the flower, or take on yellowish tones upon maturity.  In some years, normally solid-colored cups manifest with rims; doubles may be ultra-full, loosely-packed, or doubled only in the corona; and “toothed” or “crispa” varieties–those with knobby, hooked, and jagged ruffling on the corona’s flange–can be subtle to greatly exaggerated.  Frosts and freezes can create puckered or creped textured petals.  We like to think these variables keep things interesting!  Please be mindful of these traits during the first year as your new plants settle into their new environment and please make use of our photos for comparison. 

Guarantee:

We only guarantee varieties to be accurately named; otherwise, all sales are final.  One’s environmental factors (such as soil and exposure), climatic factors (such as extremes of heat and cold, and seasonal droughts and flooding), and cultural factors (such as planting techniques and annual maintenance factors) are beyond our control.  Thank you for understanding.

Contacting PHS Daffodils:

So that we may efficiently accommodate you, please use the Contact tab on our website to reach us pertaining to all questions and requests.  If you have ordered from us in the past and are already using our business email, please continue—it is the same inbox as our Contact form.  We kindly ask that you do not use personal texting, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram Direct Messenger (DM) to reach us pertaining to your orders.