Welcome to
Lingarden Bulbs Ltd.

Supplier of the highest
quality daffodil bulbs and flowers

Located in Spalding, Lincolnshire, at the heart of the most concentrated area of daffodil production in the UK, Lingarden Bulbs Ltd. has been working side by side with local growers and those further afield from Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and Scotland, for over 50 years.

We are dedicated to supplying our customers with the highest quality daffodil bulbs and flowers.

Annually, we expect to market several thousand tonnes of daffodil bulbs and 10 million bunches of daffodil flowers, with over 70% of the bulbs and more than 90% of the flowers exported to the following countries; USA, Canada, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark.



Photograph: Lingarden, August 1973
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Lingarden Bulbs Ltd.'s purpose-built site consists of a 50,000 sq. ft. warehouse with production and storage facilities as well as a 10,000 sq. ft. cold store.

We also have a European site in Grootebroek, Netherlands.  For more information on our Dutch site, please click here.
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Based in Grootebroek, Netherlands, Lingarden Bulbs B.V was incorporated in March 2007.

Predominantly supplying wholesale customers and import companies in the E.U, Lingarden Bulbs B.V offers a range of spring flowering bulbs, such as Tulips, Narcissi and Hyacinths, which can be supplied loose or pre-packed.








 

Formation of Select Growers Ltd.

The company was founded by a progressive group of 31 south Lincolnshire bulb growers who saw the company as a means of ridding themselves of the worries and difficulties of marketing, so they could concentrate on what they know best, the actual growing of daffodil bulbs.

01/07/1964
 

Company renamed Lingarden

'Select Growers Ltd.' was renamed to the more familiar, 'Lingarden'.

01/01/1974
 

Lingarden Presented The Queen's Award For Export Achievment

This prestigious award came as a direct result of a highly successful export drive, having substantially developed the United States market in the preceding years.

16/04/1979
 

Continued Expansion

By 1980 Lingarden had become the country's largest horticultural co-operative, with almost 100 members, having expanded its interests far beyond the confines of Lincolnshire. New members joined from bordering counties, and indeed from all daffodil bulb and flower producing areas, notably from Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and Ireland.

01/01/1980
 

Acquisition by Flamingo Holdings

Lingarden Ltd. was acquired by Flamingo Holdings, and the Bulb Division continued to trade as a separate cost centre.

01/01/2005
 

Lingarden Bulbs Ltd. & Lingarden Bulbs B.V Incorporated

A management buyout of the assets of the Bulbs Division of Lingarden Ltd., a part of Flamingo Holdings, resulted in the creation of Lingarden Bulbs Ltd. and Lingarden Bulbs BV.

13/02/2006
 

Present Day

We market several thousand tons of daffodil bulbs, and over 10 million bunches of daffodil flowers each year, with approximately 70% of the bulbs and more than 90% of the daffodil flowers exported to the following countries; USA, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark.

28/03/2024
Our daffodil flower season starts in the New Year with the indoor forced crop, sold with leaves. As the Cornish crop begins in mid January, supplies of outdoor flowers without leaf start to increase. Flower picking continues with the Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Scottish crops following on in succession. This range of geographical locations enables us to supply flowers through to the end of April.

Daffodil flowers can be supplied to our customers in cardboard trays in standard counts, or packed to your own requirements. They can be supplied on either standard pallets, Euro pallets, or Danish trolleys. All our export daffodils travel in temperature controlled transport.

If you would like us to quote for your daffodil flowers, then please contact us.
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We offer an extensive and diverse range of daffodil varieties, with more than 75 cultivars available.

As is common with commercial UK practice, our daffodil bulbs are size graded by centimetre circumference, as follows;

  • 10 - 12 cm
  • 12 - 14 cm
  • 14 - 16 cm
  • 16 cm +

Bulbs can be supplied in 25 kg nets or in standard counts of:

  • 500 pieces (bulb size 10 - 12 cm)
  • 400 pieces (bulb size 12 - 14 cm)
  • 300 pieces (bulb size 14 - 16 cm)
  • 150 pieces (bulb size 16 cm +)

Please note that our minimum order is 1 tonne (40 nets).

If you have a particular packing requirement, in terms of counting or weighing, please contact us to discuss your specifications.



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  • Lingarden Bulbs Ltd, Wardentree Park, Pinchbeck, Spalding, UK, PE11 3ZN,