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Our Roots... Are Bulbs

Schipper & Company started in the Netherlands in 1912, when telephones were uncommon, radios were used only for ship-to-shore communication, and the television had not warmed a single living room with its glow.

Cornelis Schipper brought his company to the United States after World War II and took Dutch bulbs from customer to customer in his business coupe. COLORBLENDS, part of Schipper & Company, is still family owned, run by a third-generation flowerbulb merchant who drives a minivan. We still sell bulbs to some of the same customers Cornelis visited 50 years ago, but now we use a catalog and this website. The name COLORBLENDS reflects our goal of making beautiful spring displays easy and rewarding for our customers. We deliver wholesale, supplying professionals, estates, universities, golf courses, corporations, private growers and ambitious gardeners. Anyone can order. We only require a $50 minimum purchase. Our USA warehouse is located at 747 Barnum Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06608. Our toll-free phone numer is 1 888 847-8637 (TIP-TOES).

The Schipper team (pictured above circa 1935) were from left to right, Dirk Schipper, Cees van Zwaag, Jan Manshanden, Paul Buysman and my grandfather, Nicolaas Schipper. Before any mechanized harvesting, the bulbs were planted and harvested by hand. The beds were 1 meter wide and 14 meters long. One such bed was called a "roe." There would then be 700 "roe" per hectare (2.471 acres) of land.

What Makes COLORBLENDS Different?

High-grade, superior-quality bulbs.
If you start with topsize bulbs, bloom will almost surely follow. The secret of success, therefore, lies for the most part in securing good bulbs from a reliable supplier. You can count on COLORBLENDS to send you the very best bulbs available anywhere: freshly harvested, extra high-grade, superior-quality flowerbulbs.

Wholesale prices

As a third-generation family business, we have been supplying the trade with quality bulbs for over 50 years. While our catalog and website are available to the general public, our aim has remained the same: to deliver superior-quality bulbs direct from Holland - without a middleman - at wholesale prices.

The Colorblends team: (left to right) Tim, Harley and Christian.

COLORBLENDS

A new approach in planting tulips.

The overwhelming majority of tulips sent to the U.S. are planted as single varieties in parks and gardens.
Without playing down these single-variety displays, we feel tulips can be used in a more exciting way by planting COLORBLENDS: pre-blended mixtures of different varieties of tulips.
Done properly, the results are spectacular and quite different from any tulip display you have ever seen.

Orchestrating Nature's Fireworks

Combining tulips has to be done with care. Knowledge about time of bloom and differences in heights and shapes is crucial. Finding the right combinations is a time-consuming process of trial and error. Only Colorblends offers bulbs that are blended and timed to bloom simultaneously. We offer a well-tested selection of Colorblends that assure you a dazzling display of Nature's Fireworks in your spring garden. We invest in time trials and quality control so you don't waste your time and money trying to figure things out.

Enjoy our website. We hope you find it informative. If you would like a free catalog, please fill out our catalog request form.

Happy Gardening,
COLORBLENDS

Images were captured using Nikon digital cameras.

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