Ok. So thank you everyone who replied. I followed up on all the suggestions. Buying directly here in Washington State in the quantities I'm looking for requires me to be a business as the lovely sellers in Skagit are wholesalers for quantity as far as I could ascertain. Based on feedback on Camas spreading readily, which was not my experience on the East Side of the Cascades, I am ordering only 1000 instead of 5000. I planted a pound of camas seed when I lived on the East side of the Cascades. I got maybe 50 plants and those took 3 years to flower and hardly spread in the 13 years I was over there. However, on the West side, where I now live, I've got an area of moss and grass that is wet in winter, dry in summer that I'm going to turn into a meadow and it's fine if the camas spreads there. I also followed up on another suggestion, which was to call the company I wanted to buy from directly and did so today. Van Engelen has 1000 bulbs of Camassia quamash for $155.75 that will be on sale by the end of May. The lady I spoke to said there will be a 6% surcharge and that is all. So I not only got an education, but I'm sorted for now. PBS is a bulb brains trust! Thank you all, again. Lesley On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM ken isaac via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hi Lesley, > > To follow up on your question, I was also pre-ordering for fall (and spring > 2026), as that's how far out these orders are typically placed. > > I directly contacted my Holland bulb supplier to ask about potential > tariffs. Their response was: "Since our US imports don't start until > August, we have time to evaluate and adjust to potential changes (on your > order.) If tariffs are active when imports restart, these costs will need > to be passed on to our customers." > > So, it seems any tariff costs are decided as of shipping date, not > pre-order date. > > This makes decisions difficult so far in advance, but that's how pre-order > bulb imports work since their customers are worldwide. Last year, I waited, > and the bulbs I wanted sold out months before shipping began. > > Given the circumstances, I have no choice but to walk away from my bulb > sales. > > Unfortunately, the Pacific Northwest doesn't grow the bulbs I'm looking > for. Your supplier might be different, so you may have options I don't. > > Best regards, > Ken > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 12:23 PM Lesley Richardson via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Morning: > > I'm planning on ordering large (5000-10,000) quantities of bulbs for > > naturalizing a meadow during fall planting? Based on my research for > > companies that sell bulk orders, it appears that the bulbs come from > > Holland. > > I am concerned that I might get hit with large surcharges on orders later > > in the year, even if I order and pay now, which is what I was going to > do. > > Does anyone have any information on whether bulbs from Holland are likely > > to have tariffs now, or later? > > Lesley > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net https://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…