🚚 Important Shipping Info
Howdy bulb lovers,
Well... Dahlia season has certainly begun with a bang! 🌸🥳
Thousands of Dahlia pre-orders flew in over launch weekend alone. Holey moley! Thank you so much for the incredible support... gotta be a world record.
Dahlia orders are still pre-orders. We grow them, dig them, cure them, sort them, grade them, count them and eventually pack them into your wee box of goodies... sometimes not so wee!
🌸 Ordering Dahlias now?
New Dahlia pre-orders placed now are expected to dispatch around mid to late September.
Dahlia dispatch will begin in late August / early September for the earliest orders, but with many thousands of orders already in the queue, we simply can’t get them all out at once.
Once dispatch begins, we’ll pump out around 300 to 400 orders every day, mostly in the order they were received.
The other curveball is that some Dahlia varieties are harvested later than others. If your order contains a later-harvest variety, your whole order may head out a little later so everything can travel together.
📦 Dispatch by Order Type
New Dahlia Pre-orders
Status: 🌸 Joining the dispatch queue
ETA: Dahlia pre-orders placed now are expected to dispatch mid to late September.
Edibles Only
Status: 🥔 Earlier dispatch
ETA: Orders containing only edibles, such as seed potatoes or asparagus, will usually be packed and sent within a few working days.
Mixed Orders
Status: 📦 Held for Dahlias
ETA: If your order contains Dahlias as well as edibles or other goodies, the full order will usually be held and dispatched once the Dahlias are ready.
Non-bulb Goodies
Status: 🧤 Earlier dispatch
ETA: Orders containing only fertiliser, gloves, soap or other non-bulb goodies will usually ship within a few working days.
📦 Current Dahlia Progress
As of 28/7/26
Dahlia Pre-orders
Progress: 🌱 Harvesting, curing, sorting and grading
Orders received: More than 7,000 pre-orders are already in the queue.
ETA: The earliest orders are expected to begin dispatching late August / early September. New pre-orders placed now are expected to dispatch mid to late September, with later-harvest varieties possibly continuing into October.
📦 A few handy notes
Once Dahlia dispatch gets underway, we generally pump out around 300 to 400 orders every day.
Orders are packed mostly in the order they were received, but not every Dahlia variety is harvested at the same time. If your order contains one of the later varieties, it may be pushed back slightly while we wait for that tuber to be ready.
We usually send each order in one box rather than splitting it into separate shipments. This keeps courier costs down and helps prevent parts of your order from going walkabout.
Once your goodies have been packed and booked with the courier, we’ll flick you an email with your tracking details.
💌 From the farm
What a launch! Dahlia pre-orders are already keeping us well and truly on our toes.
There’s a mountain of digging, curing, sorting, grading, counting and packing behind every order. Thanks heaps for your patience while we work our way through it all.
We’ll keep this page updated as the harvest and dispatch season rolls on, so check back anytime for the latest.
The Gravatts & the Bulbs Direct crew 🌸