🚚 Important Shipping Info
Howdy bulb lovers,
🌸 ALL SUMMER BULB ORDERS ARE PRE-ORDERS 🌸
If your order contains even one Dahlia, Gladioli, Calla, Begonia, Gloriosa or other Summer bulb, your entire order will join the pre-order queue. New Summer bulb pre-orders placed now are expected to dispatch late October.
Good news... dispatch is in full swing and we’re making some serious headway! 🌸📦
Most of our Summer bulb range has now been dug, cured, sorted, graded and counted, and the boxes are continuing to fly out the door.
On July 26 alone, more than 6,000 Dahlia pre-orders came flying in. It’s been a mammoth task, but everything ordered from July through to mid September has now been dispatched!
Orders are dispatched mostly in the order they were received. The timeline below is our best estimate of when the remainder of each batch will leave us.
📦 Current Dispatch Progress
As of 9/10/26
July to Mid September
Progress: ✅ 100% dispatched
All done and dusted! That’s one very large mountain of boxes shifted 🎉
Mid to Late September
Progress: 🚚 65% dispatched
ETA: Remaining orders are expected to dispatch between 9 October and 14 October.
Orders Placed 1 to 8 October
Progress: 🌸 In the pre-order queue
ETA: Expected to dispatch between 14 October and 22 October.
New Pre-orders
Progress: 🌷 Joining the pre-order queue
ETA: New Summer bulb pre-orders placed now are expected to dispatch late October.
📦 Is my order a pre-order?
Contains a Summer bulb? Yep... it’s a pre-order!
If your order contains a Dahlia, Gladioli, Calla, Begonia, Gloriosa, Hippeastrum or any other Summer bulb, the whole order will be held and dispatched together when your place in the pre-order queue is reached.
The only exception is orders containing only edibles, such as seed potatoes or asparagus, and/or non-bulb goodies such as fertiliser, gloves and soap. These are not part of the Summer bulb pre-order queue and will usually head out within a few working days.
📦 A few handy notes
We’re currently pumping out around 300 to 400 orders every day, mostly in the order they were received.
We generally 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
We’re getting there! With all July, August and early to mid September pre-orders now done and dusted, the team is charging through the remaining September orders.
Thanks heaps for your patience while we work our way through it. We’ll keep these percentages and dates updated as we go, so check back anytime for the latest.
The Gravatts & the Bulbs Direct crew 🌸