Hello /r/weddingplanning! I am hoping someone out there can help me with tracking down some flowers. My grandfather used to grow tiger lilies in his driveway when I was young. All of my grandparents have passed away and I was really hoping to include tiger lilies in my wedding flowers. I have picked out everything around the orange color, so there is kind of a theme at this point.

I talked to two florists in the Phoenix area last spring who said they did not need much notice and that, yes, they could get tiger lilies with no problem. Fast forward to today. I went to a local flower shop to set up the special order. The woman at the shop told me that tiger lilies are "weeds" and are not grown for commercial flower shops. 

She said I could try to force growing bulbs indoors. A quick googling of that says it will take 8-15 weeks for flowers to sprout and the wedding is on March 7th. 

I tried looking to buy tiger lilies online but I can only locate bulbs and fake flowers that don't appear to be particularly good quality.

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy tiger lilies online or locally?
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I am trying to find a vendor that sells tiger lilies for my wedding on March
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Hello /r/weddingplanning! I am hoping someone out there can help me with tracking down some flowers. My grandfather used to grow tiger lilies in his driveway when I was young. All of my grandparents have passed away and I was really hoping to include tiger lilies in my wedding flowers. I have picked out everything around the orange color, so there is kind of a theme at this point.

I talked to two florists in the Phoenix area last spring who said they did not need much notice and that, yes, they could get tiger lilies with no problem. Fast forward to today. I went to a local flower shop to set up the special order. The woman at the shop told me that tiger lilies are "weeds" and are not grown for commercial flower shops. 

She said I could try to force growing bulbs indoors. A quick googling of that says it will take 8-15 weeks for flowers to sprout and the wedding is on March 7th. 

I tried looking to buy tiger lilies online but I can only locate bulbs and fake flowers that don't appear to be particularly good quality.

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy tiger lilies online or locally?
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I need help getting tiger lilies to my local flower shop for a wedding on March
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