Discover
the World of
Rare Bulbs!
About
A nursery specialized in rare and unusual bulbs and plants from all around the world, with a special focus on lily species and hybrids, arisaemas, and cardiocrinum. Nursery with a showgarden in Peroy, Switzerland. Can be visited upon appointment from March to November.
Pontus Wallstén
Pontus Wallstén is the owner-operator of the nursery. He is an expert and published author on the subject of lilies, with over two decades of experience in growing and nurturing rare plants species.
​​​
Announcements / Actualités
​​​​
​​​​Fermeture annuelle de la pépinière du
16 novembre 2024 au 1er mars 2025
Aucune commande (bulbes et /ou livres) ne sera traitée durant ce laps de temps.
​​
Annual closure of the nursery from
16 November 2024 to 1 March 2025
No orders (bulbs and/or books) will be processed during this period.
​​
​
​
New stocks need a phytosanitary certificate when arriving from the UK (following brexit) and also from the USA and Japan. Swiss customs then charge a very high import tax on bulbs.
​
Many bulbs and plants on the website have therefore had their prices raised or adjusted to cover extra costs.
​
September 2024 - currently 150 unique plants and bulbs (and one book) for sale at the nursery! 70 different lilies currently available!
Nursery news and announcements
Events and Open Days
Important dates and times for upcoming nursery events and information on local plant shows in Switzerland. For more information, please click here.
Gallery of rare bulbs throughout the years
Browse Pontus Wallstén's complete gallery of rare bulb and plant photos taken throughout his years as a nurseryman (in botanical gardens around the world, his old and new show gardens and more).
Publications and books
The most illustrated and one of the most complete guides on the lily species. A 252 page identification guidebook on the lilium species, with photographs of 113 of the 115 or so existing lilium species worldwide, as well as pictures of 69 different sp bulbs, for ID purposes. The book also contains extra chapters illustrating the rarer species not currently in cultivation, as well as articles and contributions from various lily growers from all around the world, on various aspects of lily growing or finding rare species in the wild.
Payment methods
Twint, PayPal, Swish, bank transfert and cash on site.
​
Payment details
​
IBAN UBS Nyon : CH07 0022 8228 5805 2940 J
SWIFT : UBSWCHZH80A
PayPal : to pontus.wallsten@bluewin.ch - please add 6% to total sum to cover PayPal fees.
Bank transfer : fees paid by sender.
TWINT : numero sur demande.
Swish : number upon request.
​
Site optimised for desktop, laptop
Photographs on this website have mostly been taken by Pontus Wallstén, however additional photographs have also been kindly contributed by the following photographers and botanists: Steve Garvie, Tony Willis, Göte Svanholm, Anita Wallstén, Rimmer De Vries, Gene Mirro, James Nikitine, Matt Buckingham, Sonia Holm, David Boufford, Chris Gardner and Alan Mitchell, as well as Wikimedia Commons opensource.