What is your favorite mail-order source for peony roots or plants??
Aaron Rosarian Zone 5b
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Comments (27)Wayside gardens used to be really great. But they were bought by Park Seed and that was the end of customer service and quality for Wayside. They ship plants haphazardly and tiny plants in big quarts size pots and charge for quart size root balls. You can't get any one from customer service on the phone nor do they answer emails and the order takers can't help you solve a problem. Read the many negative reviews Wayside has now over in Garden watchdog. Out of 805 reviews, they have 372 negative, 125 neutral and 308 positive. I'd bet most of those positives are pretty old. What really cracks me up is that Wayside always answers every negative review with a "we couldn't find your order from this information, so please contact us with your order number, and we'll make this right." When they posted that on my two negative reviews, I pointed out that I had included my order number and email in the review because I had read their previous responses, so why were they still having trouble contacting me. Way, way on the other end of the spectrum, Santa Rosa, Annies Annuals, and Lazy S'S Farm, Plant Delight all provide great customer service, knowledgeable people if you call with questions, super well packed plants, and wide variety of plants that you won't find anywhere else. And Geraniaceae.com is the most incredible specialty nursery for hardy geraniums, erodiums and pelargonium....See MoreWhat are the most reliable mail-order hosta sources?
Comments (18)You cannot go wrong with Hallsons. I plan to place an order for fall planting very soon. Others are good: "White Oak" "Plant Delight's" "Hosta Patch". Hallsons just seem to be a little more personal. And knowing that they test for that virus (which I did not know that they did until I read this post)....well it certainly makes them all the more trustworthy to me. I go with the others only when they don't have a specific hosta that I am looking for....See MoreYour favorite seed and plant sources
Comments (27)Ooooh, I love this post. I recently moved to Colorado (Littleton) in late August from my home state of Michigan and was wondering where all the good nurseries were! There a few small ones by me. As for seeds, I like to order from Jung's, Baker Seeds, and Burpee (their catalogs, like most seed catalogs, have much more variety than what is sold in stores). I will also order from an odd catalog or two I get, but the ones I named are where I order the most. For live plants, I like High Country Gardens and David Austin. Four years ago I ordered one of Jung's perennial gardens for sun. They came in 3 inch pots and I wasn't sure they would make it through the Michigan winter. Three summers in, I had the most lush, beautiful perennial garden I could hope for. I will definitely take the gamble on Jung's perennial garden again once I find a permanent home in CO. At least I am in same zone here as I was in MI so hopefully I will have the same success!...See MoreYour favorite mail order site for conifers?
Comments (6)The only mail order source specifically offering such grafts is Camellia Forest. Porterhowse had some a few years ago, but not anymore and he acted like it was unlikely more are forthcoming. There are a couple wholesalers in the Southeast that are starting to focus on this. (and I think this is where David Parks gets his plants) I saw the catalog of one up at Rarefind recently, but I forget the name of it. Ron said "those guys came up to do a sales pitch" so I think we'll be seeing more of this in the next several years. Different category of plant but there are also a couple rhododendron wholesalers in the northeast who are going to start to produce grafted plants. I have mixed feeling about it. Though it will make certain cultivars somewhat easier to grow I don't want to see nurseries use it as an excuse to try to turn rhododendrons into a carefree gas station plant. Which other than the ironclads, they are not and deserve better than that....See MoreAaron Rosarian Zone 5b
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