Re: gas plant>WSL orders

Things dry out quick in a box in the back of a
truck... if they were only lightly watered, the trip
could have caused the dryness... just a thought.

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> > I've heard a lot of people with that complaint;
> apparently it's being
> > done to cut down on shipping.  :(
> BUT I PAY THE SHIPPING!  I'd gladly pay for a pound
> of water.
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 11:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gas plant>WSL orders
> 
> 
> >> Bluebird was sort of a mixed bag on quality but
> customer service is
> >> excellent.  They immediately credited the puny
> Capsicum that they admit
> >> should not have been sent.  And when I asked
> about the white gas plant 
> >> that
> >> should have been purple, they offered to send the
> purple too, though I 
> >> said
> >> not to.   Their Salvia 'Evolution' was not very
> good, but the Plumbago 
> >> was
> >> excellent.  They individually wrapped each
> scented geranium, whch all
> >> arrived in good shape. All 48 Red Hot Pokers were
> fabulous, not a runt in
> >> the litter.  The main reason I ordered from them
> at all was to obtain
> >> Andropogon 'Silver Sunrise', a new GreatPlants
> release.  They looked 
> >> really
> >> nice.  But the Ppl Ftn Grass I ordered to fill
> out the flat was pretty 
> >> sad.
> >
> > Your experiences sound just like mine.  :)  I
> suppose I should just call
> > and ask them next time.  The Calylophus serrulatus
> 'Prairie Lode' that
> > I got look like they're finally taking off -- when
> I repotted them I
> > found that the roots still hadn't spread out of
> the original plug; it
> > looked like they'd just potted them the day
> before!
> >
> > I received my Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's
> Double' today and they
> > were gorgeous.  About two feet tall in six-inch
> pots and full of buds,
> > ready to bloom.  Of course, at that price they'd
> better be good.
> >
> >> My second order from Walters was shipped bone
> dry.  Do they do that to
> >> retard growth?
> >
> > I've heard a lot of people with that complaint;
> apparently it's being
> > done to cut down on shipping.  :(
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
>
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