Re: CAT: Quality (was Another Order IN!!)
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CAT: Quality (was Another Order IN!!)
- From: S* O*
- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
--- Doris Elevier <doris934@htg.net> wrote:
> I have had experience with all of the above and have
> nothing but praises for
> them. They are ALL most generous with their extras,
> and their rhizomes are
> clean and healthy. I know others on Iris-Talk can
> suggest other nurseries
> also.
Hi Doris and Talkers,
I am probably going to open another can of worms by
asking this but (since we are talking about the
quality of supplier's orders) I was wondering what
quality of rhizomes people have received from Aitkens
Gardens. I stopped ordering from them a number of
years ago because the rhizomes they sent were not up
to par. They were very small and often, after waiting
a couple of years for them to bloom, they turned out
to be incorrectly named. Since I am on a first name
basis with them and consider them to be my friends, I
never said anything, I just stopped ordering anything
from them. Talking with some of the other club members
and other irisarians, I discovered that I was not the
only one that had experienced this. This year they are
introducing Mary Smith's Obsidian which is the
blackest black iris I have ever seen with wonderful
ruffling, bud count and from what I saw, was growing
very well in the guest gardens in Salem. The picture
in the catalog doesn't do it justice. Anyway, I really
want to get it but am afraid for $40 I am going to get
a scrawny, misnamed rhizome. Has Aitken's been pretty
good about their rhizome quality lately?
Sterling (not Innerst)
Seattle, WA. USA
zone 8
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