Re: OT;Chat/Catalogues

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Hello All,
As an avid fan of mail order, its a bit like a treasure search, you never
know what you are going to get, ie, the correct variety, plant size, healthy
stock. However, I must agree with Heather Pryor, regarding Bulb Express P/l,
Aus.Their bulbs are not cheap but you get what you pay for. I must say that
all their lilliums and daffs/narcs that I have bought over the years have
been excellent and what's more they supply  correctly named bulbs.
I have had experience with many mail order nurseries and many are very good,
however you do need to shop around. Blue Dandenong Bulb Co are good,
Tessalars can be hit or miss, and I find they are expensive, Mr Norgate does
give extremely generous pieces of his perennials, but his names are a bit
creative, ie not what they are always meant to be. His latest selection of
JIs hoever, are true to name. Yippee.
Jan , I have found that my best method for mail order is to buy plants from
specialists, ie irises from iris growers ,perennials from perennial growers
and such. My specials come from small operators who grow for their own
enjoyment and are so sucessful with some species that they have ample to
sell. I must be lucky with all my selections of nurseries as I have never
been really burnt, only frustrated to find my order is not corrrectly named.
Everything I have recieved over the years has always grown on very well, I
just wish some would bloom. Don't give up on mail order, there are many good
operators around.Try black/white, no photo catalogues...then the colour
pictures wont upset you :)...I am being cheeky there......Regards, Wendy
Sargeant, wendon@dcsi.net.au
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From: <wmoores@watervalley.net>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Shonky Catalogue? I don't think so!


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> >   Hi folks,
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> >   Jan Clark (perhaps impulsively) said:
> >
> >   >>Aussie listers should watch out for the 'Bulb Express' catalogue.
> >   With a view to good economic work practices, they use a minimum of
> >   photo's  in their catalogue, touching up the colours according to
> >   the variety on offer.<<
> >
> >   Jan, I must say that my experience with Bulb Express has anything
> >   BUT shonky.  We have found that the quality of the bulbs that they
> >   have supplied have exceeded some of the pitiful specimens sent by
> >   the likes of Tessellars (ie. those Pink Arum that they were flogging
> >   a few months ago that arrived looking like a crooked finger!)
> >   lately.
> >
> >   Jan further says:
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> >   >>Some other photo's are used several times over, sometimes
> >   enlarged, or reversed, always representing a different cultivar of
> >   the same flower.<<
> >
> >   Just to resolve Jan's comments and hopefully allay her fears I
> >   contacted Bulb Express and "asked the question".  The managing
> >   director has advised that they have used three photos twice, as Jan
> >   has explained as, opposed to the 200+ original ones in their
> >   catalogue.  Not a bad effort - I would say.
> >
> >   >>Their prices are by no means cheap, and, having never bought from
> >   them, I can't attest to their quality.<<
> >
> >   Well I HAVE bought from them and feel that Jan's comments were a
> >   little harsh and unjust.  I just wanted to allay her fears, explain
> >   her comments about the liatris photo and perhaps put Bulb Express
> >   back "up there" where they belong based on our experiences with the
> >   company.
> >
> >   My two cents worth.
> >
> >   Heather Pryor
> >   irishaven@pip.com.au
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