Re: TB: Lowes or Suttons

Congratulations Pat!   

Yes, ordering from a reputable commercial iris garden will yield much better results...starting off with customer satisfaction.   

I am glad you are happy with your order.  If you (or anyone) have any more 2002 introductions you cannot find room for, don't worry, my garden has vacancies!  LOL

I still have not received my Sutton order, for I like to request them to come just as late as possible.  I have received others.  From Superstition and Keith Kepple I received the largest, freshest, most increased rhizomes of all my orders this year.  The bonuses were fantastic and I cannot wait for them to bloom.   

I will order from them every year.   

----- Original Message -----
From: PATSY NORVELL
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:20 PM
To: Iris Talk
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Lowes or Suttons

Dear Patrick,
    I think I got the best deal!   My Sutton order came today.   Not only did it come   
late enough that I don't have to pot up all the irises until it gets cool enough to plant them (I did it today), but they sent me four 2002 extras.   My order wasn't large, just
5 irises, two of which were new introductions.   Boy, am I happy, but tired and sore from
a day of planting.       
                                               Pat in Dallas
   
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Orr
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 11:22 PM
To: IRIS_TALK
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: Lowes
   
A friend bought SUPERSTITION from Home Depot a few years back.  Ended up being ELEANOR ROOSEVELT or a look-alike.    

Here in Phoenix, the irises are on sale also for $1.99 .  To that you can add the cost of fertilizer, water, time and energy to grow the darn thing only to have it bloom as something else.     

I would much rather stick with a reliable commercial iris garden even though the price of the same rhizome might be twice as much. First of all, you get a fresher plant, not a dried up prune like in the store.  Secondly, if your iris comes mislabeled, a reliable iris garden will fix the error when contacted.  Lastly, in the past there has been discussion where it was mentioned that these in the store may in fact just be seedlings out of what is being sold, rather than the original variety.  One more thing, your commercial iris garden order helps the hybridizer who owns it continue on improving our favorite flower for our enjoyment.  So it is a symbiotic relationship.     

The moral of this story...don't be tempted by cheap store rhizomes....  Support your hobby!     

Patrick Orr
Phoenix, AZ  Zone 9
USA



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Greenfield
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 2:15 PM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-talk] TB: Lowes

Was at Lowes ( garden and home improvement store)  and they got their TB's
in.
Pictures don't match names as usual. About 18 different ones. Almost too
late to plant here.
One thing different was some wild flowers in small packages. Bluebells,
Trillium ect. And Crestata packed in peat, one rhizome per package. First
time I have ever seen that. $1.99 each.

Bought the part to fix john and left with no iris.

Mike Greenfield ( now retired)
Zone 5b SW Ohio
redear@infinet.com
http://www.geocities.com/mikeg1310/





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