Re: 800 orange tulips

Heather -

In my limited experience of mail ordering plants I've been somewhat 
disappointed and sometimes very pleased.

I was not dissappointed in Van Bourgondien, although my only experience has 
been primarily with bulb purchases....I received exactly what I expected.

Sometimes the only way to purchase "hard to find" plants is to catalog order. 
 Logees has some very nice (unusually) plants and there too you get what you 
expect.....for instance, I ordered some abutilions that I found "hard to 
find" and in the catalog it was described as an 6-8" rooted cutting in a 1" 
pot...that's what I got.  One of the many I ordered looked a bit sad and when 
I telephoned them on their customer service toll free number they promptly 
replaced it.  Those were the good experiences.

I also had ordered from Gurneys (I might not have that name exactly right) 
but I received bareroot plants that never came up....they replaced them for 
me but the replacements never came up either. (The customer service number 
was not a toll free number like the ordering number)  Then I began doing some 
research and found that their catalog was full of misrepresentations in the 
description of the plants and the  zones.  They pretty much listed every 
plant as zone 4-9 when most of them were zone 5-7.  

I think that you have to order from catalog companies that you know are 
reliable and that you know people have been satisfied with.  I probably would 
have done the same with your order, espescially if I couldn't reach customer 
service.  I find that some of the catalogs are too pricey for the size plant 
and the S & H charges unreasonable.  I recommend that if you can form a 
relationship with a "good" nurseryman and let him know the plants you 
desire...they will find it for you if they can.

Another recommendation is finding small catalog nurseries such as Munchkin 
Nursery & Garden - everything comes in the same size pot and the shipping 
charges are clear (nothing hidden) and I believe that the integrity of the 
"small guys" is present and they would tell you if something is going to work 
for you or not.

Well - I bet you didn't want this much opinium, sorry, just got on a 
role.....good luck and I hope you have better experiences.

Happy Gardening

Kemberly McLain
Katy, Texas  Zone 9

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