Re: Wayside
- Subject: Re: [SG] Wayside
- From: D* T*
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 18:17:45 -0000
I order lots from Wayside every year, and I've ordered from Van B several
times as well.
Wayside is expensive (though not the worst), but their catalog is great and
they carry plants other mail-order places whose catalogs I get don't have.
In fact, this year I got some yellow arborvitae of a size and shape I wanted
that I could not find available anywhere else on the Internet. Their plants
vary quite a bit in quality, but they're always quite willing to deal with
problems.
Van B: although also quite willing to replace/refund money for failures,
they tend to send tiny pots (1.5-2") where the roots are undeveloped. I
avoid them now since problems seem fairly inevitable.
Diann
>From: Bobbi Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
>Reply-To: PRIMROSES <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SG] Wayside
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:52:26 -0500
>
>It has been years since I ordered from Wayside. To me their major flaw
>(aside from the high cost of their plants) is that they grow nothing
>themselves, but supply plants from other nurseries. The plants may be good
>or not, depending on what the other nursery sends when you order. In my
>experience Wayside tends not to make mistakes with orders, and they will
>replace plants the buyer is unhappy with. But I would rather eliminate the
>middleman (and extra cost) and go straight to a specialty nursery that I
>trust. But they are far superior to Van Burgondien.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
>On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Robin Forbes wrote:
> > Speaking of places with bad reputations, I have heard that Wayside is
>not
> > all that great either. Has anyone ordered from them? How did it go (or
>not).
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