Great trade

I wanted to show off this great trade I got in today's mail since there has been some complaints about trading with nonmembers. The fella that sent these is a non-contributing member that e-mailed me out of the blue... looking for poppy seeds. He's a new trader and at first said he'd send coleus cuttings for seeds. I told him that wouldn't be too fair on his end. We agreed I'd send him a couple of rooted brug cuttings & the seeds for his coleus cuttings and a couple of annuals suitable for containers.

Well here's the trade. I got 8 beautiful coleus cuttings - all different and packed in little floral vials. And ... 7 proven winner annuals. There's 'Painted White' osteospurmum, 'Purple Sunspot' supertunia, 'Patriot Hallelujah' Lantana, 'Butterfly' agryranthemum, 'Primrose Petite' agryranthemum, 'Siskiyou Pink' Gaura, and Tibouchina urvilleana. I would have spent $50 or more to go out and buy these plants. And here I was worried that this guy might not hold up his end of the deal. Trades like this make all the bad ones worth while.

Poppy, it's great to hear about the success stories.
Thanks for sharing with us.
Hope your gardens are everything you dream of.

Wow that is quite a haul!!! They all look great poppysue!!! LUCKY YOU!!!!!
sue

You are so right, Poppysue, there are some great people out there. I was looking for a plant about 6 weeks ago and found someone who had them but chances were good that he had tossed them when I wrote. He said he would send some of these Glory Bower bush starts. I asked for his address and he said, no just wait until they get there and you can see how much the postage is, and then mail it to me. Talk about trusting. I feel so good when I run across people like this. To top it off, he sent eight roots. I couldn't believe it.

Thats great PoppySue you sure got a good trade!There are lots of good trades and the good ones make up for the few bad ones.I think we all tend to forget the good and remember the bad.From now on lets remember the good and forget the bad ones!

Good Advice Mystic...Those are so beautiful Poppysue. Thanks for the good news :-)

Great plants! I like the coleus :)

It look like little bottles from prescription?

I too have had wonderful trades from non members and non subscribed memebers!! Beautiful, healthy plants there Sue!!

"eyes"

Ok Sue, give up his name and email...I want to trade with this guy. lol
I have been lucky enough lately to also have some great traders, they even sent bonus plants or seeds. I am also a very generous soul, love to share my garden with others.

Donna

What a great story to share and what a great trade that was.
I wish there were more traders like that, makes you hold onto your faith in people.

I'm like socal give up the info LOL

Poppy ,you made out like a bandit!So glad you had a good experience!And figures,I'm begging and pleading for tibouchina and some guy up and sends it to you.I'm very happy for you.

Heart warming story..hope you tell your generous trader
how special he is. Such care in packing the plants up.
You are a very lucky gal.

I'm so glad you received such a nice exchange cuz you certainly deserve it! I love the floral vials for sending cuttings ~ any idea on where to get those? Too bad he can't enjoy DGs since he's not a member... Probably he's too busy packing up his trades!

Those appear to be the same vials used by florists in wreaths and some other arrangements. You might check with a friendly florist about a supplier.

Good idea, Aimee ~ hope they don't mind sharing their trade secrets :) I saw a similar vial attached to a magnet in a catalog at a hefty price. With that vial, I could design that item both easily & affordably!

Yes - the vials are like you would get on cut flowers. It's been so long since I got a bouquet of cut roses - LOL!!... but I know they use them a lot for long stemmed roses. The top is rubber with a small hole for the stem to fit through. I bet you could get them at a floral shop. They're perfect for shipping unrooted cuttings.

Wow Poppy, you certainly hit the jack pot. It's so good to see someone that takes pride in his trading as this guy did with the generous amount he sent and the obvious care he took packing them.

Oh my goodness!
I had to join this site just to read what everyone was saying about me! I thought it was pretty funny to see a photo of some plants I mailed a week ago on the internet. I am glad I made a good trade. I am also glad for the good publicity for my first trade. Thanks for the warm welcome to DG website.

Well now we have a name to put with the plant's!!!!! Glad to see you joined us Studley, you are going to be glad you did!!!!! WELCOME TO DG, and by the way you want to trade...... hehe!!!!! (just kidding)
sue

This message was edited Tuesday, Apr 9th 8:35 PM

LOL!! Studley ... I purposely put didn't put your name down!! I didn't want you to get bombed with trade offers. BTW - I think the coleus has rooted already. I can't wait to see how they do this summer.

Welcome to DG - I'm sure you'll like it here.

Welcome to Dave's. It is a great place to make friends and even trade for flowers, etc. that you are looking for. Enjoy your time here. It goes pretty fast.

Welcome to Daves Garden Studley. You sure know how to make a good first impression without even being here. You are going to love it here. Lots of information and a family-like atmosphere.