Hi everyone! Not sure how many states have Meijer Stores...but for the ones that do...I just returned from one..and all their tropicals were on sale for 4.59! Lots of Musa bajoo bananas...curcumbas, heliconia, colocasia, alocasia...and maybe some others too. All were in gallon pots. I wish I had room to buy more!!!
tropicals...check it out!!
Lucky you! Those are steal prices....sigh...lol.
:) Donna
great prices-we don't have any stores that sell that great selection of plant. Lucky you!!!
Really?? I rarely go to Meijer unless I am after a certain thing. Did you find them in the houseplant section or out in the nursery? You are so bad!
LOL Badseed! They were out in the nursery. I couldnt believe my eyes!
Yeah, well, I am trying to cover my eyes and ears! Guess I could run to Eastgate while hubby is at work. LOL
Run Chele run!! I sure would pick up a few heliconia, I have been dying to try them. And maybe a few other things too. LOL
Man, I was right there at Eastgate a month ago, wish they had the sale then, I would have bought an exra suitcase to bring some home!
I've never even heard of that store but I WANNA GO TOO!!!!!!!!
I am sure Marcia was not at the Eastgate store but it is the closest to me. LOL Oh yeah and the one on Ridge.... Wonder if I'll get lucky?? Anybody want to email me a phone number just in case? LOL
Weeeellll, I just sunk $51 at Meijers! LOL I grabbed 2 ears, 2 heliconia, a hedychium, a hem I didn't have, and awesome mixed put with a huge upright ear I didn't have and other mixed trops, grabbed another zebra banana and some others. I'll post a pic after I get a baby-ectomy. :)
Okay, just looked. I also got a Syngonium and a couple of Curcuma. LOL Now what the heck am I going to do with all of them? I may have to go see what they have at the other store. ;) Thanks Marcy troublemaker!
We want to see them. Gosh so much for $51.
Yeah, Michelle..let's see them!! Sounds like your store had a better selection than mine..The store I went to was in Richmond, IN. I just have NO MORE ROOM..or I would have bought a lot more than one banana...LOL!!
"Now what the heck am I going to do with all of them?"
DOH, send them to Calif for overwintering of course! Kell and I will volunteer space, after all, we have so much room left! Right Kell?!! LOL
LOL Calif_Sue!! I wish I could do that!!! Well actually...I wish I had a greenhouse where I could overwinter them!!!
LOL Sue! I thought you might be able to find a few square inches to help me out!
Some Californian sent back into the battlefield! That store didn't have quite as much but I did walk out with an Alocasia plumbae 'Nigra', a variegated Curcuma another Heliconia for that CA person and a big Anthurium. :)
Okay, here is the first load, set me back $51. :)
Lined them on the wall temporarily.
Here is the planter that was marked down to $15 but I got it for $7.50! I think that is an A.p. "metallica" in the center and a bunch of other plants in it.
This one is marked Curcuma australasica 'Aussie Plume'. I have not checked online to see if it is correct but it sure is pretty! I also got C. elata but it is not in bloom.
Here is my second trip, only set me back $16. But then I got three bathing suits, pool filters, dinner for a couple of nights, can't live without cheese....
Got another Heliconia, variegated Curcuma, Anthurium and the A.p. 'nigra'.
I think you hit the jackpot .... have 3 Meijers I can stop at on my way home from work! I better go check it out. Really nice looking plants you ended up with.
Wow you made a haul. They look like nice plants.
At $4 a plant, I do not think there was any way to go wrong. LOL
What a haul Michelle!! And 4.00 a plant???? Man..I got gypped...lol! I paid 5 something a plant! But then..I only got one!
YOU ONLY GOT ONE??? You sent me in there, with baited breath and a credit card and NOW you tell me you only got one?? ROTFLOL I think you owe me half for making me go shopping. :)
Really Chele, Marcy set you up so she could live vicariously!!! I bet her DH won't be mad at her tonite. LOL
Hey, I think that Californian says GO BACK again for another variegated Curcuma, and the A.p. 'nigra'. FAST!!!!! LOL LOL
I thought these were supposed to be 4 in potted plants. They are in gallon cans and just huge!!!!!! I bet some Californian somewhere will be real happy. Lucky duck.
What Californian????????
I thought it was you, Sue. I was going to say grow them and share. LOL
ROTFLOL Kell! You are such a trouble maker!
Hubby was with me when I bought the bulk of them and he just laughed. I could have $1 in the bank and tell in there was a pack of seeds I wanted and he would tell me to buy them. Of course I am the one that pays the bills. LOL
They didn't have any more of the varie Curcurma but they did have one more Metallica. Should I go back? :)
And can anyone tell me how to mail the Heliconia? Do I need to send it completely potted or can it go bare root?
LOL Michele!! WELLLLLLL..my hubby was along too..and he just kept saying...where are you gonna put any more plants????? Soooooo..seeee...I thought since YOU had the greenhouse...better you than me!!!
Kell...you were sooo right! Hubby didn't get mad...lol!!!
I have a word for people like you. ENABLER! LOL Anyway, I'll enjoy them as will my CA friend. LOL
What variety of heliconias were they?
Not me Kell, and I thought it was you! Why can't we find sales like that here?
If you are sending it to a Californian, no dirt is the best way, otherwise it may hang up in the AG dept. if their doggie decides to sniff it out.
They aren't marked. It is either the case of people pulling them or they were never in the pots. The outsides of the pots have stickers with the plant type.
Will they be alright travelling bare root?
Hmm, don't know. My last bananas shipped with a bit of dirt but it was from a nursery, maybe in a small bit of moist peat they would do good.
wrap the roots in damp shagnum moss and put in a plastic bag tied shut to hold the moisture in. :-)
Do you have shredded paper Chele? the kind from a shredding machine in an office? Dampen it a bit(not soggy), then pack the roots in it.
Thanks much you two! Someone will like these plants much better if they arrive alive. LOL