What have you bought so far ?? Part 6

(Giggle) when Palmbob first said he was planning to write an article about painting succulents, I thought he meant putting paint on cactus plants! Which is how I first read your statement above, that you had to paint the flowers with organic fertilizer or something, but you probably mean painting pictures OF flowers. http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/871/
I can be really dumb, or I've read too much Alice in Wonderland, or I ate the wrong side of the cake.

Ah! Let us all eat cake!

I realized it might read that way but am too tired to change it.

Not a problem Jo Ann. I just went and finished off the last piece!! Yummy!

^_^

Candyce, just make sure you eat the right part of the cake! It's very important.

Climbing Rose 'Joseph's Coat'
Heuchera Canyon Belle
Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'
Tiarella Cordifolia

Traded for my Rugosa and Daylilies for:
'The Rocket' Ligularia
'Jack Frost' Brunnera
'Berries and Cream' Pulmonaria

Oh I forgot....got 2 new apple tree's too.

Granny Smith (for my pies!)and Fuji

flowerjen - call Park's and tell them the problem and why their substitute won't work for you. I bet they'll give you a credit and a coupon.

I took advantage of the closeout sale from Touch of Nature. I'm really impressed with the quality, so they will get my business again. I got 5 Sarah Bernhardt peonies ($8.75) which each have 3-5 healthy eyes, as promised. I also got 200 (yes, 200!) mixed glads. At $5 per hundred, how could I resist? They're small but very healthy looking. Shipping was reasonable and Fedex sent regular updates. www.touchofnature.com I don't know why I didn't get any hostas!

I'd be really miffed about a substitution like that too! I guess it never occurred to them that people select a specific color for a reason...

Pirl- believe me I called them first thing, they did give me a refund(they better have).

Just like most "markets" online nurseries who provide the best service and product will survive.
Companies who don't pay attention to that area of their business will not last long, even companies who have been in business for eyons .
Mail order is THE big deal now, there are too many gardeners who want unusual varieties not found locally and shop that way.
I'm glad I resolved my tiff with B&D Lilies. I like their product and plan to order again.
No nursery can fix their problems unless we speak up.
Glad you did Flowerjen

Good, Jen. They never should have disappointed you in the first place. There are people who will say we should all order early but sometimes we spot a plant we hadn't seen before or a plant in a different color and that's exactly what we want. It's up to the company to do the right thing for the customer.

In the future you might want to write, in big letters, NO SUBSTITUTIONS, on your order.

I bought, for my b-day and the day after, all of my bedding plants. Some have no id's, but the list so far includes:

2 cubes of ProMix
4 begonias: 2 rex, and 2 tuberous
several no id coleus
coleus 'tilt a whirl'
coleus 'pink chaos'
2 'Lady's Eardrops' fuchsias
Persian Shield
'Mona Lavender' Plecanthrus
4 green 'Pony Tails' (ornamental/annual grass) and 4 of the bronze type
A flat of mixed Million Bells (Callobrocha?)
A flat of mixed wave petunias
A flat of mixed sweet potato vines (black, green, tri color)
1/2 flat of white flowered portulacca(sp?)
1/2 flat of mixed coleus (for bare spots in the garden)
1/2 flat of marigolds (to be planted near/in between my Earthboxes)
The veggies for the Earthboxes:
3 red bell peppers, 3 black bell peppers, 3 yellow bell peppers, 3 green bell peppers
3 cherry tomatoes, 3 rome tomatoes
3 zucchinis(yellow)
3 pickling cukes
1/2 flat of mixed herbs (to be containerized)

I think that was it...lol.

wow great list... I still haven't found the promix here yet... but I have a lead that might carry the bales

Nice selection!

Lowes carries the pro-mix for $11.97 a bale.

hhhmmm I must be missing it then we were just there yesterday

Is it the full 3.8cu bale? If so...I'm searching Lowe's...lol.

the only bales i saw yesterday were peat moss.... going to have to look better next trip

www.premierhort.com/eProMix/Gardening/Products/GrowingMediaTM/ProMixValue/fProMixValue.htm

Click where it says 'Pro-mix for Potting' scroll down for stats.
I believe it's 2 CU. FT.

But it was outside @ Lowe's in the fenced in part of the garden center.

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Ok...the one I buy, is below...I hope this link works...that website took me forever to find it...lol.
http://www.premierhort.com/eProMix/Horticulture/Products/GrowingMediumTM/Options/fBiologicalAdditives.htm

This bale is 3.8cu and costs, depending on where one goes, between $30-38 each. For all that I have used, it's a god(dess) send. I have purchased 6 bales so far...but with all that I have potted up, I would have spent more than that on the smaller bags.

The one I have purchased is the BX, with the Mycorise inside. Few more steps on the website to get to it...but it's there. I didn't realize that they sold ProMix in smaller bags. For smaller projects indoors, especially during the winter, that is ideal. Those cubes that I buy, especially if the cubes are wet, weigh a ton.

ok maybe the lowes in my area doesn't carry them.... thanks for the link btw.... i put in my zipcode and here is everything within 30 miles of me... no wonder I haven't seen it around here... at least I know I am not completely nuts for never seeing it


You are searching for a United-States zip code
12 Retailers found

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MOHAWK GARDENS
163 WOODPORT ROAD
SPARTA NJ
07871
(973) 729-9400

13 Miles*


D'ANGELO'S GARDEN WORLD
240 NEWTON SPARTA ROAD
NEWTON NJ
07860
(973) 383-7070

20 Miles*


ROHSLER ALLENDALE NURSERY
100 FRANKLIN LAKE
ALLENDALE NJ
07401
(201) 327-3156

21 Miles*


FOUR SEASONS GREENERY
297 RT 222E P.O. BOX 346
WHITEHOUSE NJ
08888
(908) 534-4904

23 Miles*


WILLOW RUN NRY & GDN CTR 16030-2
1 COUNTRY ROAD
CRESSKILL NJ
07626
(201) 568-2400

27 Miles*


D'ERCOLE FARMS & CENTER INC.
518 TAPPAN ROAD
NORWOOD NJ
07648
(201) 768-0495

29 Miles*

just returned from NH & had to visit our friend's Edgewater Farm in Plainfield NH. They just get better every year--had to come home with fuchsia Moonglow, penstemon Elfin Pink, cosmos Bright Lights(which I couldn't find anywhere in CT) and some snazzy salvia--the annual kind that I love. Here's a pic of salvia & penstemon & oh, yes, iris Rock Star--couldn't resist it!

Rats! Obviously the iris--can't find the salvia or penstemon--here's the fuchsia.

And finally--here's a rhody I bought last year--Fantastica--I believe from Carlson's & apricot Jacob's ladder & Japanese painted fern.

Forgot the photo!

love that rodie

Here's the growth on one of my newly planted clematis from Silver Star. It is recta 'Purpurea'. Check out all the stems!

You've got a great set of stems, Victor.

pirl ~ good chuckle

just went to Home DPOT for a few things and stopped at the garden center.
I was dissapointed in the selection and the care of plants, shows ya what mass retailing does for gardening.
All the six paks of bedding plants; that would be dwarf snaps in full bloom and dried out to the point of falling out of the pak.
Mossrose the same and everything wilted
petunias
all the interesting plants were in baskets. don't want to spend $20.00 for verbina.
I am soaking the dwarf snaps and mossrose.
That experience makes shopping online look even better.

Orangeola in new home

before shot of bed that grew today to accept autumn moon JM and tree peonoes

That is such a peaceful spot. You have created a beautiful place for renewal.

Two wheel barrels of rock and old 4 x 4 that the rototiller has some trouble with - did not finish until noon and sun was tough for good pic. There is a red leafed birch, three azeala's and plum grass now have the tree peonies and autumn moon jm. Will try for a better shot in the morning.

Looking good, Bill!

Yup Promix is 50 miles from me. I got a peony at Home Depot, or did I already say that?

Carrie

Isn't a shame what the large places do to the plants, HD and Lowes this weekend had more plants than they would sell in 3 years and as I walked around (course I was there only to purchase pavers, which I ended up not getting, but that is another story...LOL) 85% of the plants where in such stress from no water. Such a simple thing to water, I know it takes time, but how can they just do that to the plants.... Glad I'm not a plant at these places..

Give me the mom and pop place to purhase anything day.