Yes, I got my plants! What a wonderful shipping job on some lovely plants. Several were large and had multiple eyes. All were incredibly healthy. I have spent the summer buying and planting hosta, and this seller goes way above and beyond with both service and product.
The box was insulated, and each plant pot was individually wrapped in heavy brown paper and a protective stretchy 'sock'. They even threw in an ice pack. What an amazingly good deal and dealer. I can not recommend highly enough. I had to use 3 dishpans to set them out in temporarily until I can plant them in the hosta woodland. Here they are:
Contrast this with the order I received from Hirts. Each pot was loaded with weed seedlings and moss. The plants themselves were originally skimpy and in poor condition. The box was poorly packed: each plant just floating free in a bunch of packing peanuts and the huge box secured with ONE piece of tape. No markings whatsoever as to perishable. Shipped on Tuesday before July 4th and spent 7 roasting days in transit. The box broke open and many of the plants dried out and were dead or damaged. Then hassled me over the UPS claim. Here are some photos of those items:
This is supposed to be a 2 pack of columbine. It is actually one spindly blown plant and one cell full of weed seedlings.
This is the Pink Spike Cimicifuga I was so thrilled to be getting. Less thrilled when I pulled it from the box...poor thing. Think it will live?
