June 13, 2007

Getting It Right

In the front yard flower beds, I finally decided to go all-perennial this year.

After much perusal of the various catalogs, we decided on a variety of plants from Spring Hill Nursery. One variety is still back-ordered, which is annoying, but two others have been in the ground awhile and are doing beautifully (that last link is to the pink variety, we have the white).

In the front bed, I envisioned this nice purple lavender hedge. Unfortunately, the first batch of six arrived dead and dessicated. Spring Hill immediately shipped a second set, which arrived in slightly better condition, but still not better enough to survive.

This morning in my email inbox was a note letting me know that a credit was on the way. No fuss, no hassle, just making it right.

I'm thinking we're going to order more pincusion flowers. Their "real" name is scabiosa, but they're too pretty to be calling them that.

Disclaimer: There are a lot of negative reviews of Spring Hill out on the net. I've been through some of what a many folks complain about, but it's about what I expect when I deal with them. I'm satisfied with them, but I'm patient. It's what gardening is all about.

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1 Don't worry, those plants are on back order every year.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at June 13, 2007 06:38 AM (Z3kjO)

2 I ordered from them about 6 years ago. It was a selection of plants and I was happy with all that I got. As a matter of fact the clematis I ordered moved with us to two other houses and the Astilbes are still there as well.
I never had a complaint, but now I just like to go to nurseries and look at the plants before I buy them.

Posted by: Blogeline at June 13, 2007 07:12 AM (YMz4J)

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