I was in a bad place that year. My Mom was very sick and she passed the following year. When I got the second gift certificate as a sympathy gift from a friend I wanted to cry again. But I did post a negative on Garden Watchdog and they contacted me and are making it good. So their customer service was good. I have been gardening and ordering for 30 years and I have never had such a bad experience. Even with plants from Michigan Bulb and you know how bad they are. lol You said they were small this year, I am wondering if the positive was before the economy went down the toilet and they are rushing plants out the door before their time. I just feel they are one of the most expensive online nursery they should be larger and better plants. My order is coming in next week I will post pics. If they are going to start to send smaller plants they are going to lose good people like you.

Thanks, GP! Yeah, for several weeks spring and fall (especially spring), the house, yard and driveway are simply buried under leaves. I can blow them off every day (but I don't, of course! ACK!). Lucky for us we have a huge compost heap and those leaves go right on it. I see my neighbors spending a bloomin' fortune on hefty bags to throw away theirs every week. Next door, they will have 10 or more big bags every single yard trash day. If we didn't already have more than we need, I'd be over there stealing his garbage! Regarding that white brick...when we moved in, it was painted an awful shade of FBR (fake brick red). I just couldn't live with it. It didn't even look nice with the rest of the grey house. Mark didn't want to lose the color of the "mortar," even though the bricks aren't real, so I hand rolled each and every "brick" with a 3" roller. ARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH. Talk about a back breaker! Thank goodness it didn't go all the way around the house! I like the white much better, though, so it was worth it. (Says she, now that she can straighten up from the crouching position again!) Marcia

I would return the plant and the spray. I don't think you should have to go through the expense of treating a newly purchased plant. Let someone else buy the sick ones. Now you know to look closely for the most healthy ones. I am not in favor of spraying a 3 in 1 pest/fungal spray unless you have all of those problems. Pest sprays kill good bugs too. Hope you work this out and enjoy your garden!

I am not sure what does/does'nt come true from seed. I state this on my trade page. The way I see it is if someone wants it I assume they know or have researched it. I figure people should know about the things they want. The amt. you said sounds good. I would discuss it first with your trader and see what they think is fair for what they are sending to you. Hoped this helped. I guess it is more of an opinion than good info! lol.