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14 years ago

BloomingBulb has several varieties of perennials on clearance including hostas, Daylilies and Astilbe. Lots of bulbs, too, but no free shipping for those. Too late for plants for me.

Here is a link that might be useful: BloomingBulb Closeout Sale Page

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arbo_retum
14 years ago
elleni, o.k., you enabler you; ya' got me!! but before i hit the final 'order' button, have you ordered from them before and been happy? i'd not heard of them before this.
th you
mindy
mmqchdygg
14 years ago
I'm still holding out for the local Agway to go over 75% off. They just went 30 this week. I'm optimistic this year because the weather hasn't changed yet, so (my logic says) that people wouldn't have planted bulbs in this warm weather.
And...people will be too busy next weekend thinking about TG and B-Friday shopping that they won't even consider buying bulbs...course, then they'll look at the calendar after the weekend and say "Oh, it's too late now, anyway" which means they're all mine!!! MUHAHAHHAHHHH!!!!!!!!!
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Marie & c2g - Thanks for the advice. I will look up that book. I feel like I should clear up the fact that my land is not a wasteland with no good trees! LOL! We have maples in the front and back yard and scattered around our property. We have a beautiful hickory in the old pasture. On our property we also have lots of other hickories, maples, wild cherries (one that is at least 100 years old - not my estimate but someone more knowledgeable), oaks, aspen, black walnut and many, many more. About 1/3 of our 20 acres is wooded. The trees I got on clearance are ones I am willing to take the risk on. It may look like a bad risk to most of you but I am risking it with my eyes wide open and realistic expectations. If they don't work out I barely lose anything but time and I have that to spare. My lawn will still be beautiful without them and if they do survive - even if only a couple survive - it is worth my time. This is what I ended up buying: 2 Harvest Gold crabapples 1 Yoshino cherry 1 Kanzan cherry 1 Fairview Flame maple Total cost was a bit less then $60. I hope you will wish me good luck with them but I understand everyone who thinks I'm being foolhardy. Thanks again so much for all the useful advice. Karen
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elleni
Original Author
14 years ago
I have only ever purchased bulbs from them. I've been happy with their prompt shipping and customer service.
ginkgonut
14 years ago
If the price is right for the Daylilies and Hostas (perhaps the astilbes too), I would take a chance, even in Zone 4.
conniemcghee
14 years ago
"D's" garden showed them with 64 positive ratings, 4 neutrals and 7 negatives in their history.
arbo_retum
14 years ago
elleni (what a beautiful name),
thanks so much for posting this. I would never have known of this co. and this deal. Now, with some 300 bulbs on order, this wk. we're digging the troughs etc. where they will live after they've arrived. So lucky to still have warm weather, relatively speaking. It sure beats the pick-ax bulb planting we did about 5 yrs ago in dec. !!
th you again,
mindy
elleni
Original Author
14 years ago
Ha ha. Last Fall I was out post-Thanksgiving pouring hot water over the areas I wanted to plant the last of my bulbs! (It worked-- every tulip came up in the Spring.) Much easier than a pick-axe! Not that you should keep that in mind and be tempted to extend your planting season even further!

Elleni

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