Their professionalism in the daylily world is what impresses me: promptly returned phone calls, order acknowledgements and shipping updates (also they take credit cards adding another layer of consumer protection). After TRYING to contact a few other daylily sellers this year, I finally just gave up and went with Marietta. Marietta is run like a real business and when it comes to giving away my hard earned money that's what I want.... My bonus was Sugar Pie Dumplings. My purchases were: Shores of Time and All in Ruffles.

Hi Cole!! You know I was kidding about the 'hate you' thing, right? LOL... I really hate the fact that **I** don't live there! I find that a lot of info on how to plant bareroot DL's is spread all over the place, so I thought I would post my personal experience here so others could see. This is my first order of bare root DL's, so the learning curve has been steep. Thankfully, there are some really knowledgable people here and they help alot. I just keep asking questions!! I just got a great post on another thread (Aren't I Pretty Daylilies - Questions?) from tsbccowboy. He gave me a link to his pictures when he got his order, so I will pass it on here. Happy Gardening!!!!!!

Looks like they are doing well for one week. Mine have been in the ground since May and one is still looking "iffy". I lost one in the first two weeks and they will replace it with my next order. They offered to replace it right away, but I would've had to pay postage and the postage would've been more than the cost of the daylily.

Jessica, Thanks for the pic... wowzers - I can't wait!! I am currently taking a break from sweating like crazy from putting my 'black gold' into my beds (getting ready for my order to arrive). I figured today was perfect since it is only 75 and overcast! Great day to dig holes. P.S. that is amazing for Texas in July... Juliet - I hear you... The BF listens but sometimes I think he is thinking about washing his socks or something that interests him more! He is not real interested in gardening, but he will digs holes if I ask!! I use part mushroom compost, part peat, part vermiculite, part perilite, and lots of a regular garden soil and mix it all together... then blend it with my regular bedding mix that is already out there (which is cow poo compost, sand, soil and I guess some left over clay as that is the natural Texas garbage I have naturally). Everything seems to grow like crazy in it. All of the DL I have gotten (which is not too many - 16) seem to just love it. I put them in, and within 2 weeks they all have new leaves and some even new scapes. Could be the varieties I bought (Strawberry Candy and Going Bananas are just that... Going Bananas - do I have a food DL thing going on here???). But my understanding is that they can grow just about anywhere... but I think they like loose, well drained soil. I just want my purples and blues to be vibrant!! We will see what happens... I am new to all this too, so I read as much as I can and defer to the experts here! Jan - I am still in the buying phase... maybe after a few years I might breed my own and toss them to good friends, but I hope the need to have a daylily farm dosen't hit me!! I hear that is the last step in the disease progression. ;o)