Garden Watchdog can often be a little off the mark. For example, House of Wesley has a terrible rating. I have ordered from House of Wesley for 20+ years and the ONLY problem that I have EVER had from them is one year, 2 strawberry plants out of 100+ never leafed out. They sent replacements that fall. Like any nursery, it is the customer's responsibility to order early, like February or before, in order to receive the plants in a timely manner before it gets too hot to ship plants safely to the customer's home. The plants from them arrive in bare root dormant condition and appear like brown sticks. Of course they do, they are dormant. Plant them in a pot in the shade, keep well watered and they should break dormancy within a couple months. I've seen it many times over, from various nurseries. People do not give their plants enough time to break dormancy. They stop watering them and then complain that the the plants died. Remember that these plants are dug up in the fall. After they are planted in the spring, they have a whole winter's worth of roots to grow before putting out leaves. Some plants, such as apples and other rose relatives, can grow roots in days, while others, such a Paulownia can take over 2 months. I have also ordered plants from nurseries that get great ratings on Garden Watchdog with dismal results. If in pots, the dirt may be infested with bugs, or if bare root dormant trees, absolutely no packing material to keep the roots moist. Etc. Etc. Sorry about rambling, but Garden Watchdog needs to be taken with a large grain of salt.

I should have these have these, mostly in small quantities. Geranium 'Biokovo' divisions, 2-quart pots Blackberry lily (Belamcanda chinensis), quart pots Lenten rose (Helleborus x hybridus)--small 2d year seedlings; parents bloom in white, rose, and purple shades Salvia darcyiii, good-sized seedlings, 4" pots Nandina domestica seedlings (about 12" high, parent plants are about 4' tall) Basil (genovese) plants Coleus (very dark red solid and mottled green, red, and white) Salvia guaranitica, divisions, quart pots Aster 'Raydon's Favorite', divisions, quart pots Tatarian aster (Aster tataricus), divisions Heuchera, small divisions, noid, some green with nice pink blooms, some ruffly purple, 4" pots Will dig on request: Sedum 'Autumn Joy' and 'Blue Spruce' Garlic chives Steven

Misti, I have tons of seedling verbena bonariensis. I'll go pot up a few for you, but don't pass up an opportunity to go visit Carrie's place! anyone else want some while I'm at it? Here is a link that might be useful: images

Marti, my Shasta daisies look wilted too, but they're getting ready to die back for the winter anyway; just dig up the pitiful-looking plant, & the new owner will plant it, & the roots will send up a new crown in the spring. I have a few daisies that have given up the ghost, & the new crowns have emerged already! Remy, if you have enough of the lotion and/or shampoo if that's what it is (bad monitor, bad bad monitor!), I'd like to trade...something? anything? I did pot up another rose for you, looks like another, or maybe the same, China rose, but it's a freebie; it's a leetle feller & its leaves are yellow, don't know if something's wrong with it or if it's just going dormant early. I did find some red yucca seeds from this year & some bur oak acorns from 2012; I had hoped to grow a bur oak, but I can't keep the squirrels out of them!