Well, let me pipe up about my Costco bagged bulb/roots experiences over the past few years. My gardening obsession is with Hostas -have 70+ at this point- and I never fail to buy a few bags of them @ Costco if they are either varieties I do not have as yet, or they're ones I can easily sell in my annual spring plant sales. I have 4 new varieties potted up in my greenhouse as of about 10 days ago. Yes, I have had several batches of HVX infected roots and there has never been a problem returning those for a refund. The key here is of course recognizing it in the first place, which I can and do. Must say I've become a bit of a nuisance perhaps in some nurseries as I point out infected stock to them..... And I've had my share of mislabeled plants where the contents do not match the description. I ALWAYS pot up my new Hosta acquisitions, so they are much more easily scrutinized during the course of the first growing season. Lilies are another favourite of mine and yes, you will encounter incorrectly labeled bulbs, but, the price is right... I have had some problems though with perennials like Heucheras and Echinecea from them. If you buy them too long after they arrived at the store they will have sat at too high an ambient temperature for too long without being planted and you may well find nothing much comes up out of those roots. Tuberous/root perennials from any bare bagged display are best purchased and planted as early as possible IMHO, if you wait too long their viability is seriously impeded.

I am happy for you Susan! I have bought several electronic devices from woot all with great success never a problem. I wanta to get a new computer for my husband his laptop is old and slow and has issues. I have been thinking about a desktop instead of the laptop too. His eyesight is not as good as it once was I think he would enjoy a bigger screen. I am seriously considering putting a Linux operating system on it just because of the whole windows 10 debacle. The latest version of Linux mint is so much like Windows 7 and he's been using android on his tablet and phone. It would end my having to deal with keeping his computer updated, very easy on Linux. I hopeyou get lots of use from the new computer!

Yes, Dave I noticed that the other week. It was twirling tightly around the hanger it's in. I Love their soft delicateness...is that a word? Tiffany, how cool. You have magic in your genes... I cut the top off of a very similar if not the same plant...the base part is sprouting the tiniest new growth. miracle. I stuck the top part in a succulent dish & it's doing fine. I'm beginning to think succulents are easy to propagate. About a month ago I cut the bottom part of 6 or so AV leaves off & put them in a small glass with just a enough water to cover the bottom of the glass...nothing yet...I don't even know if I did it right...AV's are new to me.

Nice that the trip was not for nothing. I am hoping Holland Park will get a new batch soon. They have a group of four or five different Lithops I really covet, but it is in a $60 combination bowl. Ugh. Potful like that is sold for under $10, but I cannot get it separately. Did you get the one top right at Harpers? I think I saw them labeled P. bracteosum?