Hi! I purchased mine from Garden Crossings last year and received really nice size plants that grew great but didn't bloom too well for their first year. Plus they aren't planted in the best of spots for sun. I looked and the price has went up because I believe last year they were only 12.95 but they might have been on sale when I got them. I ordered two peach and two strawberry and when they did bloom they had really pretty blooms. You will be happy with the size plants you receive from Garden Crossings. Good Luck, Judy

This is for you Karl - Re: Strawberry Crush-OSO Easy. She was the very last to wake up & get moving, of the 10 OSO Easy babies I planted last season (under this similar heat~wave situation) Peachy Cream & Honey Bun were the eager beavers getting visited by Jap Beetles only occasionally! They are all doing great despite the ~~heat~~wave~~ blooms are just fading faster as expected. Late bloomer-Strawberry Crush once decided to get moving, developed many longish stems all around (3ft+), where I suspect large clusters of blooms are developing which thrills me ~ however they are not growing upright & I wish she didn't need stakes/wires to harness her stems. I decided to prune a few to see what happens. From your experience, is this SC's habit & will I have to install a few stakes & wire up to keep her more upright? Appreciate your thoughts!!! TIA

I highly recommend them. I've been ordering from them for years and just got an OSO Easy Paprika from them which is huge and blooming! They are a safe bet.

I have "Strawberry Crush", "Paprika" and "Cherry Pie". They were purchased in late June as the end of season sale this year. They were in 4-inch pots and I planted them in 10-inch pots. They grow very quick and big. Just like you said, long stems with glossy healthy leaves. But there were only two flowers on "strawberry crush" and three on "Paprika" so far. And they didn't last for three days under the hot sun!There isn't any bud in those two plants now. Only long stems with nice looking leaves. "Cherry pie" is better, nice flowers last more than a week. But this is the first "wave" of flowering. I don't see any new buds yet. Compared to "Flower carpet", these OSO Easy are a bit disappointing. Our "flower carpet" are always in flowers, even the one I started from a stick early this year. Maybe you can try pegging to see if they will rebloom better? I was hoping they might rebloom better after they got mature. Probably not.