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I know a bank where the wild thyme grows...

last year

but it bloody well won't be in any of my gardens. To my utter dismay, my Hardy Plant Society seed order arrived...with not a single usable variety. All woodland-y things for people with wet gardens - astilbe, actaea, fritillaries and primula!. I have no clue as to whether I have been sent someone else's order or a random 'pot-luck' set (usually seeds no-one wants). My disappointment is vast. All orders have now been disbursed so there is no way my order can be replaced. I am going to ask them if they will put in a general request in their Cornucopia newsletter, if anyone has spare seeds...but so far, 2023 has been, for one reason and another, somewhat miserable.

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beesneeds
last year
That's a bummer. How much did you pay for it?
rosaprimula
Original Author
last year
O, nothing, apart from my annual subs...but these are seeds from members gardens and not available from commercial sources.
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LaLennoxa 6a/b Hamilton ON
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My local hardy plant society offers the same thing, and they used it as an incentive to get me to join as a member a few years ago. Now remember, I was new to this kind of thing and didn’t understand the “fierceness” which they do it. So I was maybe 2 days past their deadline, and I sent an email asking how it worked, and if I could still submit a request. I was abruptly told I had missed the deadline, it was too late, and better luck next year. I was like, okay, I never knew these intense rules, and backed away. Put a sour taste in my mouth. A month or so later they told the group they had all this extra seed available which they were again offering, but my interest was quashed. I rode out the remainder of my membership in that group with little to no participation - and never renewed.

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