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[faeriemoon]

No snark intended, but that's why I buy plants locally. I buy them when I'm ready to plant them. I'm really not in love with gardening, so I have to make things as easy as possible. I enjoy the finished product, but I don't love the process.

Come to think of it, I'm really more of a pointer.....

"Please plant that one right over there....."

[glb613]

On 5/2/2014 Kzeks said:

You said over and over that the plants WIL NOT be shipped until

it is planting time in our areas...

:

At the moment the heat is on in my house... I need a coat & gloves

to go out side.... There are ice jams on the Lake hindering the Ships.

The Canadians & the Americans are working together to free the ships.

I know because my husband has 2 ships caught in the ice-jams and

yet..... QVC you shipped my plants....

:

This is PURE Michigan!

Oh please. Can't you figure out to pot them and wait until the ground is OK to plant?

[kzeks]

On 5/2/2014 faeriemoon said:

No snark intended, but that's why I buy plants locally. I buy them when I'm ready to plant them. I'm really not in love with gardening, so I have to make things as easy as possible. I enjoy the finished product, but I don't love the process.

Come to think of it, I'm really more of a pointer.....

"Please plant that one right over there....."

Yes, my daughter told me I should wait for the plants show that

is held at the Eastern Market every year...

Like you I am no true member... I buy what is recommended to me,

and have them planted...

[kzeks]

On 5/2/2014 beammeupscottie said:

On 5/2/2014 Kzeks said:

I understand that the data is collected through the years

to come up with the average weather conditions for each

area..... but with a little homework they can find out the

present day conditions for any State they plan to do

business with...

I guess that's too much trouble Kzeks. With computers now days I can't imagine it would be that difficult.

Yes, they should have a computerized system that

will prompt them when conditions are favorable

for shipping the plants..

This would save them from returns and extra cost.

[Bridgegal]

Yet another reason to buy from local garden centers.

[kzeks]

On 5/2/2014 Bridgegal said: Yet another reason to buy from local garden centers.

That is very true but Cottage Farm's Sun Patients are the best..

Our awful winter killed all the roses that I had from them, plus every

berry tree...

[scotttie]

On 5/3/2014 Kzeks said:

On 5/2/2014 Bridgegal said: Yet another reason to buy from local garden centers.

That is very true but Cottage Farm's Sun Patients are the best..

Our awful winter killed all the roses that I had from them, plus every

berry tree...

Awww dang. That's a SHAME!!

[september]

I think they just send out all the plants at the same time, no matter where you live. I know this, because I ordered some plants from QVC a few years ago ( ones I had never seen in local nurseries), and I didn't t get them until May. Spring planting time for us starts in early March.

[glb613]

On 5/3/2014 Kzeks said:

On 5/2/2014 Bridgegal said: Yet another reason to buy from local garden centers.

That is very true but Cottage Farm's Sun Patients are the best..

Our awful winter killed all the roses that I had from them, plus every

berry tree...

All of my roses, not from CF, made it despite a brutal winter. The ones that had the greatest winter kill were the new ones I planted last year. A friend of mine lost several roses. She doesn't prevent black spot and her plants were stressed going into the winter season.

[scotttie]

On 5/3/2014 september said: I think they just send out all the plants at the same time, no matter where you live. I know this, because I ordered some plants from QVC a few years ago ( ones I had never seen in local nurseries), and I didn't t get them until May. Spring planting time for us starts in early March.

You are probably correct.