I’ve been in a lousy mood since yesterday.
When I ordered my plants, I explicitly asked the customer service person who answered my call the size of the pot/plants. This person, at High Country Gardens, attempted to “guess” what the size of their standard pot was. I was astonished that she didn’t know it. She led me to believe it was a 4” pot, but admitted that she wasn’t entirely sure. I ordered only because I had one week to do so; that is normal out here; many nurseries “sleep” once hot weather sets in, resuming operations in August/September. But at the end of the day, I realized she was simply poorly trained.
These plants were $ 5.99 each and so it seemed reasonable that they were 4” pots. That is about right for a perennial, once you add in shipping.
When I opened the box today, I was stunned. These plants were in 2” pots (herb starter pots!) and the pots were not particularly robust. Not full at all by anyone’s definition. My order was more than $ 34.00 including shipping for 4 scrawny plants. I was shocked.
I might break my rule about complaining about a product and raising hell; that isn’t my nature.
But I can tell you this. I purchased plug trays from a grower (http://mgnliners.com/) that were CHEAPER than these, go for more on the open market, and on top of it, I paid the royalty to the grower!
I doubt I’d ever order another thing from High Country Gardens.
Make sure you do your due diligence, folks.
Wow, I got 12 chile peppers for $2 each on clearance from chileplants.com. I can’t get decent (hot) peppers locally, either as plants or in the grocery store, and their plants have always been super healthy and in excellent shape when they arrive.
I’d be upset too.
Thanks for the information. I’ll make a note of it. It is so helpul to hear of others’ successes and disappointments with vendors.
Ever hear of Angie’s List? You dould start a Daisyjane69 list! LOL