K -

What had you heard in your travels about the "mislabel" problem? I've only placed one order with RC and it was perfect but I'll be real honest with you, I'm getting sick of dealing with some of the other sellers.

What I heard, from at least 2 people, was that a major grower in The Netherlands had had a fire a few years ago and then decided to sell off his stock. Most was done well, but some was not (other people came in an sold "this" as "that" and many mislables were introduced), which is why we have seen this problem more in the past 2 years. This only covers the individual bags we get from distributors...hopefully we should have far fewer mislabeled bulbs in the fall of 2010 and beyond!
Kristi

Indeed! I have broken down and ordered Matterhorn, Rapido, and Naranja from Royal Colors - a great company. We didn't have much of a winter here in Quebec and spring seems to be coming early, so end of April my new bulbs will be on their way.

Here is a Monaco bloom: it became huge - over 7 inches across. It had to be cut and put in a vase because of a problem it had, and I swear the blooms are much bigger than the first scape which had remained with the bulb. Truly amazing. And a grogeous color! From RC of course! Btw - the white patches are probably a result of the problem it had growing out...
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Beautiful color!!

2 years ago I made a late spring order and got great end of season bulbs. Anna, I admit too that I couldn't pass up the chance and last night ordered Rosalie, Samba, RvR, and Fairy Tale. I have several bulbs that are reblooming, but after what I saw in Lisse, I just had to have Rosalie and Samba. Have tried all year to replace my RvR after my other one rotted (or ???) and Fairy Tale was very cute and called my name!
:-)
Kristi