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| Hello everyone! I will be celebrating my 10th anniversary with my beautiful wife, and I want to get her something special. I would like to give her a garden of 1000 flowers! She loves flowers, however, has never explicitly told me which flower she loves the most. She has, though, told me she loves wildflowers in general. Well, I would like to get my wife around 6-10 different species of wildflowers, but since this is such a big order, I do not want to choose the flowers for myself! I have been looking up a flower vender near my location, ( it is in the optional link ) , and have looked at the wildflowers there. Can anyone help me choose some? It would be appreciated! |
Here is a link that might be useful: The Wildflower Nursery
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| The better business bureau currently gives that company an F rating. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Better Business Bureau
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Tue, Jul 10, 12 at 22:42
| For what it's worth, I give them an "F", too. I got BURNED this spring - I ordered tons of trees, and not a single one was even true to type - I got dogwoods labeled as silverbells, mountain laurel labeled as rhododendron (no roots on them - they died promptly), who knows what labeled as sassafrass - looks like an ash or alianthus, and some tulip trees labeled as who knows what. Do yourself a favor, save money, and DON'T buy from them. Check out some books on native plant gardening - you could even contact landscapers that do native landscaping - There's actually quite a few! |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 11, 12 at 16:45
| Prairie Moon offers trays of potted plants. They have a terrific rating from GardenWatchdog and have always sent me quality plants in the years I've been buying from them. I would suggest a "promise" of 1000 plants but start off smaller, maybe 100 plants. That is doable for you. Plus it gives her the opportunity to choose what she would like in the garden too - what gardener would LOVE that?! Go with her to nurseries, let her pick out the rest of the plants. Depending upon where you live, nurseries may start having sales soon. Perennials are EXCELLENT season-end sale buys. They do wonderfully planted in the cooler and moister autumn to come back next season bigger and bolder than ever. FataMorgana |
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| https://www.facebook.com/wildflowerfarm Try these folks. I know them personally, they are good people with good seeds, highly recommended. And whatever grows in the Ozarks will grow in Tennessee so you should be good. |
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| The original post looks like a schill for the link in it. |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Fri, Jul 13, 12 at 6:55
| That's what I thought. Spam, just clever enough to leave a shadow of a doubt. |
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| Well there sure isn't much, if anything good found on the net for the site he linked. In fact, I found this at The Rate and review Forum here at GW. Posted by chemocurl 5/6 S INdiana (My Page) on This member joined to spam the GW forums...I just reported 8 spam replies she made yesterday, so hopefully they will get removed. If contacted by her, I would suggest not trading with her. Additionally, I would suggest you not purchasing from her. Imho, anyone who chooses to ignore and violates the GW Terms of Service should not be trusted. Imho, most businesses who advertise by spamming forums are selling junk or are out to steal your credit info. She was/is promoting Per Watchdog... Mailing Address: Posted by brandon7 6b/7b TN (My Page) on She has also gone by other GW screen names, like tsons. I notice that a lot of her posts are now gone, but her advice was often so outrageous that it was hard to believe she was serious. I also noticed that other gardening site had caught her trying to artificially inflate her own positive reviews. What a dishonest way to conduct business! Here are some of the names she does business under: D & T Wholesale Nursery
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 7:58
| I usually report spam as a lot of people do (hence the disappearances you mentioned) but it might be more helpful to leave this one for "educational purposes." Very informative, chemo, thanks! Spam or other violations can be reported by clicking the "contact us" link at the bottom of every GW page. Paste the URL (link) to the offending thread in the message box there. Takes 10 seconds. |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 16:18
| Definitely a bit surreptitious - Any company that signs on to gardening forums to inflate their business is no good in my books. From looking around online, they have a reputation for sending miserable sticks of plants that aren't even in the same family, let alone genus, as the ordered plants. I don't see much of a future for this pathetic company! |
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- Posted by fatamorgana Zone 5/6 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 18:18
| If it is indeed a spam, it most certainly did not get the intended effect since all these negative comments and suggestions for better vendors will be visible alongside their spammed URL. FataMorgana |
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| Even if not spam, a better idea would be to take her on a trip to someplace where wildflowers occur in nature. That's going to be much more impressive than ordering 1000 plants, half of which will fail, and then you'll end up with a half dead field, barren, and limp, which I don't think is the metaphor you want for your marriage. |
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- Posted by desertdance So CA Zone 19 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 23, 13 at 10:32
| Wow! I got interested in this post because I'd love to toss wildflower seeds out on my 1.4 acres next winter, and enjoy what appears after the rains! Those California poppies are so pretty! First time in this forum, and I'm mainly here because I need to clear an acre of native plants AKA weed shrubs. I am hoping to run across photos so I can ID what i have. I think there is an oak way down by our seasonal stream, and I think it has a baby growing out of the crack in a rock. We fear wildfires, and much of the area needs to be cleaned and cleared. We also fear the rattlesnakes that live in all those rocks and shrubs, so we may wait till cold weather to do the pruning, shaping and clearing. I appreciate the links here to good seed sellers! Suzi
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- Posted by ApprenticeGardener 7b or 8 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 17:03
| @desertdance Take your tongue out of your cheek immediately!!! The post drew my attention because I once did actually give a wife a garden with one hundred different kinds of flowers. Unfortunately, a house, a car, and half a bank account went with it (for those who think I'm terrible, I will say it was not my idea--it proved to be that of the guy who became her next husband shortly thereafter). Best Wishes--Carl |
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- Posted by desertdance So CA Zone 19 (My Page) on Sat, Apr 6, 13 at 10:32
| OMG! Removing tongue from cheek! Is he the dude that started this thread? Wow! This is the garden gossip thread of the century! Suzi |
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