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Ordered through another company than Oakes but the order came directly from Oakes. This was in fall 2005 for the Spring growing season of 2006. Ordered 6 (SIX) daylillies but ended up with only three plants. The past growing season (their second year in my garden) NO blooms at all. In their first year with me, one did bloom twice and only one other bloomed once. Did Not a leave me with a great impression of this company.
On March 28th, 2009, Bubba33 added the following:
Wrote a e-mail through Daves garden to Oakes Daylilies earlier this year after Ken Oakes e-mailed me stating he had just read my e-mail. (about a year later.) He offered to replace mine. I then e-mailed him to say that I now have a big deer problem and could I get the daylilies sent to my sister in TX. As I do not live there anymore, I wanted to get home to get the exact order that I had placed with them. Got home less than a week of his okay to send them to my sister. I sent a e-mail giving him the needed information and her address. Since then, about a month ago, he has NOT yet read the e-mail. I am very disappointed as this now involves my sister who was looking forward to getting her daylilies. I had thought about trying a small amount to put with my roses (in a fenced area)by buying them from Oakes, but after letting both of us down, forget it. They are not the only daylily company around. I would not recommend this company to anyone. On Feb 5, 2008, Oakes Daylilies responded with:
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On Feb 21, 2008 4:05 PM, Oakes Daylilies added:
We have built our business on making sure that our customers are thrilled with the daylilies they receive, so I wish this customer had contacted us to let us know that he was having problems. We have an unconditional guarantee on all our daylilies - we will gladly replace plants, try different varieties or refund if necessary, and we might have suggestions for different cultural care. If you read this, Bubba33, we would love to have the chance to give you a better impression of our company, so give us a call."
I ordered a collection of five red daylilies from Oakes Daylilies in March. Two of the five included Johnson Grass.
I was told there was no way for Oakes Daylilies to know the daylilies had Johnson Grass when they shipped them to me. Their email response was for me to "pull it up and the problem will be resolved."
I paid too much money to get stowaway invasive grasses. I have enough weeds to tend to without inadvertently buying them.
For more info, search davesgarden PlantFiles for "johnsongrass".
