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On May 23, 2005, bed24 Exeter, NH (Zone 5b) wrote:
Ordered five Clematis ternifolia (Sweet Autumn Clematis) two years ago. Was pleased with the speed of shipment and quality of the plants that I received for only about $6 plus shipping....however come to find out that as they have grown it's quite clear that only two of the five plants are actually C. ternifolia! I have no idea which variety the other three are. I'm glad I didn't spend any real money on this one.
On Apr 24, 2004, SowthEfrikan Sulphur Springs, TX wrote:
Awful, awful experience, the only reason they get a neutral is because at least one set of daylilies roots were good.
Most of what I bought was horrible, the plants were mouldy, three have not survived.
To top it all, it took TWO months to get here.
Their ebay advertisement said they would begin shipping South in February but I think they were just kidding.
As for packaging: since when is it acceptable to put daylilies into a plastic bag - what were they thinking? - and throw it into a large box to bounce without so much as a single peanut or wad of newspaper for protection?
According to them they sent the biggest plants they had but if that is true it was a total waste of time, considering they were smashed when they got here.
On Apr 22, 2004, uofagirl Orrville, OH (Zone 6a) wrote:
I bought 5 one year old plants of sweet autumn clematis from ANP thru ebay for $10 plus shipping because "Joe", has a 97% satisfaction score for his transactions. The next day, I looked @ the GW Watchdog and was appalled @ his ratings. I immediately found ANP email and # and let them know both ways of his terrible scores from the good people of GW and "I was sure he wanted to be aware of this and that, I knew he would only send me healthy live plants, with healthy roots," He said that in summary, he couldn't help for poor gardening skills. I said the the plants were said to be sent to the buyers dead and less than half lived. He said he would want the web address to GW watchdog to be able to leave feedback to the reponses. In summary, I received my 5 ~1/2 plug sized, live SAC just a few days after ordering, and they seemed to just be in transport shock, but mostly viable. Planted them right away, and we'll see how they fare. I may have just been lucky. BUT, they look very similar to the 4" pots of SAC you'll find @ lowes for 4.95 right now.
On Apr 8, 2004, Meig Far Northwest 'burbs, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
Won an auction from them on eBay for 10 Stella d'Oro daylily fans. They were shipped quickly and the packaging was so-so. I guess I am spoiled by winning other daylily auctions, but these fans were not impressive at all. They had very little greenery (I am used to a huge fan with at least an inch of green when I order bareroot fans) and while a few were decent-sized, most were very puny. They will probably live, but they will take a longer time to get to a decent size and might or might not bloom this year. These were NOT freshly dug up, field grown fans. They had probably been dug up in the fall and stored all winter.
All in all I was pretty disappointed and wouldn't order from them again. I can't give them a negative because the fans *were* alive and since they are Stellas will probably survive, but I certainly won't give them a positive.
