Lilies: USA Lily Growers? The Lily Garden vs. B&D, 3 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I've been hearing that for a while. Their bulbs always tended to run smaller than any other I had seen. But that seems extreme. Here are some lilium martagons I got from Old House Garden on special. These bulbs tend to run small, and you can see that they are a heck of a lot bigger than a quarter. And considering the cost, it seems unfair. When other companies have had smaller than usual bulbs they usually give you extra ones to make up for it. Plant and Gnome sent me four shrubs instead of three because they thought one was a bit small. The one that was a "bit small" caught up to the largest one after a year.

The other feedback I can give you about THG just came back to me. A friend order a white lilies and indicated no substitutions, and instead received peach colored lilies instead. Perhaps the most disturbing part was that the lilies she had order and paid for were more expensive, and she was not credited for the difference. This was last year.

Sad. Here is one of my favorite combinations of lilies from The Lily Garden. This picture is from 2007. Rosepoint Lace and Ariadne. I moved and wanted to replace them. Rosepoint Lace is no longer available, and Ariadne is $10 or 3 for $27. So if the other was available it would cost me, before shipping. about $60 to replace them. A bit steep.