Ever bought from this Company?

http://www.walking-p-bar.com/shopsite/page18.html
If so..what was your experience....TIA..Jeanne

JEANNE, CHECK WITH ARGYLE ACRES FOR SOME GREAT PRICES AND VARIETY.


"eyes"

i bought some iris 2-3 yrs. ago from nola's. but at her prices i think you could do better somewhere else. barb

i bought irises from bluej and snowpeaked. i was really pleased with both of them. i would watch the co-op forum. there has been two great co-ops with irises already with a new one starting monday.

belinda

"ARGYLE ACRES "...OMG!!..Like I need another addiction..LOL...I am only interested in Rebloomers..duh..like I am sure everyone is...I must have good taste...some that I loved were 15buck and more..sheshhhh...Why do they only mail out in aug-sept in Texas?..I am in Texas ..great site..so, if I ordered now I wouldn't get them till then?...TIA..Jeanne
Oh thanks for the co-op thingy..will check it out...Jeanne

Jeanne
They ship them then because bloom season everywhere will be over and new beds and other areas will have had time to settle, and people will have more time to spent with new plantings. It is time enough so that the new iris will get a good start before winter in most of the country.
Hope that makes sense
:)
Anita

I purchased from Walking-p-bar two years ago and definitely had some problems with them. My most difficult was misnamed cultivars and little help IDing what I actually had.

I got an iris borer in an iris from BlueJ last year and they were very unhelpful.

There are a lot of wonderful places out there though. Have you seen this thread?
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/569480/

Just full of fine places.

I love Snowpeak
Superstition
Mid America

RE borers.

Soak soak soak. Soak all incoming lilium & iris in chlorox.

At least 10% I use 20% for at least 30 mins. Then I rinse well before planting.

Check all your purchased bulbs/rhizomes for baddies. You can see them easily. I soak everything to make sure no nemetodes/eggs on leaves. Submerge completely, not just the roots.
Inanda

Thanks inanda. I've dipped but never soaked. Luckily this baddy became obvious pretty quickly and we noticed the damage. I threw away the whole plant.

I didn't get anything from Blue J but an assurance that they couldn't have borers because their operation was inspected. They did offer to replace the plant but were adamant that I was wrong. Somehow replacing the plant wasn't the point, you know? Wish I'd packed it up and sent it to them.

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I've ordered from Napa Iris and they have shipped very large rhizomes. I like them better than Schreiner's for the price and size. And the customer service is superb! They are replacing 3 rhizomes for me with no questions asked. When I explained the condition of the rhizomes, they even told me what the problem was.
I also ordered from The Iris Farm for the first time this year so I will have to wait until I receive them to make a call on this company.

Jeanne, I posted this in another thread but just in case you don't see it, check out Bridge in Time iris gardens. They tell the truth about what will rebloom in their climate and which ones need a hotter climate than they have.

Woodspirit..thanks for that...then for my climate what I want are "Everblooming" Iris not repeat?..