Long's Garden

Has anyone ever ordered from Long's Garden before? http://www.longsgardens.com/

If you have, please give your experiences (good or bad).

Thanks!

Marilyn

We have not ordered lately, but have done so in the past--no problems.

This place is very popular in Denver because they let people dig their own. I have a friend who loves to take her whole family and go there. I guess their irises are good, too.

Looks like a neat place, but I've never odered! I've already ordered fom Blue-J, Dee, and Polly! By the time Keppel, Mid-Am, and Burseen get thru with me I'll be whipped and in the poor house!LOL pic Glowing Smile

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Long's is wonderful, ordered from them the past 2 years, no problems

Thanks for all your help and responses! I'm searching for Captain's Joy and I found them during a Google search. Seems that's (among others), a hard to find Iris.

When I get around to ordering Irises, hope I can still find some available. :-)

Marilyn

If not you can always ask I may have it.

Maybe I'm missing something about a discount, but Long's seems rather pricey for iris that have been out awhile and are available many other places....

Before The Storm $9
Bolder Boulder $16
Champagne Elegance $7.50
etc.

Don't know. I hope to visit them this spring but have never been there or ordered from them. Perhaps their higher prices reflect the fact that most of the customers are locals who don't shop around for prices on irises. If you shop on the internet and don't compare, you can find some really old irises for $10 and $15 each. I guess they just don't sell to people who know iris prices.

Neil,

I thought the same thing. They want $7.50 for Captain's Joy. If I can't find it anywhere else for less (that I feel comfortable ordering from), then if they still have it, I'll pay it. But as I was looking at all the Irises a few days ago, I thought they sure were 'on the pricey side'.

Cindy,

Thanks so much for your offer!

Marilyn

$7.50 for a TB is really not pricey. they are not in business to give them away.

$7.50 for Champagne Elegance and $9 for Before the Storm IS pricey.

I agree they can charge whatever they need to......

You don't knpw how much of a cultivar they grow; if they have a great amount, they can lower the price. If they just acquired it themselves a couple of years before, they will have fewer plants themselves so charge more. Superstition has a couple $3 pages, plants they are phasing out to make room for others, or just plain fantastic growers. Before the Storm is one of those. Grew here with ice on top, so took it to the club sale as we knew it was reliable.

why not contact Schreiners, see if they have a Captain's Joy they can sell you? seems to me it was in their display beds. it was their cross, wasn't it?

Bonjon,

I already had contacted Schreiner's and they said don't grow it anymore.

Marilyn