Comments regarding Ion Exchange

The plants that showed up were healthy. Unfortunately 3/4 of my order did not arrive. I called after a few days when the others did not arrive and was told they had been affected by winter kill. That made the shipping bill 50% as much as the plant order that arrived. $20 plants + $10 shipping. It would have been thoughtful if they had sent an email informing me of that in advance. I ordered the missing plants from prairienursery.com.

I recently ordered both seeds and plants. They have a great selection of seeds and plants, but unfortunately were out of three varieties that I ordered. Unfortunately, I did not find this out until I received my order. However, they are extremely generous with the amount of seed in their packets and provide good germination information.

When I opened the box, there was a fair amount of loose soil in the box and some of the pots had lost close to half their soil and were a bit dry. This probably won't be a problem as the plants were either dormant or semi-dormant. However, if these had been sent in the spring, I'm not sure how they would have fared.

I am giving the company a neutral rating because of the condition of the plants. I am also giving them a neutral rating because I only orderd maybe 15 seed packets and was disappointed that 3 were out of stock but this was not updated on their website. While I realize it is difficult to keep websites completely accurate, it is not high shipping season. I probably would have ordered plants had I known.

I will likely try this company once more depending on how the seeds germinate and the plants fare over the winter. They have a great selection and very fair prices.