Comments regarding Daylily Paradise (Veychek Gardens & Nursery Inc.)

In my Google search for seeds from a specific daylily, I came across Daylily Paradise (Veychek Gardens & Nursery Inc.) website at:

http://www.mailordergems.com/daylily-seeds-c61/

Prices seemed reasonable to what I have paid on eBay and Daylily Auction, but being on the cautious side, I looked for reviews and came across these on this site... not too encouraging :(

However, I found an email address for them and sent "Joe" an email asking if they were still in business. I received a reply the same day acknowledging that they were indeed in business and still selling daylily seeds.

So... to test the waters so to speak, I made a small order and within 24 hours I have received notice of shipment along with a tracking number.

At this point in time, all has been very business like with good communication. I sent a second email and asked if the seeds were current 2019 seeds or from prior years and promptly received confirmation that the seeds were fresh 2019 seeds.

I will update this posting upon receipt of my order, but so far all is good :)


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I recently bought from them a batch of daylily seeds. It was quickly delivered, very well packed and each packet well labeled. According to my experience growing Hemerocallis seeds, these look great! Can't wait to start them. Thanks.

Just received my 100 daylilies and they were awesome. Large size, good root system, fresh dug and green. I am thrilled with the fast service, ordered Sun and recd. on Thurs. Now to wait and see the beautiful blooms next spring.

I saw ad for 1.99 seedlings of crosses of $50 to $200 plants. Catalog was slightly confusing to walk thru, but after thoroughly searching, I found that the price fluctuated with the quantity purchased. I ordered the 100 plants for 1.99 each. Plants arrived quickly and in great shape. Planted them immediatly. I counted 117 plants! All have taken off quickly with some already putting on additional fans.

I ordered this a variety of their daylilies last spring (Stella D'Oro, Happy Returns) This year I added one called Rilly Frilly, one of their hard to find, speciality daylillies. So far my Stella's are full and have many buds (and a few blooms the past two days!!!!!!), the same goes for the Happy Returns, many buds, no bloom yet but in the next week or so. I am really excited about the Rilly Frilly one as it looks very promising.

All of the plants I received were in top notch shape, ready to plant. I am going to add more to my collection this week, just not sure which one I am going to buy.
I'll keep everyone up to date on my successes. Thanks

I ordered the 100 bulbs @ $1.99 from this company and they shipped me 120! While the packaging wasn't the best I've ever seen (Bluestone holds that record), the bulbs came quickly and were in fairly good shape. I've gotten them all planted and they seem to be doing fairly well. Time will show how well they grow, but I have very good hopes.

I'm going to give an overall positive rating to this company, although there was a minor not so positive issue worth noting:

I ordered the "$100 daylily for $2.99" they promoted. First, I should note that at the time I ordered, I believe that they listed a link for 10 daylilies @ $1.99 each, but when you clicked the link they were $2.99 each. No biggie and I may be misremembering, but anyway. I ordered my 10 lilies for $29.99 + $9.95 to ship. They arrived faster than I expected and well packaged in a plastic bag with misted paper shreads. They sent a bonus 11th plant, which was a nice touch. The priority mail box was open on one side (had not been taped shut and the self-adhesive stuff must have failed in transit).

What was NOT INCLUDED (maybe due to the partially open box) were the "complete planting instructions" as noted on their website. I promptly emailed the company requesting that I be emailed planting instructions so that I could get them in the ground properly asap (I've never grown daylilies before and didn't want to make an error). I never received any sort of reply at all-this was about 2 weeks ago now, so I had to piece together planting instructions from what I could find in a quick online search. One of the plants quickly withered (I suspect due to how/where I planted it, since I didn't really know what I was doing sans instructions). I have since moved the little guy, and I hope he recovers, but if not, at least I still have the 10 plants I ordered.

The other plants seem to be hanging in there in our sweltering dry weather, and one has a tiny bud already (which I'm anxious to see bloom so that I'll know what mystery color the flower is).

All in all, a positive experience with one strike against them for misleading website, lack of promised planting instructions, and no response to my email requesting planting instructions. I'm waiting to see how the plants fare before I decide if I would recommend them or if I would buy from them again.

I ordered daylillies from the special $2.99 group along with a friend. Shipment was fast and the merchandise was well packed. Extra lillies were included. We were both very pleased and can't wait to see them bloom.

I was very pleased to receive my order from Veychek today. The plants are a very nice size, bigger than what I expected, and very healthy looking! I would buy from them again.

I responded to their offer of $100 daylilies for $1.99 and really didn't have high expectations. (Especially while all my friends rolled their eyes at me all the time I explained the great deal I had purchased) This was in January, 2005. Now, it's the middle of April, my fat package arrived from Veycheck Gardens and Nursery. Nice clean, thick healthy bare root daylilies, ready to go out into the garden. I even got more than I bargained for. I ordered 10, they shipped 11 plants. Of course they are not named, but for the price paid and the fun my friends have had with me, I figure it's well worth it. I can't wait to report on the blooms I get and my fun-making friends reaction to that!
Ron