Going back to Santa Rosa Gardens - when I revamped my yard a couple of years ago, I was looking for an inexpensive source of ground covers and other perennials. Santa Rosa gardens had good prices, and they had sales quite regularly. I purchased a bunch of plants from them thinking they were from the Santa Rosa area in California. I was really happy with the first shipment of plants - both with the sizes and packaging. It was not until my 3rd or 4th order that I realized that they were NOT from California and local like I thought. But by that time, I was hooked on that company and shipping all the way from Florida to California was not expensive at all. The plants acclimated well, and have only lost a few plants - including two pennisetum that did not overwinter. I have mixed results from Annie's annuals - some thrive and some die. It could be that I order the more common hardier plants from Santa Rosa, and tend to order the rarer ones from Annie's Annuals and perennials so they have less of a chance of surviving.
