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Mar 18, 2022 9:50 AM CST
Name: Dianne
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I will also note the unfortunate experience of buying daylilies from a company which, I am sure, does tissue culture to produce massive quantities for sale ... and that company would be BRECK's. I placed an order with them (in 2016) for ... trying to remember the precise number... roughly 10-12 daylilies, along with some other plants.

When the order arrived, they were the tiniest daylilies I have ever seen (outside of growing my own from seeds) ... literally, nothing was taller than about 3 inches, and several were so little I could barely call them anything.

One died within a week of arrival... among the survivors, nothing bloomed for at least 2 or 3 years, and when they finally did bloom... not what I ordered... not what I ordered... not what I ordered.

No 'Get Jiggy' ... no 'Here Lies Butch' ... no 'First Knight' .. no 'French Lingerie' ... and so on.

ONE daylily actually appears to be what I paid for. Nothing else bloomed even close to what it was 'supposed' to be. (Never again.)

While they may 'guarantee' their plants for the first year, they do not guarantee for plants you have to wait years for to bloom. So, save your money and stick to daylily nurseries and gardeners who produce and sell what you pay for. Oh, and this year...?

I am buying 'Get Jiggy' ... again ... this time, from Keast Daylily Gardens. I've already waited about six years to have it blooming in my gardens.
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