Greenthumb

[SPARTAN...@cs.com]

David;

Yes, I ordered from this seller and received my order around 10 days ago or so.  I'm somewhat disappointed for two reasons...one, the plants aren't as large as pictured, nor are they as colourful (Waymaniae) as pictured.  The man did a terrific job packing the plants...he wrapped each plant's roots in moist moss and wrapped this in plastic...and tied it perfectly....then he did the stupidest thing...he wrapped each plant within a large plastic bag...with water. I received the package 8 days from the date that he sent them.  Naturally all of the leaves fell off one of the plants and had all turned to mush! (H. vitellina)  The H. waymaniae, too, dropped most of its leaves...but it was over the first week or so...since then the plant looks more stable.  Perhaps this is to be expected.  I received a larger order from Aleya and 8 of the 10 plants I ordered had leaves yellowing and dropping for the first 10 days...but, all has been stable since.  The H. glabra from Greenthumb arrived in perfect condition....5' vines....and lost none of it's leaves. This is what I was expecting of all 3 plants.  I would recommend that, if you order from him, to ask him NOT to place the plants in a plastic bag with water.  The glabra was in a bag, but had no water added.  Only the waymaniae had around a 1/2 cup of water in with the plant.  I e-mailed him to thank him and mentioned the shape that H. vitellina was in....he said "hopefully it will grow leaves".  It's only been around 10 days, but there's no sign of leaf growth so far...it looks rather dead.  He's a very nice man...but, his english isn't very good.  I WOULD order from him again...only with the request that he not place the plants in plastic bags...just the roots!! P.S. he does charge $5 for the phyto-cert.  Best wishes, Patrick

[Kim Tipton]

Yea, we also ordered from him. We got quite a few plants, but the same thing happened. I think if he didn't rap his plants in plastic bags, they would make the trip ok. He does have some nice plants, but a lot of pictures can be deceiving. When he first started listing, his prices were a lot cheeper. If you watch close you can see them constantly going up, but irregardless we are placing our last order of the season with him as we speak.  Kim and Gina --- On Tue, 10/6/09, SPARTAN...@cs.com <SPARTAN...@cs.com> wrote: