Spring Hill/Brecks
David C. Putman
wrote:
T> : for the part I did not pay. Several weeks later I ordered
T> some bulbs or : something from Brecks and received a letter
T> saying that since I had not paid my : balance at spring hill
T> I would need to mail a check for the bulbs from Brecks.
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T> I don't know what THAT is all about but I've never had a
T> problem with Brecks. Now I wonder if they are affiliated with
T> Spring hill? I've heard nothing but bad stories about Spring hill.
Don't know about plant places. But banks out in Wa are tied together in some
kind of net & if you don't take care of previous problems with "Interstate
Bank" you can't open an account at "KeyBank". Doesn't make any difference
what the or whose problem it is.
The second bank told me it was some kind of guarentee organization they
belong to & the organization would not garentte the account agaginst misuse
unless prior problems where cleared. Wonderful say what
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Audrey Adams
doing business with Spring Hill. Don't know about Breck's . . .
Kay Stephenson
///In message ID <41tncc$f...@over.mhv.net> on 8/28/95,
///Thomas....@bbs.mhv.net
///wrote:
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///T> I don't know what THAT is all about but I've never had a
///T> problem with Brecks. Now I wonder if they are affiliated with
///T> Spring hill? I've heard nothing but bad stories about Spring hill.
Having ordered from both companies several times, I can tell you that no
matter which one you are calling, they generally answer "Spring Hill". I
always assumed it was the same company.
Kay Stephenson
AT&T Global Information Solutions
Mary f (Pud in Pavlova's kitchen)
>In message ID <41tncc$f...@over.mhv.net> on 8/28/95, Thomas....@bbs.mhv.net
>wrote:
>
>T> : for the part I did not pay. Several weeks later I ordered
>T> some bulbs or : something from Brecks and received a letter
>T> saying that since I had not paid my : balance at spring hill
>T> I would need to mail a check for the bulbs from Brecks.
>
>snip
>
They are sister companies. I ordered some bulbs from brecks,
then wanted to order the saffron crocus. They said their sister
company "Spring Hill" had them, and placed the order for me.
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Bob Dickow
> >In message ID <41tncc$f...@over.mhv.net> on 8/28/95, Thomas....@bbs.mhv.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >T> : for the part I did not pay. Several weeks later I ordered
> >T> some bulbs or : something from Brecks and received a letter
> >T> saying that since I had not paid my : balance at spring hill
> >T> I would need to mail a check for the bulbs from Brecks.
> >
> >snip
> >
> >T> I don't know what THAT is all about but I've never had a
> >T> problem with Brecks. Now I wonder if they are affiliated with
> >T> Spring hill? I've heard nothing but bad stories about Spring hill.
> They are sister companies. I ordered some bulbs from brecks,
> then wanted to order the saffron crocus. They said their sister
> company "Spring Hill" had them, and placed the order for me.
I often order from Spring Hill, and have had only the best of luck.
Their roses, BTW, surpased J&P for huskiness and quality.
Spring Hill will give satisfaction, too. I ordered their 'mixed'
spiderwort collection, and they sent me more when I complained that
they all came out the same purple variety.
I am not sure what 'sister' companies may mean, but I had a phone
receptionist explain something about them using maybe the same
ordering/promotional service, or something like that.
--
--Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu)
Thomas Randall
: I just got my package of tulip bulbs I ordered from Brecks.
: They look great! Nice, big, fat tulip bulbs. 50 of 'em!
: Now for a question... According to the instructions,
: I can plant them now and they are supposed to be hardy
: through the winter and bloom in the spring. Does this
: hold true for Zone 5? I have a narrow strip running up
: next to the house and have pre-prepared the soil by
: mixing in topsoil and peat moss. There's also a mulch
: cover. This area gets sun most of the day, but we
: do get cold winters here in Colorado.
: Any suggestions for companion plants would be
: appreciated as well. Thanks!
: Julie Zerbe
Your tulips should do just fine! As for companions experiment! Try
different bulbs. I use some daffodils, crown imperials so I have
something blooming all the time. When they all are blooming together it
looks great!
Tom
Janet Wintermute
> I just got my package of tulip bulbs I ordered from Brecks.
> They look great! Nice, big, fat tulip bulbs. 50 of 'em!
> Now for a question... According to the instructions,
> I can plant them now and they are supposed to be hardy
> through the winter and bloom in the spring. Does this
> hold true for Zone 5? I have a narrow strip running up
> next to the house and have pre-prepared the soil by
> mixing in topsoil and peat moss. There's also a mulch
> cover. This area gets sun most of the day, but we
> do get cold winters here in Colorado.
> Any suggestions for companion plants would be
> appreciated as well. Thanks!
> Julie Zerbe
You should get a fine show in Zone 5. In fact, here in Zone 7
(greater Washington, DC, area), we don't do tulips all that well. The
intense heat of the summers pretty much exhausts them in one year.
That is, they bloom fine in year 1 but don't make much of a show in
out years. Gardeners who do want tulip beds here (including the pros
who manage the National Park Service's public beds around the big
monuments downtown) are resigned to replanting with new bulbs
annually.
I verified this sad truth with a planting of 'Blue Parrot.' Good news
in 1994 but only 2 of 12 blooms repeated in 1995.
Daffs do great here, though....
jennifer
them in the fridge over winter so that they would get the
necessary winter chill time. Either he had a separate fridge
or didn't cook much. I think this works well for daffodils and
crocuses, but I seem to recall that tulips develop their roots
in the cool of autumn.
He was also much into forcing bulbs, to sell at the Swap
Meets.
I haven't done any testing of refrigerated bulbs, myself. Just
rose seeds ... though I once sprouted lettuce seed in the
fridge when the outside temp was too high for the seeds to
sprout.
Karl