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mystlw said:

Every summer, I make a road trip to northern Ohio to visit Perennial Plant Peddler. They don't ship, they only sell on-site, and they open in May. This year they have a lot of cultivars that have only been on "Display" available, and I have a very long list of what I want to buy. I'm going to be heartbroken if I miss this chance.

I'm trying to control my buying year, too. I only have about 20 shipping this spring -- mostly DeCaires -- because I ended up with 82 new cultivars last year. I'm running out of room for beds!

I hope they remain open and you get some of those elusive "display only" cultivars! I don't think there's a danger to them or their customers for ordering online and picking up, but on-site shopping is a whole other animal. Plus, who knows where we'll be by summer.

I went to a daylily farm on Martha's Vineyard once that left name-tagged fulfilled orders in paper grocery bags in a little wooden shelter they built by the roadside. Boy...those were the days!

My 83 still to ship are on top of an increase of 97 (YIKES!) last June-November. I've gone from 25 to 205. And I rent the house I'm in...so LOTS of pots.

We need a gritting teeth emoji here, so I'll use this one 😬. I hope you get your wish, and that your 20 newbies do awesomely.