2023 Orders & Openings Chat

blown_dry · 2023-02-04T23:16:17+00:00

I sent off an email order to DahliaLama. We'll see!

edewitt

Sounds like there's gonna be some very sore people in the near future that didn't abide by Teresa's tuber limits she posted all over the site. She's going through the orders and getting ready to bring the hammer down with an order cancellation and refund. So there's probably gonna be some tubers available again at some point.

Krista

edewitt I'm one of those doofs who flubbed their order, not once, but three times. I'm not sore though, and will fully welcome the refunds when they arrive - they would have been three tremendous errors. I will say, I make a muck of orders so frequently that I'm feeling sheepish to be chatting in this forum. I made a heck of a mess of orders with Honken that make me wish I could hide forever. It's my MO I guess. LOL. ouch. 😆

calico20hill

Maybe I should just cllick on her site every morning and see what might have changed overnight?And why do I find Eric's comment hilarious?

AndreaB

calico20hill why do I find Eric's comment hilarious?

I did too, Noni! It’s a funny visual.

edewitt

I'd do that and then shoot her an email via her website in a couple of days after she gets everything sorted. She's in the process of letting everyone know that checked out with Rolf for $0 that it was an error and it's actually $12. I'm sure that'll make a few more people sore but they should've known it was an error. I definitely was not expecting that I'd get that for free after seeing the invoice for $0 for it.

calico20hill

blown_dry I agree. Teresa is one of the nicest people I have dealt with. She was one of the ones that got me excited about dahlia growing when I talked ot her at the first dahlia show I attended in Portland 20 years ago. She has had some hard blows to deal with, particularly having her son so ill and him having a stroke. She and I have traded tuber stock several times and she always has a lovely smile for me at meetings. I think I will just wait and see and talk to her in person when I get a chance...and I am also keeping an eye out for any updating on her site. I usually make my husband drive to her house to collect my order since it is not vary far away...just a pretty drive across the Columbia River and up the Cowlitz River. I am in favor of things that make her work easier and less stressful.

blown_dry

Krista You too? My favorite is when I forget to add the variety that inspired the order in the first place. I do that when ordering plants also.

calico20hill

I had a nice note from Teresa today...we are blaming the problem on an internet glitch, but she has my list now and will start cuttings of any she might be short tubers of. Considering that we had terrible internet service here when we first moved in 3 years ago, I would not be surprised if we did miss something, but our internet has improved a great deal since our neighbors put in cable back to their house behind ours.I am so grateful to them! Now we can actually get phone calls and hear them through to the end, where as before we often lost them during the conversation. It really surprised me that this close to Portland we would have intenet difficulties, but we are just a little "village" along in an older farming/logging community along the backside of the Columbia River. Which is why we moved here.

Krista

calico20hill I am so happy to hear that you were able to connect and that she can help you. Lucky you have folk like @blown_dry and myself to ensure that there will be refunds and available stock after the sale. In all seriousness, what a relief, this is joyous news!

AndreaB

calico20hill I had a nice note from Teresa today...we are blaming the problem on an internet glitch, but she has my list now and will start cuttings of any she might be short tubers of.

Yay! Wonderful news. I was hoping Teresa would be able to help.

Krista

blown_dry Yes yes yes, exactly. It's the anxiety of anticipation for me. By the time the shop opens, I've completely forgotten what I've even shown up for. Golls yes. I feel so seen. 🤩

Krista

Since I've already outed myself for having zero self-control when it comes to spelling idiosyncrasies, can anyone confirm this one; World Dahlia Directory reports "Chimacum Del Bloma" but darn near every sale spells it "Chimacum del Blooma?"

blown_dry

Krista People really want to make Blomma (Swedish for flower so maybe that's why it's in the name?) into Blooma; it's commonly misspelled. When you add Chimacum to the mix, it's a name I interact with often as I must standardize spelling to load inventory into the database. Ideally, I would ignore spelling aside from developing a database of variants, but I am my own worst enemy sometimes.

AndreaB

blown_dry People really want to make Blomma (Swedish for flower so maybe that's why it's in the name?) into Blooma;

Yes! Thank you for the clarification. I see it misspelled so frequently, I started to doubt myself and looked it up… again. I think it’s the dreaded spell-check “correcting” them.

Krista

blown_dry Ah this makes every bit of sense, translation, thank you for getting me to see the context here. I completely feel you in "worst enemy" moments, you're a better person than I could ever be for enduring the volume of spelling errors you most certainly encounter. I wonder if I'd start sending wholly unwanted spelling-police emails ... or having nightmares. 😆

calico20hill

AndreaB yes! Apparently there is some bad code somewhere in communicaiton between my computer and hers. So it really was the computers fault...not sure whether it is hers or mine but communicating through other channels works around it. And I know nothing about computer coding....

KitCMC

Chelan is open!

JessE

scored 4 more from Chelan Butte's third opening today. Even got a HH Pink Martini! And 4 from Flower A Farm

calico20hill

Ijust picked up Camano Love and a new Irish Ruffles. I've been missing Irish Ruffles since I Lost mine last year.

Krista

edewitt So many that Bloomquist Jean is still available which is wild.

calico20hill Camano Love is so temptingly, perfectly pink, I'll look forward to your photos this summer.

Darce I've not grown any of your new varieties but I'm excited for you. I'd love to grow Tahoma Tempest one day when I have more space too.

I picked up a few from Chelan this morning, even though I am out of space in my garden as of probably 25 tubers ago. I couldn't resist how explosively sunny and uplifting Lakeview Razzal will be in October when the drizzle begins here in Seattle.

MissyWeitzel

I managed to get a couple things I wanted from both Chelan and River Merle. Somebody needs to take my card away from me now though.I have been outta control the last couple months.

edewitt

Anyone purchase AC Intrigue? I'd really love to see how that one turns out. I've more than hit my limit for the year and they've got some real winners available.

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