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@calico20hill ”just pop it into the mail when it arrives”
I see now that I requested “3/13/23” as my ship date so we can plan on making arrangements sometime around then.
2023 Orders & Openings Chat
The variety I was really hoping for was Allen's Smoky Skies. Open to trades or purchase!
calico20hill s. I did have my eye on several of those Allen's dahlias and the Hapet Cupid I think it was....
I was also eyeing Hapet Cupid but have nothing to show. If Allen’s Smoky Skies was one you wanted, I have spare to share
janell Yes, Allen's SmokySkies is one that I just love and can't seem to get tubers of to hold over. IT made a pitiful tiny clump for me last year that was not even worth storing though I tried. .
I pulled one of my Allen's varieties last year for having really spotty foliage...I don't remember which it was. I know I have Annabelle extras I could trade. I'll have to check what my 2 others were. I am just going over my tubers for a check up now and writing how many I have which I did not do in packing them away. So far, most of them are doing fine.
I scored Battle Angel last year and hopefully it wintered. If it made it, I will take extra measures.
I went searching for Cowlitz River Dahlias and found they have a new web address and email since last year. I "rejoined" and even though I missed this sale I hope I will get the info in time for the next one.
calico20hill Noni, Teresa said she’ll be adding more to the site and to check back often. Maybe you could let her know if there’s something in particular you’re hoping to get. I’m sure she’d be disappointed to know you weren’t on her mailing list.
calico20hill i did see that garden of eden has Allen's Smokey Skies. Den is the nicest and she grows spectacular dahlias. PM if you want a link.
Noni, same thing happened to me! First I was told to enter a password. I had never used one for Cowlitz. Then I tried the link from Dahlia Addict and got the invalid address message. I ordered from Teresa for close to 10 years. I would have thought she'd have notified her old customers.
I don't think she is tech savvy and her internet stuff all literally went poof and had to be rebuilt from scratch at the same time she became a caregiver for her son. I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone.
i was late to the Cowlitz opening, and i knew of her opening time via email. Not sure if it was because i recently renewed subscription or not. But her varieties went fast, a very high percentage in the first hour. Unfortunately, i did not place an order. But will keep an eye out for round 2. Last year, she had another sale which included a lot more cuttings. Not sure if she is doing that this year.
Just from the announcements on her site and Facebook page I got the impression she seemed a bit stretched thin with all that was going on. Caregiving, tuber dividing/inventory, entering it in to a new system, setting prices, etc... honestly I'm pretty impressed.
addicted First I was told to enter a password. I had never used one for Cowlitz.
She locked her site for a bit while they prepared for the sales so that's probably why you got the password prompt.
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My experience was similar. I decided on the 2 roots I wanted most, one of which was Salish Twilight Girl. I knew I had to have a $25 minimum . Then I thought "what if one of these isn't available when I check out and I don't have $25 worth?", so I added a third and placed the order at exactly 5:00 pm EST. It went! Then I got a message: The second one I ordered was gone but STG and my "extra" were still in the cart. Deleted the unavailable one and filled out all the shipping information again. Hit order. Sorry STG unavailable - at which point I shut down my browser. I don't understand when I was paying by PayPal and they greet me with a message that "we recognize you on this browser and there's no need to sign in", why I had to fill in all my mailing information. Pay Pal already has all that and if I hadn't had to type it all in TWICE I might have gotten at least one of the roots. There has to be a better way!
Ugh! You thought ahead on the issue that brought me down, but there were more hurdles! I'm so sorry. My browser fills in my name and address successfully in pretty much all carts, so that might be part of why I usually have good success.