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gardenglory recommended Tropical Plants & More and wrote:

I bought heirloom garlic. Everything about the transaction, and most importantly the garlic, could not have been better. Professional and seamless, but it's the garlic...Oh man, was that garlic an awesome surprise. I ordered it to plant in the fall. I roasted one clove of each variety to "test" it. Let's just say I wont be planting this year. Ended up eating it all :-) highly recommend

vitrsna recommended Horizon Herbs and wrote:

This is a great company! They have an interesting selection of products and seeds that range from common to eclectic, all USDA organic. Some seeds for plants that you may never have heard of, some plants that you may not find elsewhere. They are located in the US state of Oregon, and delivery and service have always been prompt and correct. I have experienced good germination results with perennial seeds they have described as "cranky germinators," so I have faith that I am receiving fresh products when I order from Horizon Herbs. It is quickly becoming my 1st go-to place when I'm looking for seeds and sometimes when I don't know what I'm looking for. I recommend Horizon Herbs if you are not familiar with it. Even if you are not shopping for anything specific, it is worthwhile browsing and reading.

Dennis616 recommended Keast Daylily Gardens and wrote:

Keast Daylily Gardens is located in Iowa in zone 5 and sells field-grown northern cold hardy daylilies. Some people nowadays assume that older daylilies are always inferior to newer ones, but I think it would be a mistake to ignore the numerous well-proven and top-notch older cultivars that do exist. Keast is an excellent resource for many of these older but excellent daylilies. They do have some newer cultivars as well, and overall have a nice mix that includes miniatures, doubles, large flowers and ufo-spiders. Tom and his wife Mary (the owners) have some interesting introductions of their own, as well. I purchased from them this spring and was quite pleased-- I recommend them!

Dennis616 recommended Harmon Hill Farm and wrote:

Harmon Hill Farm has what I consider to be a huge selection of excellent northern cold hardy daylilies. It's a nice mix of old and new. This year they added a gallery to their website which has photos of nearly every one of the 1800+ cultivars they offer. I emailed Carl, the owner, with a few questions and he was very gracious to answer them for me. I placed quite a large order from them this spring and received large fans that were very good quality. Several plants ordered as double fans were sent as 4, 5 and even 6 fans! Carl explained that if they have a lot of the plant he will send a lot. Because of the quality of their selection, and the quality (and quantity) of fans I received from them, I highly recommend purchasing daylilies from Harmon Hill.

Lalambchop1 recommended Abundant Daylilies and wrote:

I buy from Mark Sattelmeier at Abundant every year. He has great prices and grows his plants wonderfully. There are always extra fans. Highly recommend.

Dennis616 recommended Slightly Different Nursery and wrote:

Slightly Different Nursery’s Paul Owen has a goal of creating tough, cold-hardy daylilies with large blooms and rapid reblooming. That really struck home to me. I placed an order this spring and was thrilled to receive great additional gift plants and fans that were very large and healthy. So far the daylilies have lived up to the top-notch expectations I could not help but have for them. I too have found Paul to be a very nice and knowledgeable guy. I highly recommend his daylilies and ordering from his nursery.

beckygardener recommended Miss Becky's Lily Farm and wrote:

I ordered 4 plants and gave her the name of one that I wanted as the bonus plant. She sent me all that I ordered. I was expecting 2 fans of each. I got more than 2 fans of some of them. All were nice green, healthy fans (trimmed back of course) that looked like they had just been dug up. All were at least double fans. Her prices are very competitive and she has a nice selection of cultivars. I will be ordering from her again.