When I ordered from the HD sale that was posted here, I got fabulous J&P roses, and got them fast. I ordered the test panel roses from J & P and they got here fast and healthy. Then I ordered from Wayside on June 6, and the guy who took my order thanked me for calling and ordering from Jackson and Perkins. Huh? Oops, he said, we just bought J & P and I take orders for both. I asked if the roses were coming from Wayside in S. Carolina or from J & P in California. He said we have them here in S. Carolina, and we'll send them to you in a week and a half. I called today, and they said the roses won't be shipped until June 30, and they are coming from..you guessed it...California (in this heat?) and will be from J & P. They also deleted part of my order, item no longer carried. Their transition isn't going so well because both companies are losing customers now. I don't understand why they advertised so heavily when they can't fulfill the orders, and they are going to end up refunding so many of them. You would think they would assign an employee to at least communicate with customers about the delays. From a business perspective, I think they would have been better off to compost the excess stock than to alienate so many customers when they can't deliver healthy goods. People don't remember the good price they got on something, they remember long delays, lack of communication, fried plants, bad information. That's sure not going to make them come back next year willing to pay full price.

Yeah, my neigbhors asked me how I was able to achieve that many plants. They saw me working on the garden around early March. They were curious about the garden beds I was making. They saw the milk jugs. I explained to them what it was and also gave them the Wintersown site. I actually watched their reactions when they saw it. They didn't pay much attention to it kinda like "oh, ok". However, when plants started to come out/bloom, they went back to me and asked, "was that from the tiny greenhouse". :) I'm going to make more beds maybe by fall once my knee gets better. :D Thanks mnwsgal! :)

kpr58 I can't believe you didn't get any takers! How lucky you are to have a cottage on the Island! M

Hi Samantha. Keep the soil moist as P. mollissima (correctly known as P. tripartita var. mollissima) type Passiflora have poor root systems that cannot cope with a big water throughput. I would suggest putting them on a nice sunny window and they would be much happier. Keep them indoors over winter as they are not very frost resistant. Myles Here is a link that might be useful: Passiflora info.