edie3
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Post by edie3 on Apr 1, 2023 14:56:26 GMT
Somehow, I am on their email list and they have such pretty plants. I was wondering about the quality of the plants.
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Post by tmarschall on Apr 1, 2023 15:22:06 GMT
I've never ordered from them but I buy them from home improvement centers every year. The quality is great, especially wave petunias.
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luckyjune
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Post by luckyjune on Apr 1, 2023 15:26:03 GMT
Costco had baskets of their supertunias last year and I bought two. They were deep red and AMAZING! Whenever I was outside and someone walked by our house, they'd make a comment on the baskets.
ETA There is a husband/wife team on social media called Garden Answer. One of their sponsors is Proven Winners, if you want to see their plants in action. The Garden Answer people live in Eastern Oregon, so in a pretty extreme climate. Their gardens are beautiful. They post a 15-20 minute video on Facebook each day.
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Apr 1, 2023 15:55:33 GMT
I've bought their plants for years, no complaints. They are the most popular plants in the greenhouses, even here in northern Alberta. I'm zone 3a so many of the perennials are annuals here.
plaids.and.poppies on Instagram has an amazing yard and in the past few years has worked with Proven Winners. She lives in Michigan. In the summer she will do morning walks in the gardens with her coffee to show what's blooming.
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Apr 1, 2023 16:15:23 GMT
I will buy a Proven Winner plant over any other plant if I can find them. They are a bit hard to find in my area though. There used to be an awesome greenhouse that carried them, but they closed.
I have thought about ordering, but I wait to long and they are out of stock. I need to go check them out.
I want to get more Limelight hydrangea. LORD! I have one that is stunning. My husband said "get more of those".
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Post by Merge on Apr 1, 2023 16:31:03 GMT
Lowes carries them here
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gensmith
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Post by gensmith on Apr 1, 2023 17:03:18 GMT
Yes, and they were packaged perfectly and arrived without any issues.
You can find them in Lowes a bit cheaper but there’s more of a variety from their website. At least compared to my Lowes.
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 1, 2023 17:36:02 GMT
Costco had baskets of their supertunias last year and I bought two. They were deep red and AMAZING! Whenever I was outside and someone walked by our house, they'd make a comment on the baskets. ETA There is a husband/wife team on social media called Garden Answer. One of their sponsors is Proven Winners, if you want to see their plants in action. The Garden Answer people live in Eastern Oregon, so in a pretty extreme climate. Their gardens are beautiful. They post a 15-20 minute video on Facebook each day. Laura and Aaron are on YouTube also as Garden Answer. I’ve been watching them for a couple years now after my sister got me hooked on them when I was recovering from knee replacement. I’ve been ordering from Proven Winners for a couple years now. I can get some PW plants in stores and nurseries in my area, but if I know I want a specific plant or color or something that’s new to the public, I order it directly so that I can be sure to get it. I ordered this year after watching videos by Garden Answer and Gardening with Creekside, a nursery/grower in North Carolina. They don’t ship until it’s time to plant in your zone, so ordering early ensures I get what I want. If I find more things in the stores I may buy them too. |
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Post by sunshine on Apr 1, 2023 17:45:01 GMT
I’ve ordered from them a few times over the past few years. Their shipping is expensive IMO. You can order from a site called provenwinnersdirect.com and I think they have free shipping if you spend $45 I think.
I love the Proven Winners I’ve bought.
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Post by Merge on Apr 1, 2023 18:08:45 GMT
Y’all are enablers. I didn’t even realize you could order them online. Now I have nine new plants on the way. 😂
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Apr 1, 2023 20:08:59 GMT
I ordered from them a couple of years ago. It was way more expensive than buying the same brand locally. I mean way more expensive! I kept getting the run around when questioning why they were so late in shipping. I was not happy with how some of the plants were packaged and could tell some of the last to arrive could have been shipped much sooner.
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edie3
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Post by edie3 on Apr 1, 2023 22:59:14 GMT
Wondering if it is worth the shipping costs to avoid the home improvement stores.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Apr 1, 2023 23:09:10 GMT
Wondering if it is worth the shipping costs to avoid the home improvement stores. Not worth it in my opinion but if you do I hope you get good results. |
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iowgirl
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Post by iowgirl on Apr 2, 2023 13:05:34 GMT
Well, after reading this thread yesterday I did some major shopping at PW and also on ETSY for some new plants. LOL
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pilcas
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Post by pilcas on Apr 2, 2023 13:36:09 GMT
I have not bought from them directly but they are all over the two nurseries I frequent. Great plants!
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Post by zuke on Apr 3, 2023 11:58:06 GMT
The Lowes by us only carries a few. We can't find Jazzberry Supertunias anywhere! |
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Post by Merge on Apr 3, 2023 13:28:50 GMT
The Lowes by us only carries a few. We can't find Jazzberry Supertunias anywhere! I don't think I've seen those here, either. I never get petunias because I never get them in early enough - they're early-season flowers here and don't survive the brutal part of the summer. |
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Post by zuke on Apr 4, 2023 12:39:59 GMT
The Lowes by us only carries a few. We can't find Jazzberry Supertunias anywhere! I don't think I've seen those here, either. I never get petunias because I never get them in early enough - they're early-season flowers here and don't survive the brutal part of the summer. That was the problem. We started looking too late. We live in FL so we should have bought them months ago when it was cooler. |
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Post by auntkelly on Apr 4, 2023 14:36:51 GMT
Wondering if it is worth the shipping costs to avoid the home improvement stores. We buy Proven Winners at a locally owned nursery. They carry a huge selection and I know the plants have been well taken care of by the workers at the nursery. Last summer, the nursery workers recommended some Proven Winners drought resistant plants for a new raised flower bed I was planting at our lake house. We're only there on the weekends, and don't have automatic sprinklers, so the plants go days w/out being watered. We lost lots of established bushes and trees last summer, but the flowers in the raised beds bloomed all summer. I think it was a combination of the plants being healthy before I planted them and the nursery staff's expertise in picking out plants that were truly drought resistant. |
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