CatcherAl: Following Sky's post to me concerning a lovely flower Prairie Smoke (Geum Triflorum) I thought I would try to grow some from seed. I duly went onto ebay and found a few sellers in the USA that export to the UK. Not to expensive until one looks at the postage costs. Remember these are seeds and weigh next to nothing. Just out of interest I found a similar seed supplier but this time a more common Prairie Aster. What a con huh? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324501164885?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item4b8dc6d355:g:KjIAAOSwjDBgOt4Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACgBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252Fn%25
The latter is for 200 seeds priced at $4.56 plus postage of $1.19 , the sort of price that is fair I think?
|Then the seeds I wanted $11.39 for 25 seeds plus $19.50 postage.
All I can think is that the seeds must be 40" x29" and weigh 17oz. each, Just a joke I think? I wish it was folks but no........... that's the price one has to pay. All I can say is that they won't be featuring in my garden display next year
A huge thanks to Sky for showing me this most unusual flower xxx
sky_deep: I'm glad you found the seeds...but wow they are expensive. Maybe it is the gold leaves at the top of the stem lol...or maybe they turn into a beanstalk. Maybe you should try making the Wishing Well instead Love ya Al
What a con huh?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324501164885?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item4b8dc6d355:g:KjIAAOSwjDBgOt4Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAFAAACgBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%252Fn%25
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164477351279?hash=item264b9d356f:g:OmsAAOSwjV9fmzSN
The latter is for 200 seeds priced at $4.56 plus postage of $1.19 , the sort of price that is fair I think?
|Then the seeds I wanted $11.39 for 25 seeds plus $19.50 postage.
All I can think is that the seeds must be 40" x29" and weigh 17oz. each, Just a joke I think? I wish it was folks but no........... that's the price one has to pay.
All I can say is that they won't be featuring in my garden display next year
A huge thanks to Sky for showing me this most unusual flower xxx