It's so rare to have your expectations exceeded, but that's exactly how I feel about my first order from Gardens Oy Vey. I needed three biggish crossvine plants to start on a new, large pergola my husband built. Found the Oy Vey site, they seemed to have what I needed, established plants in 3-gallon pots. They were advertised as being 3-4 feet in length, which was more than I thought I'd be able to get, especially for only $54 each, so I ordered. That was a Sunday and they arrived on Wednesday (after Wolfgang emailed to make sure I'd be able to take delivery that day), and were packed really well, still totally moist (amazing since I'm in Texas and it's June, and the plants spent a few days on hotter-than-sin UPS trucks between here and Tennessee), and when I unboxed them I actually hollered out loud in glee because I couldn't believe how great they looked. I started pulling apart the vines and spreading them out to see what I had and just WOW. Some of them were almost 6 feet long! Each pot had one large (about 1-inch thick) woody main stem with several (over a dozen) secondary vines coming off. Both woody and green, old growth and brand baby-new.
I spent the last few days getting them planted and winding the stems up and around the pergola posts and my husband can attest that I spent 90% of the time exclaiming, "Holy moly, these are awesome, this is so much more than I expected, we scored!" No joke, this is the best value for money I've spent in a really, really long time. I had no idea you could get such large, established, healthy plants online without breaking the bank.
Also, we really liked that they included a planting guide, with drawings too, showing the best way to plant for good drainage, etc. This was new to me, doing a raised-bed type of planting, and I think it's going to work great. I'm just really happy with the entire deal and I'll definitely use this company in the future. read more