I have ordered from them and have been pleased. Have not done so in several years though due to the lack of respect shown to my purchases by our mother/son tag team of galloping gardeners. Now that they are older and somewhat slower, I may be able to try again next year! :-)

i like all the choices that I cannot find locally.

Gets excellent reviews for Garden Watchdog. It seems to be favored by members of the Trees, Conifers and Shrubs forums for offering less common selections than most local nurseries or even many other mail order nurseries. I guess it's very well named!!

Boy! That's a nice endorsement :-)

Always a pleasure to give credit where it is due :-) BTW, I forgot to mention that several years ago this nursery was featured in the Wall Street Journal, and was nominated by Fine Gardening magazine as one of the eight nurseries in the U.S. that one "must visit before you die."

Mxk3, I hope you will be pleased with your azaleas.

Well, alrightee then -- looks like I made the right decision to order from them! :0)

Yeah, I have purchased many, many times from Rare Find but 95% of it was done before it changed hands. Glad to hear the new people are upholding their reputation.

I too think very highly of Rare Find nursery. However, the entire staff seem to have changed since Hank's death. Not sure why.

"However, the entire staff seem to have changed since Hank's death"

"Not sure why"

For the same reasons similar changes happen in similar circumstances at similar companies ;-). That's probably all that needs to be said... Ron was brought in by Hank to manage the horticultural side of the nursery, and it's a shame he is no longer affiliated with it. But it's still a great nursery, and the big picture is that the buying public was lucky the family, though having no interest in horticulture themselves, were willing to help the erstwhile employees try to preserve the legacy Hank started. Some owners would have wanted to get the quickest buck possible out of the place, and sold it for the land's value only.

Well Sweep Farm is the most fantastic nursery of its type I've ever been to, and I highly recommend it, too.