I have purchased a few plants and potting soil here and have been pleased with the service, that is, until now.
Two weeks ago I purchased two subtropicals - Bromilade and Anthurium. They looked great in the store. There were no instructions for the Bromilade and few for the other. Two days after acquiring them, the Bromilade's leaves have begun to brown. The Some of the Anturium's leaves began to brown as did the only open flower. Within a week, I had to trim off 5 leaves, 3 more began to brown and now I have to remove them. The other two flower buds have still not opened and they are turning black. Today I stopped into PGC for advice. Their answer was, "ours are doing fine, not sure why yours are not". The woman that sold them to me said, "maybe they need fertilizer?" And when I asked about drainage for the Bromilade she said it definitely needed that. Then I showed her the two in the shop that were exactly the same, closed pot with no drainage. Her answer was, "We didn't pot them, that's the way the came." In other words, 1. They don't know their products; 2. They don't know how to care for them, 3. They don't seem to much care.
These two plants were not inexpensive - $45 and I'm TICKED OFF that they appear to be dying AND the staff obviously don't know what to do.
When I do business somewhere, am I being unreasonable to think the staff should know their product and product care?
I guess I'm going to be giving all my business to Vermeer's.