Shipping Information

Pictured here is a typical Dogwood Farm plant ready for shipping.
This Photograph is only to show the typical size we sell and mail and variations in the plants are to be expected

This year bob and Becky will be preparing and shipping plants ordered through the web. We will package and ship orders on Mondays through Wednesdays so that they will reach their destinations by the end of that week. We used the US Postal Service Priority Mail for about 90 percent of our shipments last year and had no complaints from any of our customers. We shall continue that practice unless our customers report problems.

Please remember that the shipping and handling costs for each order requires digging or unpotting your plants, treating them with fungicide and watering them thoroughly for transit, obtaining the packaging material appropriate for each order, packing them and a 30-60 minute round-trip drive to deliver them to the post office or UPS. We truly are a rural location, and because we are not primarily a mail-order business, we must take the plants to them rather than have them collected.

We continue to happily accept VISA and MASTERCARD payments for your orders, you can use the online order form but it is not a secure site so we urge you not to transmit that information on the web. For security reasons, we suggest the following payment options for web orders:

Dogwood Farm's Policy

Dogwood Farm’s policy is always to send good healthy plants or plant divisions to its customers. The plants offered are tissue cultures or divisions of mature plants that have been grown on our farm in Zone 5 conditions. We have been state inspected and assure you that we take great care to protect your garden from any hazards. All plants shipped are treated with fungicides and shipped without soil to assure you of no risk to your garden or the plant.

One crown is a single division. Hosta begin as single crown plants that multiply by adding new crowns during a growing season. Most single crown hosta will become 2 or 3 crown plants the next year, and they will continue that growth unless divided or transplanted.

Planting your hosta to assure its successful growth requires only a few important steps. First dig a hole several times larger than the plant’s roots. A dwarf or small hosta will require a hole about 12" across and 6" deep. A medium hosta needs a hole about 18" across and 10" deep. A large or giant hosta needs a hole at least 24" across and 15" deep. Into this hole place a mixture of equal amounts of good top soil, coarse sand, and compost or aged manure. Spread the hosta roots and cover them with this good soil mix. Make sure the soil does NOT cover the green part of the plant’s crown. If you are planting earlier in the growing season, you can add alfalfa meal to this mix to promote leaf growth. If you are planting late in the season, you might add a small handful of rock phosphate to the soil beneath the plant roots. We use two kinds of fertilizer on our plants: Green Sand, a non-burning natural product, and Osmacote or Sierra-Blen, timed release fertilizer beads. The key ingredient to successful growth of any hosta is regular watering. We try to deep water our plants every three days if there is no rain. Newly transplanted hosta should not be allowed experience drought conditions.

If your plant should lose some leaves, watch for new leaf development in the center. If the dying leaves pull easily off the plant, try sprinkling household cleanser with bleach, such as Comet, around the base of the plant crown or spray the plant with a mixture of 1 part bleach and 9 parts water.

If you have a question about the planting or care of your hosta, call or fax 765-344-0103 for help. You can also reach us by E-mail at dogwoodfarm@hostagarden.com

Our new base shipping charge is $12 for up to 3 plants via US Priority Mail. Additional plants are $3 each. We retain the right to adjust those charges up or down for unusually small or unusually large plants. NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.