White Poppies turned out to be red Poppies.

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WaterWater

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We purchased Poppies from a garden centre and paid a premium for a white variety. One year on and these have grown a standard red. Still beautiful but not what we paid for. Would you bother complaining?
 
I can't believe this thread! What has the world come to?!? Why not sue the garden centre? Alterantively, paint the poppies white?
 
Really constructive Welfarite.

WaterWater, only you can decide if it's worth complaining. Most likely it was an error and they'll swap them over; if not just don't go there any more.
 
You say "paid a premium" - how much of a difference was there in price between the two varieties?
 
Think you should complain, yes. You probably carefully colour co-ordinated the entire bed of plants so to have what was supposed to be a white poppy come up as red may have ruined the whole scheme.

If they are decent they should apologise and come up with some kind of small compensation- like a voucher or something.
 
I once bought a packet of (expensive) Kew Garden seeds and Lo and Behold, one month later as I went to sow them, opened the packet and no seeds
I had bought them in a well known stately home here in Ireland, but as it was some distance away I contacted Kew seeds direct and they very promptly sent me a couple of new packets of the seeds, just in time for planting that year. So just go back to where you bought them - they may offer you another plant of your choice. I don't suppose they'll want the red ones back!
 

Then you can colour coordinate it with the red or green Dettol spray that Vanilla keeps in her kitchen.

I prefer the yellow lemon myself.
 
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