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What's a good online plant shop?

13 replies

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 09/08/2016 14:24

Any advice really appreciated thanks.
I'd love to get some new pretty plants/shrubs for my big garden planters but I'm not really sure what's available now and will still look good come Sept/Oct.
I live too far from a decent garden centre.

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Ferguson · 09/08/2016 21:04

Heuchera come in a vast range of leaf colours, and can be virtually 'evergreen' and go on all winter. They send up little slender flower spikes, but are mostly grown for the leaf colours and shapes:

www.heucheraholics.co.uk/

We have Binoche, which is a dark purple/black, and its flower spike is a metre tall:

www.plantagogo.com/HEUCHERA----Binoche--PBR-745.html

OllyBJolly · 09/08/2016 21:09

I like Hayloft Plants www.hayloft-plants.co.uk/

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 09/08/2016 21:18

Thank you very much Ferguson & Olly!

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TheSpottedZebra · 09/08/2016 21:20

There is that www.secretgardeningclub.co.uk that has been mentioned on here a few times too...

traviata · 10/08/2016 19:14

I've gone off the secret gardening club - I haven't been impressed with the quality of some things they've sent, and I got a refund on my last order due to the condition of the plants.

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 10/08/2016 19:28

Good to know, thanks.

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lovelycuppateas · 14/08/2016 17:58

Late to answer (sorry), but I have been really pleased with the stuff I've ordered from Sarah Raven this year. Despite being in different weather conditons to her south of England garden, everything I have got from her has grown really well, and she has really good ideas about good combinations of plants. I think she's particularly good for ideas for containers.

VanellopeVonSchweetz99 · 14/08/2016 18:57

Thank you so much Lovely!

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BengalCatMum · 14/08/2016 19:14

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fiorentina · 15/08/2016 20:33

I like crocus.co.uk and have had success with many plants from there.

funnyperson · 16/08/2016 01:25

Burncoose
Thompson and Morgan
Wriggly Wrigglers
Suttons
Claire Austin
Taylors Clematis
David Austin
Plants for Shade
Hayloft
Beth Chatto

Main thing is to set a budget and think of a planting plan and do not click until the following day!!! THey will all send catalogues if requested

Tessticklesyourfancy · 16/08/2016 11:00

Another vote for Crocus. I've ordered from them a few times and everything has thrived, the last lot of plants I got in June are doing really well, a white small hydrangea, some ferns, lungwort and geraniums, all growing and looking very healthy.

shovetheholly · 16/08/2016 13:57

I'm still rooting for Secret Gardening Club, though some of the plants lately have been rather on the dry side when they arrived. I know it's summer, but they aren't in transit for that long. I am not sure whether they're having problems onsite, but I hope they sort it out soon because until recently they've been great!

Hayloft, Hardy's are brill. The best plants I've bought online, however, have been from ebay sellers.

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