reliable internet plant sellers....

[mattcockhand]

anyone used crocus or sarah raven? any good? any gems out there?! cheers!

My dad used crocus and seemed very happy with them.

In my limited experience, plants from Crocus are good quality, but more expensive than with other suppliers - wait for their sales! Frankly, I’ve had very mixed experiences with all the big names and now prefer some of the smaller nurseries - Bluebell Cottage Gardens for perennials, Pepperpot for herbs and Fibrex for pelargoniums.

I haven’t tried them yet but friend who is a keen gardener recommends this company

www.jparkers.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzqWAr5qp8AIVB-7tCh0iPgySEAAYASAAEgK4UvD_BwE

DO NOT USE Gardening Express

@Snowinsummer

DO NOT USE Gardening Express

Oh why not? I bought 5 plants from them and they would have all survived if I hadn't managed to almost kill one of them myself

I've got some great plug plants of eBay - plants from Sarah Raven and Crocus are good but expensive and I find they are over optimistic on how hardy their plants are

Lime cross Nursery where really helpful in the spring when I was buying a magnolia. Even sent picture of them so that I could chose & then dispatched 24 hour service & so well packaged. Seriously impressed.

Gardening Express sent me dead plants & wrong plants never ever responded. In the end I had to do a chargeback on my credit card to get a refund. Read the reviews online. I think watchdog has even been involved. Unfortunately I didn't know this when I ordered.

I have had some excellent plants this season from Claire Austin - perennials. Of the 50+ plants I ordered (new flower bed!), only two failed and they were replaced no problem.

When we had a garden designer do our garden she recommended using a local nursery in Yorkshire (RVRogers for those in the north) so the plants would be hardy. We got a load of bare root trees and bushes and they all did fabulously.

I've used Crocus, plants are always excellent. For trees, even though they seen expensive at first glance, I use Barcham trees, the trees are well shaped, and always delivered by their own delivery company so well cared for.

Another vote for Crocus here too.

I have also been very pleased with my plants from both Crocus and Sarah Raven, they are expensive but so far have definitely been worth it.

I have also used Hayloft and been happy with the stuff from them, and I have also used Ashridge nurseries and received good service (although not the plants unfortunately, but that was completely not their fault!)

Crocus is really good and the plants come really well protected. I've used J Parkers and have had a pretty good hit rate for keeping everything alive. When 2 of my hebes and all 3 of my gauras died, they replaced them with no quibble.