Rate Your Mail Order Purchases

[daveyp1970]

Thank you for that Rudi,I really feel for you Lesley 

[meanie]

I would recommend Burncoose. Not the cheapest, but always well packaged (which is difficult in the case of a 80cm Sollya). And it was my Sollya that reinforced my faith in them - having ordered the white form it was blue when it bloomed. So off went the email with photos and me thinking "here we go" and they replied "no problem, we'll dispatch the correct one ASAP". The replacement arrived two days later. And as a bonus, when I enquired about returning the wrong one I was told it was there mistake and to keep it by way of an apology.

[Tony Willis]

This one would not make you happy but may be a collectors item. Although I understand sharing wives is something done in parts of Asia so it may be okay.

http://www.guandongenterprisesltd.com/

[daveyp1970]

I received my snowdrops from Avon bulbs and really can not praise them enough.TOP MARKS

[Paddy Tobin]

Avon Bulbs: Three snowdrops arrived today, perfectly packed, in excellent condition and all three with two flowering stems. Other items, polygonatum, nerine and eucomis were in similar good condition and packaging. Enclosed was a personal note to apologise that one item was sold out.

This is no surprise as I have always found this standard of care from Avon Bulbs.

Paddy

[Martinr]

This one would not make you happy but may be a collectors item. Although I understand sharing wives is something done in parts of Asia so it may be okay.

http://www.guandongenterprisesltd.com/

Knowing the way Royal marriages go perhaps this company has just beaten the competition to the marketplace

[scatigaz]

Same here. I ordered 8 snowdrops from avon and pleased with every one. Will be using them again.

[Gerry Webster]

This year, after several years of trials, I've found a site in my garden where Erythronium dens canis actually thrives (the Americans seem to do well anywhere). Consequently I've been looking to buy more forms by mail order & have been horrified by the standard charges for postage & packing made by many nurseries, even for small orders. A minimum order size I can understand as economically necessary but exorbitant charges for p & p? That's simply exploitation.

[meanie]

This year, after several years of trials, I've found a site in my garden where Erythronium dens canis actually thrives (the Americans seem to do well anywhere). Consequently I've been looking to buy more forms by mail order & have been horrified by the standard charges for postage & packing made by many nurseries, even for small orders. A minimum order size I can understand as economically necessary but exorbitant charges for p & p? That's simply exploitation.

What makes it even worse is when the morons that are entrusted with our goods loose them!
My (admittedly insured) Habenaria medusae have been lost - whilst my money is safe I can't find a replacement this side of Thailand. Very frustrating....

[David Nicholson]

This year, after several years of trials, I've found a site in my garden where Erythronium dens canis actually thrives (the Americans seem to do well anywhere). Consequently I've been looking to buy more forms by mail order & have been horrified by the standard charges for postage & packing made by many nurseries, even for small orders. A minimum order size I can understand as economically necessary but exorbitant charges for p & p? That's simply exploitation.

I agree Gerry.

[annew]

Can anybody recommend somewhere reliable to get Penstemons? I seem to have lost my old favourites over the winter, such as Garnet (Andenken an Friedrich Hahn), Midnight etc.

[fleurbleue]

Hi Anne, I received a healthy P. Stapleford Gem from Constantine Garden Nursery and they have several Penstemon in their catalogue 

[annew]

Thank you, Nicole.

[meanie]

Can anybody recommend somewhere reliable to get Penstemons? I seem to have lost my old favourites over the winter, such as Garnet (Andenken an Friedrich Hahn), Midnight etc.

Cotswold Garden Flowers has been recommended to me, but as they're about 40minutes away I'll be taking a drive down there at easter instead. I would happily put some seeds for P.digitalis "Huskers Red" in the post, although this gem of a plant is pretty readily available nowadays.

[annew]

Can anybody recommend somewhere reliable to get Penstemons? I seem to have lost my old favourites over the winter, such as Garnet (Andenken an Friedrich Hahn), Midnight etc.

Cotswold Garden Flowers has been recommended to me, but as they're about 40minutes away I'll be taking a drive down there at easter instead. I would happily put some seeds for P.digitalis "Huskers Red" in the post, although this gem of a plant is pretty readily available nowadays.

It's kind of you to offer, but that is one of the few that came through unscathed.