Community Chat

[Sweetbay magnolia]

They don't pack and expidite shipping as they should.

I've ordered from CF and had success growing things on, but the best out there is Fast Growing Trees.  They are expensive but the order arrives within days and they are expertly packaged.  

Worth the price.

Those succulents will be fine and you can propagate them simpy by scattering leaves around.  I do agree, however, that is not an acceptable purchase.

[bargainsgirl]

I bought 3 hydrangea plants many years ago on Q.  Only one survived.  Since then I only buy from my local nurseries.  

[gardenman]

Shipping anything live is a challenge. Some companies will ship a package to a destination with trackers and sensors inside to see how the package is handled. What they generally discover is that no matter how carefully they pack something and label it, it gets beat to death in transit. It's nearly impossible and expensive to make something shipper-proof. Those selling live items understand this and are typically very good at refunding or reshipping items destroyed in transit. 

[We rescue cats]

None of my hydrageas have every survived, and only one of the multi-color butterfly bushes has done so but it reverted to one color, it was probably a graft. Last year I bought a lavender that promised stronger fragrence, I did not notice a difference but it was healthy and robust. I swore I wasn't buying any this year but I broke down and bought Butterfly weed only because I can never find it locally other than seed, that plant does not like to be disturbed when growing but I'm trying this one to see how they do in our new butterfly garden.