Garden

[kislandlover]

I have had success and failure from both. My greatest success was from Cottage farms, a hydrangea tree.  I laughed when I planted my "stick," but it did have blooms the blooms the first year and has gotten fuller every year since.  If it is getting taller, I can't tell, but is very full and pretty. 

From Roberta's, the Desert Star did well until I went into the hospital, and the one I gave my friend got quite large, but she let the frost kill it.  The moral: I think all can do well, but need a lot of time, care and TLC. If you want instant gratification, buy older, larger plants locally!

[Nataliesgramma]

I purchased lavender plants locally and from QVC......planted all of them down the side of the garage......the ones I got locally bloomed and the ones from QVC..dead.

Buy local...cheaper and better results...

[gonnab]

I can't understand why anyone would purchase plants online.  True - they look so pretty, healthy, full of blooms on the TV, and it's tempting,  but it's so obvious that they are fake blossoms.  Purchase from your local nursery - you'll get better plants and service.

[PINKdogWOOD]

Unless you are buying from a VERY REPTABLE grower,

BUY LOCAL.

PLEASE BUY LOCAL.

These garden growers on the q may be the good ones to buy local IF you live where they're located, their plants ARE very little, do not grow, do not bloom, die the first year you try them.

PLEASE BUY LOCAL.

[RedHeadedWench]

I don't understand it myself.

[Another new name Sue]

I would not buy plants from QVC, but I do enjoy the programming and think they offer items which we might not be able to find in the nurseries.  Also, you get so many plants with each order.  Since I have a fully established landscape, there is no room for the final size of all the plants they offer in one order.  They would take up too much space (assuming they lived!).

[msvictoria]

Try the Super Sweet 100 - they are sweet, tender and yield a ton of tomatoes. Be sure to stake them as they grow because they get about 4 ' high. I live in zone 5 and just plant these each year. They taste like candy and I eat them just about the same way! Hope you'll try them. You should be able to find them easily at your garden center, however I have seen them available in seed. Good luck!

[tl98466]

I agree! There has got to be other growers out there that can produce higher quality plants than those that are currently being offered! I appreciate the convenience of being able to buy through QVC, but the quality of plants is horrible (as the reviews show!). I'm back to buying local!

[JustJazzmom]

@tl98466

 If you find a plant here that you must have in your garden, google the botanical Latin name and there will be other nurseries that show up where it can be purchased. Look at the Gardenwatchdog website and see if their TOP 30 or TOP 5 carry the plant(s) you want. Read the comments under each company or the company you have googled on that site.

Good luck in your search for plants you want.

[mousiegirl]

Both companies have improved on the size of plants that are sent now, much bigger than a few years ago.  Everything I bought last year is thriving.  I planted the plants/trees in pots first to give them a good start, so they could grow and become strong, and fertilized them.