recommend a reliable supplier
for SWMBO "we" are going down the container route and am looking for a
reliable supplier for miniature daffs and tulip bulbs and spring flowering plug plants - primulets(?) pansies etc. Thanks. |
recommend a reliable supplier
On 12/10/2010 12:43, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-10-12 12:34:25 +0100, yuri said: for SWMBO "we" are going down the container route and am looking for a reliable supplier for miniature daffs and tulip bulbs and spring flowering plug plants - primulets(?) pansies etc. Thanks. Parkers are good for bulbs. We don't sell bulbs in our nursery but we use Parkers for the ones we want for the garden. http://www.jparkers.co.uk/ If you're going to go the plug route (and one of our customers has just sworn he'll never do so again!) you'll have to have somewhere to shelter them and bring them on yourself until they're ready to be planted out into their final home. I've been very pleased with mail order plug plants, which have always landed on the doormat, first class post, in perfect condition. Those I saw in the local garden centre looked very sorry for themselves, so one can only assume they don't have much of a shelf life. |
recommend a reliable supplier
Sacha wrote:
On 2010-10-12 13:57:38 +0100, stuart noble said: On 12/10/2010 12:43, Sacha wrote: On 2010-10-12 12:34:25 +0100, yuri said: for SWMBO "we" are going down the container route and am looking for a reliable supplier for miniature daffs and tulip bulbs and spring flowering plug plants - primulets(?) pansies etc. Thanks. Parkers are good for bulbs. We don't sell bulbs in our nursery but we use Parkers for the ones we want for the garden. http://www.jparkers.co.uk/ If you're going to go the plug route (and one of our customers has just sworn he'll never do so again!) you'll have to have somewhere to shelter them and bring them on yourself until they're ready to be planted out into their final home. I've been very pleased with mail order plug plants, which have always landed on the doormat, first class post, in perfect condition. Those I saw in the local garden centre looked very sorry for themselves, so one can only assume they don't have much of a shelf life. It depends on how they're looked after and who supplies them, to be honest. We've heard so many sad let-down stories about them and sometimes it's because they're sold so early and need to be kptp in a heated greenhouse, similar to one they've come from. If that's the case, only the customer can figure out if there's any financial saving made. Our customer sent for his from a firm he hadn't used before and was terribly disappointed. That said, if people get good plants and have the facilities to look after them properly etc. they'll probably be fine. As with so many things, word of mouth is probably the best recommendation for most people. I have used Gardening Direct for a number of years, twice a year for planting at school and have only been partially let down once. Plants (miniature plugs) arrive in good condition although sometimes s trifle leggy. They do other sizes of plugs, some of which probably arrive late enough in the spring to plant out. Website gives details of costs (generally £10 or so for 120 small plugs) and delivery dates. Malcolm |
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On 12/10/2010 14:32, Sacha wrote:
On 2010-10-12 13:57:38 +0100, stuart noble said: On 12/10/2010 12:43, Sacha wrote: On 2010-10-12 12:34:25 +0100, yuri said: for SWMBO "we" are going down the container route and am looking for a reliable supplier for miniature daffs and tulip bulbs and spring flowering plug plants - primulets(?) pansies etc. Thanks. Parkers are good for bulbs. We don't sell bulbs in our nursery but we use Parkers for the ones we want for the garden. http://www.jparkers.co.uk/ If you're going to go the plug route (and one of our customers has just sworn he'll never do so again!) you'll have to have somewhere to shelter them and bring them on yourself until they're ready to be planted out into their final home. I've been very pleased with mail order plug plants, which have always landed on the doormat, first class post, in perfect condition. Those I saw in the local garden centre looked very sorry for themselves, so one can only assume they don't have much of a shelf life. It depends on how they're looked after and who supplies them, to be honest. We've heard so many sad let-down stories about them and sometimes it's because they're sold so early and need to be kptp in a heated greenhouse, similar to one they've come from. If that's the case, only the customer can figure out if there's any financial saving made. Our customer sent for his from a firm he hadn't used before and was terribly disappointed. That said, if people get good plants and have the facilities to look after them properly etc. they'll probably be fine. As with so many things, word of mouth is probably the best recommendation for most people. I must say I was impressed with the design of the packaging. No chance of anything getting damaged in transit, goes through a normal letterbox, and has a good enough seal to prevent drying out. I imagine if the plugs hang around anywhere in the supply chain for long they might start to outgrow the container. Pretty tight fit IIRC |
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