Plants on the Internet

these people sell reliable plants

It was owned by Alan Titchmarsh when it first started. Don't know if it still is. Not cheap, but well brought on plants.

Royal Horticultural Society Website

Type in the plant you wan, follow the links. All seem to do online sales these days.

I've bought some winter aconites 'in the green' from an Ebay site. They look strong and I hope they will survive, unlike ones I planted as corms which never saw the light of day.

Oh Anniebach! I had no intention buying any plants until I looked at the web page I linked to.

Guess what?!!!

(Warning!)

I have tried and tried with aconites anno. Corms, green in pots, the lot. No luck. Such a bummer!

Better luck with yours. [fingers crossed]

If conditions for the plants are wrong, it won't work- too rich, too limey, too acid, too much shade or not enough... no matter where you buy, conditions are paramount to success.

I spent good money buying Martagon lilly bulbs in the UK (£15 each)- and never managed to grow one. Here, I was given a few- and they grow and spread like wildfire- as their are native to the area and very happy here.

Must go and see if the aconites I bought in the UK some years back are coming up- they have done very well last few years.

So sorry Jingle

Thanks everyone

Don't be sorry Anniebach. It's great! Specially as DH already knows he is going to clear the bit of garden they are intended for. And dig the holes. I will add a shovelful or two of soil. (Pity I haven't got a little silver shovel)

I always go for the cheapest price of the plant I want on ebay, and have never had a failure. I even bought a healthy 6ft Jelly Palm for only £30 a couple of years ago. They are at least £199 at my local tree nursery.

I was going to suggest Crocus too - and once you're on their mailing list they send helpful newsletters too - regularly.

When I was having a look at Jingle's link earlier, I somehow found a link to a free gardening app (right plant for the right place) and now I can't find it again. Pleease does anyone know where it's gone?

I've been buying plants online for years, GCs (garden centres in gardenerspeak) only stock what many gardeners consider to be a very basic stock. Apart from someone sending me red lilies when I wanted white, I have never had any problems. I ordered a pretty pink hellebore today.

Crocus is very good, but my goodness the prices! But as a present you can't beat them because they are always in excellent condition.

I haven't had plants from Crocus but have bought other garden things[willow fence stuff and pots etc] their service is very good.

I've bought a rambling rector. The last one died and our rector resigned! Not sure if there's a link

I still haven't had the raspberries I ordered from T & M . Last I heard, they were waiting for cold weather for them to go dormant?

Watch out for that Rambling Rector. Ours climbed all over the pergola and looked and smelt wonderful - until his weight brought it down and he had to be amputated at the ankle, not surviving the operation.

But before then, a little seedling had appeared nearby. It was carefully nurtured and grew into a lovely Son of Rector (Son of the Manse?) who is currently growing vigorously up a frame attached to the garage. I hope the garage is safe.

Wiggly Wigglers is good for native plants and wild flowers.

One of my ex neighbours in Leics has the most amazing and ginormous rambling rector- when in flower, it almost causes accidents on the A47 as people slow down to admire it. As we live in a very old Vicarage, I was thinking of getting one when we visit the UK in a couple of weeks- to plant on the wall of the WC and Central heating shed at the back of the Church, which is quite ugly. I wonder how hardy it is, as we get lots of snow in winter- but it would be on west side, so protected from the cold east wind.

I'll pop in to Barnsdale Gardens near Rutland Water (Geof Hamilton's garden centre, now run by his son and dil- a lovely place if ever you get a chance- and nearby Oakham is a delight- and you could have lunch at the Michelin * Pub, the Olive Branche, just a few minutes away in Clipsham- or at the garden centre- or the gorgeous stone Hôtel and restaurant, Barsndale Lodge just a couple of minutes south.

granjura I think Rambling Rector is pretty hardy. It is an old variety grown on its own rootstock, not grafted.

I have a Rambling Rector. It has survived the last few awful winters we've had in the UK since 2008, in fact it's almost impossible to control, so must be über hardy. The smell is amazing.