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BUYING PLANTS ONLINE - A GUIDE TO MAIL ORDER PLANTS



With so many Mail Order Plant Nurseries now with plants and bulbs for sale Online from catalogues on the internet, you can buy flowering plants to be delivered to your door or as a gift to friend or relative in another part of the country or even overseas. It is often difficult to choose which nursery you should be buying the plant from for the best plants and the quickest and easiest delivery, this is especially true when dealing with overseas nurseries.

When looking for plants to choose plants as a gift consider if you want the plant to be in full bloom in a pot or container or if you would be happy for the plant to be sent barefooted. Gifts of bare rooted plants might seem a little strange, however if you are dealing with a keen gardener who knows plants, or is perhaps a collector of rare and interesting species then they will love the gift and get extra pleasure from watching it grow.

Potted plants can be bought online from Garden Centers or 'Retail Nurseries', Mail Order Nurseries are generally set up to sell bare rooted plants when they are dormant. So if you are looking to buy a potted plant, in flower, online, then look for a garden center as close as possible to where you want the plant delivered, ask if they have a delivery service (some do not) and expect to pay for delivery, in some cases potted plants purchased online can cost more to deliver that than the plant will to buy. Remember you will have to accept what they have in stock, so don't get to fussy with choice unless you are prepared to wait for them to get stock in for you, and then this may be in a few months if you are looking in the wrong season.

With bare rooted plants and bulbs you are generally looking for something specific, the choice will be almost limitless, plants can be sent from one side of the country to the other, however you still need to be aware of quarantine restrictions when you look to buy plants online and send them from one state to another.

Usually looking at specialist nurseries as listed in our mail order and specialist nursery section will give you the widest choice when buying plants online either for yourself or as a gift. Simply browse the individual plant species and cultivar sections on this page and navigated to the nursery.

If you are looking for plants to buy and send overseas in the UK or Australia and now New Zealand try our international sites, all great places for finding plants and to buy plants online from Mail Order Nurseries.

 

Where and how to buy Mail Order Plants from online nursery catalogs. Buying mail order plants from Mail Order Nurseries can be an easy, effective and cheap way of finding plants for the garden.

You will find a number of advantages worth considering when looking for mail order plants sold by specialist online nurseries, these nurseries may deal with specific types of plants and many are expert growers, many have extensive lists available year found in online catalogs.

Buying gardening and nursery products online is now just as simple as visiting a Garden Center or Retail Nursery. Plants and products are well displayed on web sites often along with more information than you will find in a retail garden outlet.

Gardeners who wish to expand their collection of plants will find more options and varieties available online than they can imagine. So if you are looking for something different check out the wide range of nurseries who offer plants and gardening supplies and equipment for sale online and delivered by mail.

Our Plant Finder allows you to search and order plants and flowers online by name, includes plant photos, species, and varieties, plant characteristics, plant names and common plant names as well as growing habits and indication of plant zones for many plants.

By buying plants for sale online through mail order you access the following benefits :

  • variety of plants for sale
  • unusual species for you to buy
  • cost effective
  • buying plants and bulbs when dormant means that they are ready to plant and will usually flower in the first season

Unpacking Mail Order Plants and Bulbs purchased online:

  • mail order plants and bulbs purchased online need to be unpacked and planted as soon as they arrive from any mail order nursery.
  • plants should arrive properly packed with roots wrapped in moist tissue or in coir peat
  • plants that arrive in tubes or pots should be watered on arrival
  • a good mail order plant nursery should provide planting and growing instructions - ask for them when ordering - or find them online.
  • if plants do not arrive in good condition contact the nursery concerned immediately. Flower bulbs should be firm and free of any disease or mould that indicates poor packaging.


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A -Z Dictionary of Plant Names linked to Mail Order Nurseries

ACACIA
ACACIA COGNATA
Acer-palmatum-'Sango-Kaku'
Acokanthera oblongifolia
AGAVE attenuata
AGAVE geminiflora
AGAVE gypsophila
ALBUCA Nelsonii
ALLAMANDA
ALOCASIA
ANCHUSA
ANEMANTHELE lessoniana
APOROPHYLLUM hybrids
ARABIS ferdinandi-coburgi
ARISTOLOCHIA GIGANTEA
AROIDS
ASTELIA chathamica
ARUNCUS
Dendrocalamus Minor Var. Amoenus
BARRINGTONIA neocaledonica
BRUNSVIGIA
Calliandra haematocephala
CALLUNA
Campsis radicans
CERIDIPHYLLUM
Clematis Henryi
CORDYLINES
CORONILLA
Corymbia citriodora - Lemon Scented Gum
Corymbia Ficfolia - Red Flowering Gum
CRINODENDRON

DACTYLORHIZA
DAYLILIES   
DIANTHUS
DUTCH IRIS
ECHEVERIA
Epimedium rhizomatosum
Epimedium versicolor 'Sulphureum'
Epimedium youngianum 'Niveum'
EREMURUS - (Foxtail Lily)
EUONYMUS
EUPATORIUM
FLOWERS and GARDEN GIFTS
GARDENIA
GERBERAS
GLADIOLI
GROWING MEDIUMS
HEDYCHIUM
HERITAGE FRUIT TREES and VEGETABLES
Helianthemum nummularium
HIPPEASTRUMS
IMPATIENS
JACARANDA MIMOSAEFOLIA
LAGERSTROEMIA
LAGURUS
LASERPITIUM
LAURENTIA
LAVENDER
LAVATERA
LAWNS & SHADE LAWNS 
LEDERBOURIA 
LEUCOJUM (Snowflake)
LILIUM
MAPLES (Japanese)
MAPLE TREES
Mimosa pudica
NERINE
ORCHID ACCESSORIES
ORGANIC
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
PAPHIOPEDILUM ORCHIDS
PAEONY ROSE
PODOPHYLLUM
Tulipa linifolia
Rhododendron Konori
SABAL PALM
Salvia madrensis (Forsythia sage)
SANSEVIERIA
SEDUM
SCADOXUS
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Scoliopus bigelovii
SILVER FOLIAGE PLANTS 
SOLOMONS SEAL
SPREKELIAS (Jacobean Lily)
SUNDEWS
TAXUS
Thuja plicata Atrovirens
TREE PEONIES
Tropical Plants
TSUGA CANADENSIS
Tulipa batalinii
Tulipa saxatilis
Tulipa humilis 'Albocaerula Oculata'
Tulipa stapfii
Tulipa eichleri
Tulipa clusiana
Tulipa neustruevae
Tulipa kaufmanniana
Tulipa kolpakowskiana
VEGETABLES 
VANILLA
VIOLA  
WATERLILIES & AQUATIC PLANTS  
VERBENA
VERONICASTRUM
VERONICA
VITEX   
WATERLILIES
WATER PLANTS
WILDFLOWER & SEEDS
ZANTEDESCHIA
ZYGOS
     
 


 





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