I have brought plants online and have had no real problems on delivery. I agree that you may not have any idea what you are going to receive. Most nurseries should confirm , prior to ordering, the size of the pot that the plants is been delivered in. Anything below 1litre pot size is normally gauged in diameter of the pot. Delivery cost are normally determined by the number of plants that you having delivered. The more and obviously the cost will be higher. Normally, for a 2 litre plant would be no more than £8 to £10
I would check customer reviews on the nursery that are supplying the plants to check if they are good or bad
Dorset Perennials, Paddock Plants, JoAnn plants, Longare Plants I have used in the past and all there plants were supplied in excellent condition and within the agreed timescale. All had reasonable delivery costs
i could name the bad suppliers but most on here are well aware of them. All i'll say is be careful with what order and check customer reviews
Don't plant a camellia in a NE aspect. When their flower buds are frozen in cold spells they die if thawed to fast by the early eastern sun. No flowers. Grow it south or west facing and you should be fine.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Don't plant a camellia in a NE aspect. When their flower buds are frozen in cold spells they die if thawed to fast by the early eastern sun. No flowers. Grow it south or west facing and you should be fine.
You may have missed my comment earlier Obelixx. The intended location is well protected from the morning sun by an Ash tree and a large tree fern. It should be OK in that respect.
Your camellia will want to flower much earlier than either the ash or tree fern will have their leaves out so do think hard about how much protection they will really give form early sun.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Sounds like Burncoose garden centre in Cornwall. Edit. yes just seen that you mentioned it
As it happens we visited when we were in the area in Summer and was going to have some plants delivered to our home as they wouldn't fit in our vehicle.
They have had problems with couriers so send themselves now and it is therefore expensive.
They have some nice plants though it is always better to pick your own.
I often check the RHS and then scan their suggested suppliers.
did a search for the plant you want and have this link
Your camellia will want to flower much earlier than either the ash or tree fern will have their leaves out so do think hard about how much protection they will really give form early sun.
That's a great point Obelixx, thanks for that. Erm, maybe a rethink is needed. The following pic was taken at 9am and as you point out there is already some sunlight bursting through and that is with the adjacent trees in full leaf. The green outline shows where I was thinking of siting it.
This is the 'sun screening' area I was hoping might give enough morning protection but maybe not.
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If things go wrong you can claim your money back from the card company as a last resort when you use a credit card. You can't do this with a Debit Card.
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I have brought plants online and have had no real problems on delivery. I agree that you may not have any idea what you are going to receive. Most nurseries should confirm , prior to ordering, the size of the pot that the plants is been delivered in. Anything below 1litre pot size is normally gauged in diameter of the pot. Delivery cost are normally determined by the number of plants that you having delivered. The more and obviously the cost will be higher. Normally, for a 2 litre plant would be no more than £8 to £10
I would check customer reviews on the nursery that are supplying the plants to check if they are good or bad
Dorset Perennials, Paddock Plants, JoAnn plants, Longare Plants I have used in the past and all there plants were supplied in excellent condition and within the agreed timescale. All had reasonable delivery costs
i could name the bad suppliers but most on here are well aware of them. All i'll say is be careful with what order and check customer reviews
Don't plant a camellia in a NE aspect. When their flower buds are frozen in cold spells they die if thawed to fast by the early eastern sun. No flowers. Grow it south or west facing and you should be fine.
Your camellia will want to flower much earlier than either the ash or tree fern will have their leaves out so do think hard about how much protection they will really give form early sun.
Thanks Paul. Seems Woolverton are in Tadley which is approx 40mins away from me so will probably make a visit to those guys And see what they've got.
That's a great point Obelixx, thanks for that. Erm, maybe a rethink is needed. The following pic was taken at 9am and as you point out there is already some sunlight bursting through and that is with the adjacent trees in full leaf. The green outline shows where I was thinking of siting it.
This is the 'sun screening' area I was hoping might give enough morning protection but maybe not.
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I ordered a load of rosa rugosa from that nursery years ago. They were top notch.
When buying online always use a Credit Card not a Debit card.
If things go wrong you can claim your money back from the card company as a last resort when you use a credit card. You can't do this with a Debit Card.