Those look terrible!! I hope you're going to complain...
I've always had good results from JParkers previously but this year they're delivering very late. I've only received one of seven things I ordered so far. They all said delivery Mid-April to Early-May so I would have thought should have arrived by now.
@Singing Gardener yes, I've written to T&M asking for a refund. I notice that the envelope that the plants came in says that it has been posted on 5 May and it only arrived today, so it's been bumping around the postal system for quite a few days, but they should package the plugs better as plants that size are so fragile and wont recover from this level of damage. Out of the 36 plugs I think I can salvage 2. Sorry to hear that J Parker's orders are also delayed, I was going to use them next year, but I'm rethinking my plans for future plant purchases.
My local Wilco and Wickes have bedding trays with 6 garden ready plants for £2/£3, not as much variety and colour selection as you get when ordering via mail order, but at least you know what you're getting.
@Winchester_flare glad to hear you have had a good experience with Sarah Raven. I have ordered dahlia tubers and salvias from them in the past and they have been brilliant, all still going strong years later. I ordered some petunia tidal wave from them last year, they were gorgeous all summer and I over-wintered them in my greenhouse and all are coming back to life this year. They don't have a huge selection of annual bedding/hanging basket plants though and I feel like their prices have gone up, it's often cheaper to use my local garden centre.
I've had my begging plugs from T&M since the middle of March. They are getting quite big and most have buds, I'm desperate to get them out into the garden ASAP.
The images shared here looked awful and not at all like mine looked when they arrived. Definitely unacceptable
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I've always had good results from JParkers previously but this year they're delivering very late. I've only received one of seven things I ordered so far. They all said delivery Mid-April to Early-May so I would have thought should have arrived by now.
Sorry to hear that J Parker's orders are also delayed, I was going to use them next year, but I'm rethinking my plans for future plant purchases.
My local Wilco and Wickes have bedding trays with 6 garden ready plants for £2/£3, not as much variety and colour selection as you get when ordering via mail order, but at least you know what you're getting.
The images shared here looked awful