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Candide (plant company ?)

PatsyFaganPatsyFagan Posts: 51
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Has anyone else started receiving adverts for this company offering what looks like some interesting plants? What has caught my eye is a couple of blue hostas .. I already have 'Love Pat' and the others look good 
No-one knows if you have done your house-work, but everyone knows is you haven't done your gardening 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’ve never heard of ‘Candide’ as an online plant supplier … has anyone else heard of them? 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I assume the OP means this place?
    https://candidegardening.com/GB
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Crikey! The plants are expensive 😲

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    😖
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hmm all is becoming clearer … basically it’s a marketing/selling platform
    … Etsy/EBay for gardening stuff … you actually pay (so presumably have your contract with) the individual sales people and they pay Candide to market their stuff on the site 🤔 
    I’ve been trying and failing  to find delivery terms and costs … anyone been more successful?


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • PatsyFaganPatsyFagan Posts: 51
    thank you all for your comments .... enough for me to ignore the very attractive photos and  delete this company . 
    No-one knows if you have done your house-work, but everyone knows is you haven't done your gardening 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hi @PatsyFagan :)  I imagine they're a pretty new set up, trying to make the most of lockdown etc., otherwise I think more folk on here would've heard of them.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    I have just been looking at it and thought it was OK but a bit on the prissy side. The posted photos had the usual gushings of ‘wow’ and ‘amazing’ while I’m thinking ‘all right, I suppose’.

    I was interested in herbaceous plants for sale and the choice was very limited and not especially cheap. Penstemons in 3 litre pots, for example, were about £12 plus £7 delivery.
    Rutland, England
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    @PatsyFagan Have a look at New Forest Hostas instead, for a really wide choice :)
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