Where to get cheap good quality plants?

Poppyrog

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew of anywhere online where to get good bargains or low cost plants for the garden?

Thanks in advance!

olly300

Grow them from seed.

Get cuttings of people you know and neighbours

Buy them from school fayres and markets

Go to the DIY sheds and see what they have on offer.

Buy them from low cost supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl

Zazen999

What Olly said.

Farway

Wait until after next weeks Bank Holiday, then pop along to any DIY shed as they will no doubt have loads that are unsold and they need to clear out for the next BH

Plum_Pie

Ask on freecycle!

Davesnave

Wait until after next weeks Bank Holiday, then pop along to any DIY shed as they will no doubt have loads that are unsold and they need to clear out for the next BH

OP said 'quality' !!!

Online plants will always be relatively small & expensive because of the post & packaging costs, plus the general hassle in dealing with mail order. I can only recommend looking in your local Farmers' Market, general market, local open gardens (where they usually sell plants) and of course Plant Fairs, where you'll pay admission, but will not need to spend on petrol visiting the dozens of nurseries you'll find there. The Hardy Plant Society local groups will be running plant fairs at this time of year too - usually only 50p or so to get in.

olly300

Davesnave wrote: »

OP said 'quality' !!!

I've brought half dead plants from DIY sheds and managed very easily to get nice displays from them.

~Chameleon~

olly300 wrote: »

I've brought half dead plants from DIY sheds and managed very easily to get nice displays from them.

Me too! I must have bought around 30 perennials toward the end of last summer from Homebase for around 50p-£1 each and despite looking rather straggly, and certainly past their best, most, if not all, are showing signs of coming back again this year and producing healthy new growth. I reckon I saved myself well over £100 as most of the plants were originally selling for £5+ each :j

Davesnave

I've brought half dead plants from DIY sheds and managed very easily to get nice displays from them.

OP asked for 'low cost, on-line and quality,' which isn't really possible, so I suppose 'half dead' might be an option! It depends on what weighting is given to the criteria.

Personally, I think the local nursery route is the best way to go, but without private transport it can be hard for people to access what's there. You can get plants in my town market that are neither half-dead nor unreasonably expensive, but not everyone is so well-served.

~Chameleon~

I've just been browsing this site which I saw mentioned in another thread and they seem quite reasonably priced with lots of special offers.

http://www.jparker.co.uk/Index.cfm?fuseaction=category.standard

Davesnave

I forgot Parkers. I used them once for canna lillies & they were fine, but of course bulbs/corms/tubers are easy to send by post.

I did have a site that dealt in small, rooted cuttings, but it has disappeared into the ether. Not surprising really.