Online Plant Shops Recomendations?

[paulkat]

Hi All,

As the title says really, any recommendations of good online retailers who deliver in the UK and are reliable?

Thanks,

Paul.

 

[Themuleous]

What you after? Plants? Equipment?

 

[paulkat]

What you after? Plants? Equipment?

plants

 

[Themuleous]

Aquaessentials - supply tropica plants which are generally regarded as the best you can get, but tend to be more pricey. Excellent service.

Greenline - grow their own plants, very cheap but the quality isn't as good. Ideal for initial fast growing 'weeds' with specimen/unusual plants from aquaessentials. Watch out for duckweed and copper snail treatments on supplied plants.

Java plants - supposed to be good, but I've never used them

Plants alive - crap, I've had nothing but bad experiences from them. Some people its been OK, but there was a massive thread recently on how crap they can be.

Sam

 

[cheesy feet]

I used java plants & you can get a few iffy plants but most are great

 

[paulkat]

Thanks guys, Aquaessentials it is then......

 

[chrisdoesntmiss]

I have a load more coming from java-plants.co.uk and I never have a trouble. They are actually shipped from thee growers in singapore. Tis cool

Chris

 

[miniman]

http/myworld.ebay.co.uk/ctm-aquatics

This ebayer has justed started selling Tropica Plants, waiting for some at the moment!

 

[paulkat]

http/myworld.ebay.co.uk/ctm-aquatics

This ebayer has justed started selling Tropica Plants, waiting for some at the moment!

thanks miniman

 

[vinylman]

Luckily my local pet shop sells Tropica plants. Whenever I've used Greenline they've been excellent.

 

[mlawson]

I second Aqua Essentials.

 

[2pods]

I second Aqua Essentials.

Anyone tried these ebay plants

..and is a "fountain plant" really aquatic ?

My favourite online plant place has not been taking orders for ages 'cos of floods

Peter

 

[babybell911]

Well my order has just gone through to aquaessentials so I'll let you know my experience when they deliver

 

[nry]

Greenline: excellent pricing, packaging (boxed) and quality.
AquaEssentials/Tropica: surprisingly cost effective given that I ordered '2' vallis mini twister pots and got in excess of 20 good sized specimens! Well packed (boxed) and excellent delivery times.

I would use Greenline for everyday, common stuff, and then use AquaEssentials/Tropica for those special or hard to find plants. I don't really think Tropica stuff will work out that much more expensive than other online shops if the quantity of plants sold in each pot is the same across their range. Now, what would I do with £250 of Tropica plants etc.....

 

[cheesy feet]

I second Aqua Essentials.

..and is a "fountain plant" really aquatic ?

Peter

Fountain plants are not aquatic but can be kept in aquarium for a number of months,I have had some for 3 weeks now & they are not dieing.