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Post by seaburn on Apr 26, 2022 21:22:50 GMT
I regularly order bulbs from Parkers and have little problems with them. Their plug plants can be very variable however. I recently ordered quite a large number of plants and most were fine. I lost 3 delphiniums and was waiting for 30 fuchsia plugs. They duly arrived via Veri [formerly Hermes] but oh dear. The box was crushed and it looked as if the contents had been in a tumble drier.  This is what it was like when I opened them.  Over half had lost their tips too. It was a shame as the plug plants were well established.  I emailed Parkers with the photos and they responded within a couple of days. They are sending me replacement fuchsia and 3 delphiniums for the failed ones. I am pretty sure the damage was the fault of the courier and Parkers were grateful for me highlighting the problem. I think many of us just wouldn't buy from them again. |
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Post by grindle on Apr 27, 2022 3:26:40 GMT
that's such a shame, couriers can be very hit and miss with plant deliveries, I hope your replacements arrive in good condition
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Post by seaburn on Apr 27, 2022 6:54:51 GMT
I find royal mail the best of the lot but they are more expensive. I hope they arrive before we go away for a week's break as youngest girl will happily water but not sure how good her potting up and labelling skills are  |
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Post by SueA on Apr 27, 2022 7:38:41 GMT
It would be the couriers seaburn, Hermes have a terrible reputation & I don't think the name change will make a difference. Parkers are usually pretty good, I remember once I ordered various things including a bunch of snowdrops in the green & when the box arrived I couldn't find the snowdrops in there & emailed them to say they must have missed them out & they sent me replacements - later however I thought I'd check through the scrunched up paper in the box which had been used to surround & protect the plants & found the snowdrops rolled up in the middle of it, a bit squashed but still rescuable!  |
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Post by Cherry on Apr 27, 2022 9:23:34 GMT
seaburn you were right to let Parkers know this. Well, they were so bad you had to really. My son’s friend works for Norfolk Quality Plants and tests out the delivery drivers, using my son as the recipient, for quality and speed of delivery.
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Post by seaburn on May 5, 2022 22:06:29 GMT
Replacements arrived in excellent condition yesterday. less than half of the original batch have survived and grown on.
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Post by grindle on May 6, 2022 3:10:01 GMT
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Post by seaburn on May 24, 2022 9:18:46 GMT
Spent a happy couple of hours potting up the Fuchsias yesterday, from the original 30 there are only 8 left. But at this stage I have no idea what they are. I will have to wait for them to flower.
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Post by seaburn on Jun 22, 2022 5:28:53 GMT
the saved 8 are forming buds, one has open flowers and I can assign it a name now, Garden News. Pretty thing too, pale pink outer purply pink inner petals.
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Post by Eli on Jun 22, 2022 18:12:32 GMT
I'm sorry to hear of your disappointing plants and I hope the replacements are in better condition.
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Post by seaburn on Jun 22, 2022 19:54:59 GMT
the replacements were excellent Eli and all have grown away well. So Parkers came up trumps here and the second dilivery was much better, in fact no spilt soil at all.
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Post by balc2 on Jun 24, 2022 20:26:14 GMT
seaburn That's excellent news! Glad for you they are growing well now" 
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Post by grindle on Jun 25, 2022 3:45:28 GMT
just received 7cm large plugs of primulas in their half price sale yesterday and they are excellent, a good size and all healthy |
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Post by seaburn on Jun 26, 2022 12:07:46 GMT
pleased they were of good quality grindle. I bought some prim Viali [?] a few years back and they were excellent and managed to get 3 extra plants.
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