Living Gardens

To keep this in context, I have raised amaryllis plants for a few years, some as indoor plants some as outdoor plants. I have successfully split off sets into new pots and they are nearing blooming size. I also grow phalaenopsis orchids, gerber daisies, plumerias and a number of other picky things with no trouble. Placed my first order in Late October for 6 bare amaryllis bulbs as this company offered great selection and reasonable prices and reasonable shipping. One started with two flower stalks right out of the box, but the second one started to rot immediately. I figured, ok, shipping happens, the plant is otherwise fine. The other plants were developing fine, so I placed another order the last day of December for 2 amaryllis trios, 1 potted amaryllis, and 1 bare bulb. The next day, I saw that the second flower stalk on one of my late developers was again rotting at the base. Argh! I emailed the company, and they agreed I should get two flower stalks out of each jumbo bulb and send a replacement with my second order. My second order arrived smashed to heck and back, which I am sure is the fault of the shipping company. HOWEVER the gardens were not well enough protected to handle rough shipping conditions, and given their hefty weight that surprised me. It was like they were asking for the plants to arrive damaged...and the garden in the most damage section of the box contained 3 crushed bulb tops (they were starting to grow prior to the abuse). Not sure if someone was that clueless when packing or if this is a general problem as my first order was just bare bulbs. Obviously they have not heard of the box within a box technique for giving the box more resistance to crushing. I emailed the company as soon as the box arrived Friday night, it is now Sunday, we will see. The final insult occurred tonight (Sunday). The bulb I was most excited about, and was most expensive, was finally opening its first flower (from the first order). Wouldn't you know it was NOT what it should have been? I just emailed the company, again we will see. I will update/edit my review when I hear back, but I have never had to contact customer service over so many issues for amaryllis bulbs! It seems like they do stand behind their 100% guarantee, but if you don't have the time to keep firing off emails (no phone number I could find), don't get your bulbs from here.

Posted on April 13, 2015, updated April 20, 2015 Ordered 6 varieties of white or pink daffodils. Had 2 that were ok (Sentinel and Janis Babson). Had 2 that first bloomed wrong type, then newer blooms were ok - will dig out the wrong ones (White Marvel -had single white) and Petit Four - had yellow trumpet). Had 2 that were wrong (Coral Ribbon - bloomed double yellow/red orange and Hungarian Rhapsody - bloomed bright yellow center). I emailed twice and phoned twice, wanting refund on the 2 worst ones. They are supposed to refund or replace bad ones - my choice - I want refund. I am too old to keep planting - I planted a row of 3 white and 16 pink in my front yard last fall and the bright yellow and red orange look sick. The 19 - 6 daffodils from other sellers were fine. The row looks great if you put buckets over the bad ones. The seller himself cannot be reached, just a call line.

First dealing with this company and had a very good experience, all the bulbs I order were what the picture showed. So will do business with them again. As far as I can tell they all bloomed... Thanks

I ordered 24 Amaryllis bulbs from this company at the end of February. I was disappointed because some of the bulbs are 4-6 inches smaller than stated on the websites. For instance, the Baby Dolls was advertised to be 18-20 inches and what I got was 14 inches. In general, I expect the bulb to be 1-2 inches smaller than what the company advertised, because it's very common that most if not all of the on-line companies advertised. But to get them 4 inches smaller is very disappointing to me. I emailed the company but no one bothered to email me back. I called and got a lady with an accent as if she's a Spanish-speaking person. She couldn't give me an answer and told me that she will have someone to call me. The ones that bloomed are OK but smaller in sizes than what they are supposed to be. I ordered a White Nymph but the flower doesn't look like what they have on their websites. My have pink at the tip of each petal and green in the center. It's still pretty though! Most haven't bloomed yet. I also ordered lots of fall bulbs last years from them, tulips, daffodils and double hyacinth bulbs. They all come up and I can't wait to see the flowers. I just hope that they have better customer service. I can't give them a positive review at this time. Will wait for all of those bulbs to bloom. However, I do agree the bigger the bulbs, the larger the flowers. I do like Brent and Becky- all of the amaryllis bulbs I got from them gave large beautiful flowers.

Their loose bulbs may be great but steer clear of the planted gardens. The come up leggy, and sparse and look nothing like the photos.

Were able to provide a daffodil cultivar, Kaydee that wasn't available at my usual bulb sites. Forced well. Bravo Living Gardens. Will be checking them out more in the future.

I responded to an ad on this site and purchased 3 mini amaryllis, Pixie. Shortly after placing my order I received an email advising that my selection was not avail and offering options to get another or get refund. I chose replacement and what I received was not what I selected. Had to call them again to get this straightened out and while I did get my selection, the 3 bulbs were mush and roots were totally moldy. I am an experienced gardener and do not believe these bulbs will make it but I planted them, in the hopes they will survive. If they do, I will change my rating to neutral. I don't think it can ever be positive as while the staff seems eager to please, their inventory or their procedures just aren't up to speed. The whole experience was a big hassle. I cannot recommend this company.

I'm a new customer and placed an order. After receiving it, I placed another order. Very happy with the bulbs, customer service and prices. As the others stated, the bulbs are huge! Fast shipping! Thank you for the Chionodoxa bulbs gift with each order! I'll be a returning customer!

Today I received my first order of daffodil bulbs from Living Gardens. They are HUGE! What a joy to get top notch high quality bulbs from this company. Having ordered from other companies, the sizes can vary greatly, but these by far surpass the other companies. Bravo, Living Gardens. I will be doing future business with you.

Posted on October 7, 2013, updated October 14, 2013 I just placed an order online with this company. The website was easy to use (well, as easy as any online merchant, really), and they have some interesting bulb offerings, particularly in their Narcissus and Hyacinth selections. Prices seem okay--not horribly expensive, but not extremely cheap. I'll report more once the bulbs arrive.